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MPI Gears Up for EMEC 2025 in Türkiye

Smart Meetings

MPI, the largest association within the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) industry, has announced it will hold its 2025 European Meetings & Events Convention (EMEC) in Istanbul, the site of the EMEC 2014. With 1,000 members and 10 chapters and clubs, MPI has the largest presence at the conference.

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MPI’s EMEC 2025 Pursued Harmony in Turkiye

Smart Meetings

The gathering at Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibition Center (ICEC) was the first time the group had met in the city since 2014 and it was a chance for attendees to preview renovations taking place at Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus. The 5-star luxury hotel was the first Hilton built outside the U.S.

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MPI Pursued Harmony in Turkiye

Smart Meetings

The gathering at Istanbul Lutfi Kirdar International Convention & Exhibition Center (ICEC) was the first time the group had met in the city since 2014 and it was a chance for attendees to preview renovations taking place at Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus. The 5-star luxury hotel was the first Hilton built outside the U.S.

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New and Renovated: New, New England

Smart Meetings

Boutique incentives in your pick of New England port towns Up and down the coastline of New England, you’ll find historic port towns, where visitors go to enjoy the fresh sea breeze coupled with small town charm and rich history. In 2014, it was acquired by Lark Hotels as its flagship property.

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18 New Sales Incentives to Improve Performance

Motivation Excellence

What are sales incentives? Sales incentives can be any kind of compensation or reward provided by an employer to drive productivity, more specifically, the selling of goods or services. And sales incentives have evolved over the last 25 years, as all things to do. Choosing Your Sales Incentives: The Value of Culture Fit.

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PSAV Acquires Encore Event Technologies: What It Could Mean for Event and Meeting Planners

Endless Events

January 2014. Usually when hotels bring AV companies to bid on for the exclusive in-house AV contract hotels typically will go with the company that gives them the biggest kickback and the best incentives. Because of their stronghold, PSAV will have less incentive to give back a large commission to hotels. Kelso & Co.

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PSAV acquires Encore – Event Tech Podcast Episode 2

Endless Events

So January 2014, just two years later was the other kind of bombshell announcement when Goldman Sachs announced that they were going to acquire PSAV. Brandt Krueger: So that was 2014. 2014 so two years later. What’s the incentive to negotiate for planners? What’s the incentive to reduce those fees?

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