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Smart Chat: Q&A with Annette Gregg on Incentive Travel and Leadership

Smart Meetings

Gregg discusses trends in incentive travel, the importance of mentorship, being a woman in the industry and what the future holds as we enter the new era of the post-pandemic meetings industry. Read More: 2023 Smart Women in Meetings: Industry Leader Q: What is trending in incentives right now? And of course, the travel.

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The ultimate incentive experience A–Z: interview with Heidi Legein, Managing Director at The MICE Guru

The MICE Blog

Heidi has become the face of Norway for the international event community and, in addition to having substantial knowledge about her product, she processes significant industry expertise. Incentives are, perhaps, the most exciting part of MICE travel and involve attendees having highly unique experiences at a destination.

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Southwest Commits to Groups with Simplified Booking, Investment in Routes and People

Smart Meetings

Dave Harvey, vice president and chief sales officer for the airline, explained that the new product makes booking and/or changing names for group flights—something that could have taken weeks of manual confirmations, approvals and information gathering in the past—a self-service task with the potential to be condensed into a few minutes.

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Inside Secrets for Planning Events at an All-inclusive Resort

Smart Meetings

Colette Baruth is vice president and commercial director of all-inclusives for Hilton Hotels & Resorts and has witnessed the evolution of this popular incentive product as it expanded to serve the needs of meetings and events of all types. She shared tips for making the most of an all-inclusive resort. .

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2024 ADMEI Award Finalists

ADMEI

These judges are familiar with DMCs (association and corporate planners, hoteliers, venues, photographers, production companies, agencies, etc.). The CE Group, a DMC Network Company U.S. Florida (Central) Destination Management Glory Days Mosaix Group, a DMC Network Company Beyond the Boundaries: The Ultimate Experience!

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Building Event Resilience: 5 Strategies to Ensure Your Event Lasts Year Over Year

Smart Meetings

For instance, your “why” statement for your incentive trip for your top sales performers “why” could look like this: “We host our annual incentive trip to bring together top sales performers in the company to connect with leadership, engage with each other and drive motivation for the year ahead.

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Distributor Incentive Program Ideas & Examples

ITA Group

Distributor Incentive Program Ideas & Examples. As we look to the future of distributor incentive programs, we should factor in not only what we know to be best practices, but also adjust and adapt to the ever-changing landscape in which they operate. This means having a full suite of incentives from top to bottom.