Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2021

“Everyone has a dog now,” Jenn Glynn, managing partner with Meeting Encore, stated this week in a conversation with Philip Eidsvold, vice president of strategic alliances at One10, about the changing demands of attracting attendees to in-person incentive trips. Listen to the whole Incentive Trends conversation on demand.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Company excursions, teambuilding activities and luxurious incentives have all built on the growing trend of bleisure travel. Meeting Group Broker Amy Robb of Meetings Made Easy recommends cruises as incentive trips for high achievers. Events in Europe aren’t going away, and neither are incentives and company trips.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, Covid-19 was the chubby kid that sat on our seesaw, ruined our fun and crashed incentive travel into the ground. Question: When will be the magical moment that sparks the tipping point for the return of incentive travel ? More : Not Your Mother’s Incentives… Or Even Last Year’s. Spoiler alert.

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Ulterior Events

APRIL 21, 2022

The post Incentive A-List 2022 revealed appeared first on Ulterior Events.

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ITA Group

MARCH 1, 2022

A Guide to 2022’s Top Incentive Travel Destinations. Incentive travel remains a top motivator, and many reward earners are eager for a new adventure (or just a change of scenery). Related: There are a lot of reasons to be excited about incentive travel in 2022. Tue, 03/01/2022 - 08:31. See our top 5.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2022

The first six months of 2022 were a busy time for Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, as Dubai Business Events (DBE), Dubai’s convention bureau, as the two destinations collaborated to procure 99 event bookings over the coming years. The post Dubai Made Huge Event Wins in First Half of 2022 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Why the Rapid Growth in International Travel?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2022

American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA)’s 2022 State of the Hotel Industry Report sees the hotel industry moving toward recovery “but the path will be uneven and potentially volatile, and full recovery is still several years away.” Read More: 2022 Meetings Industry Indicators . Read More: 2022 Meetings Industry Indicators .

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MAY 24, 2022

Top 9 Must-Do’s for Post-COVID Incentive Trips. Vaccines are being rolled out, and post-COVID incentive trips are being planned in preparation for the booming return of incentive travel programs. The IFR 2022 Trends Report shows the demand for incentive travel is increasing, both from companies and participants alike.

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SITE

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

We’ve been following up with some of the corporations on our panel and received this wonderfully inspiring email from one of them highlight how incentive travel is alive and well … “Just completed the survey and thank you for resending and allowing me to include my input. For now, I think we are 70/30 vaccinated/non.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

5 Reasons to Be Excited About Incentive Travel in 2022. As soon as the new year started, I felt my adrenaline rising and my mind racing about what incentive travel adventures lay ahead of me. It’s the reason I fell in love with incentive travel in the first place. What’s different about 2022? In a good way.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

Incentives are the most exciting part of the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibition) business. The return of incentive travel has given clients the opportunity to book these trips with confidence. The past two years haven’t been easy for 42 Incentives and for many other companies in the events business.

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FICP

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The newly released 2022 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) reports that, overall, the incentive travel industry is strong. Recovery is progressing, program design is evolving and there is increased.

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FICP

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The newly released 2022 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) reports that, overall, the incentive travel industry is strong. Recovery is progressing, program design is evolving and there is increased.

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FICP

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The newly released 2022 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) reports that, overall, the incentive travel industry is strong. Recovery is progressing, program design is evolving and there is increased.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 17, 2022

Covid-19 has stuck around longer than anyone expected, but consumers rebounded in 2021 with personal vacations, and 60% of companies resumed incentive trips in 3Q 21. In 2022, 90% of U.S. While presentations will run faster and individual sessions get shorter, the meal and refreshment breaks should slow down and get longer in 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 9, 2021

The aim was to gauge their perception of what lies ahead for business meetings, conventions and incentive trips. In 2022, a large portion—43 percent—of associations’ members plan to participate in international events. The corporate side of things doesn’t look much different as compared to associations.

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inVOYAGE

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Stephanie Crowchild Founder & Owner, Stephanie Eagletail Designs When it comes to celebrating their successes, today’s incentive earners are increasingly looking for experiences that are authentic, enriching and unique. That first class turned into a second, then a third, to what has now become over 250 people taught.

