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HVAC

Motivation Excellence

BUSINESS ATMOSPHERE Following the lethargic recovery from the Great Recession, a nationally ranked and independently owned HVAC and plumbing distributor wanted to drive incremental sales and gain market share with an energetic and engaging self-funded travel incentive for their loyal customers and preferred prospects.

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How to Win a ‘Yes!’ for Renewed Incentive Travel: Meeting Professionals Share Tips

Smart Meetings

In April, Discover The Palm Beaches partnered with the Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) to host an in-person event to discuss what factors are driving buyer decisions for incentive travel. Companies looking to reinstate incentive travel also considered the industries of prospective participants in the incentive programs.

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2024 Outlook and To-Do’s for Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Sales Incentives

Brightspot Incentive Events

Brightspot aligned with the Incentive Research Foundation think tank this year and sponsored The IRF 2024 Trends Report [add link when published]. Not surprisingly, many predictions align, and our list here is split across segments of corporate meetings, incentive travel, channel incentives, and sales contests.

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IRF Highlighted the Humanity in the ‘Incentiverse’

Smart Meetings

How AI and new demographics are changing incentive travel AI can help find relevant data and perhaps even write the first draft of an incentive program outline, but the level of personalization required to really motivate employees by rewarding them with experiences requires a human touch. That is only a sliver of who you are.”

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Cost Savings for Corporate Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Channel Incentives

Brightspot Incentive Events

While companies still feel obligated to appear at the #1 show in their industry, some companies are shifting strategies to reallocate second-tier show budgets to private roadshows that bring the content, demos, and experts to the prospects’ locale. INCENTIVE TRAVEL. The fair market value of incentive trips is taxable to winners.

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President’s Club: The Best Sales Incentive Program

Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

President's Clubs bring in revenue and help the HR team create branding for prospective employees. The Incentive Research Foundation (IRF) has conducted several pieces of research, and all conclude that people report long-term satisfaction and happiness from experiential purchases rather than material ones. Recruitment.

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Sales Incentive Trips: A Great Way To Reward Your Best Performers

Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

Nothing feels better than celebrating your hard-earned break being whisked away to a relaxing, calming tropical island through Incentive Travel. Benefit of Sales Incentive Trips. A sales incentive trip consists of the three 'R's – Relaxation, Recognition, and Reward. These sales incentive trips work. How Do They Work?