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Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The 2022 IRF Destination Preferences Study paints an optimistic picture for incentive travel as a potent tool for motivating sales teams. In the wake of the pandemic, the allure of incentive trips has never been stronger. The study delved deeper into what makes an incentive travel truly compelling.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 17, 2022

Our incentive experts have huddled together to convert current research and trends into an actionable to-do list to drive sales and motivate producers. Executives should seize this window of opportunity to reconsider their incentive strategies. TO DO: Add behavioral incentives. Reset strategy. Don’t repeat the same things.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 15, 2024

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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Blue Spark Event Design

JANUARY 29, 2021

Because 2020 and 2021 created such a whirlwind in the hospitality industry, incentive elements and locations that used to be tried and true, now need to be reviewed for availability, access, and offerings. Review Your Incentive Rewards Program. Is your incentive budget the same as 2019? Search for Incentive Offers.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte. Incentive meeting professionals are masters of designing motivating experiences by personalizing the adventure based on guest data.

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ITA Group

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Top-Rated Incentive & SPIFF Rewards for Manufacturing Incentive Programs. In the past few years, manufacturing and retail organizations have increased the use of incentive programs to try and keep audiences engaged and loyal. Having a manufacturing incentive program in place is a great start. Download the study.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Balancing enhanced experiences with increasing costs is always a tricky ask, but even more so based on our incentive travel expectations for 2023 and beyond. Budget Surprises For Air The same 30-20-10 “vacation inflation” that impacts meetings is walloping incentive travel budgets too. ” Both predictions came true.

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Blue Spark Event Design

JANUARY 7, 2021

Are you ready to start planning for 2022? Take a look a these nine top incentive trip locations to be better prepared when your company finally says “Ok, let’s do this!” Why We Love It: Clients who are looking for a high-end incentive trip focused on health and wellness will do well to consider Mallorca.

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inVOYAGE

DECEMBER 21, 2022

As the year draws to a close and everyone prepares for some well-earned rest, ending 2022 in party mode might not just be everyone's cup of tea. Incentive Travel is a key motivating factor for personnel. Traditional Arabic & Islamic Medicine (TAIM) - Zulal Wellness Resort by Chiva Som – Qatar.

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Peak Performance Meetings and Incentives

MARCH 5, 2023

The incentive travel industry, also known as motivational travel, is a type of travel that is offered as a reward or incentive for achieving a specific goal or performance target. Incentive travel also plays an important role in building and strengthening relationships between companies and their key stakeholders.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

INCENTIVE TRAVEL. While legally, the 16% discount applies only to meetings, savvy planners can recategorize their incentive trips with minor tweaks to their event name and agenda without forcing top-selling winners to sit in a ballroom for 8 hours. All-Inclusive resorts are thriving in 2022 and looking strong for 2023.

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Ulterior Events

AUGUST 1, 2022

The post C&IT Shortlist Announced: Ulterior Events has two entries shortlisted for Incentive Event of the Year 2022 appeared first on Ulterior Events.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you trying to plan for your 2022 event budget and not quite sure where to start? In this blog, we walk you through a few of the surprise expenses our team has been encountering as we plan and lead incentive trips and meetings around the world. Because of that, incentive winners and event attendees are looking for something new.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 26, 2022

My interest deepened in large part from working with MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) destinations and venues that focused on these topics. Here are event design ideas inspired by my visit to Art Basel 2022. Art Basel Parcours, entrance to Persona, 2022 exhibit by Manon de Boer, Latifa Laâbissi.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

What is more motivating than sending top performers out of this world for an incentive trip? Pam Kressley and Lori Cassidy, co-founders of the new individual travel incentive company Gift a Trip , recently arranged a buyout of a space capsule as part of a three-day immersive experience for the winners of a Texas Lottery.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Brightspot is honored to be recognized as a top meeting & incentive travel company on the MeetingsNet 2022 CMI 25 list. In researching for the 2022 CMI list, it found that these companies executed 56,000 corporate meetings and almost 500 incentive travel programs in 2021. “Of – Mike May, President.

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ITA Group

MARCH 10, 2022

Calculate the Budget for Your Next Incentive Program. Successful brands need realistic channel incentive budgets to reward participants in meaningful ways. Our customizable incentive program budget calculator—developed by analysts with decades of incentive program experience—does the math for you. Ready to get started?

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ITA Group

JUNE 30, 2022

8 Sales Incentive Program Ideas That Work. In fact, about 90% of top-performing organizations use incentive programs to reward their sales associates. Drive engagement and spice up sales incentives with new and fresh ideas beyond the classic “sell X, get Y” promotion. What are your success metrics? Game Plays.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

Melissa Fenwick, senior manager of event sourcing with Meetings & Incentives Worldwide , explained the expanded targeting now being employed. “We Fenwick from Meetings & Incentives Worldwide says it doesn’t make sense anymore to hold back cards to reveal during negotiations. “Be

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