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.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

Megan Conway Megan Conway, Travel Portland Travel Portland has named Conway as president and CEO, promoting her from her earlier role as chief strategy officer. Her work has contributed to several industry awards, including the Most Profitable Business Award and the Creative Business Award in 2022 and the Event Space Award in 2023.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become increasingly important as the travel and tourism industries are surging into 2023. Smart Meetings has collected our best CSR stories of 2022 to inspire and encourage continued efforts towards good causes. Starting IPW 2022 with a Green Bang: Tourism Cares Pledges $10,000 to IDEAS for Us.

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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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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

There is both an art and a science to designing and executing effective incentive travel programs that motivate employees. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 13, 2022. The emphasis, at least in North America, is on domestic and close travel (Caribbean, U.S., JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) September 13, 2022. Lesson No.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Event planners are already preparing to bring the best to 2022. Here are some of the biggest events to come in 2022. Incentive Experiences. The first event of the new year, Smart Meetings’ Incentive Experience event in Playa del Carmen, Mexico is a 3-day excursion at the Hotel Xcaret Arte. 2022 Annual Convention.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independent destination management companies and event service providers, has recently unveiled its 2022 Global Destination Index , which highlights the most popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world, according to booked and pending business across its worldwide partners.

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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. Read More : Q2 Earnings Indicate a Business Travel Surge and Strong Leisure Trend.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

Today’s business traveler is looking to get the most out of every trip. 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. billion by 2030.

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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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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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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

Travel Association president and CEO Roger Dow seconded the request, saying, “Restrictions have taken a disproportionately heavy toll on the travel industry and our millions of workers, and the rule preventing cruise operations is uniquely specific. It will span five continents, ferrying travelers to 66 destinations in 34 countries.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2024

Welcome to Smart Travel, our weekly column where we share our latest tips and tricks to stay up to date on the can’t-miss news in travel. Today, we explore top travel apps and services, can’t-miss pricing for those planning a South American getaway, new international airline routes and more.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Its opening marks the continuation of the all-inclusive trend, showing that travelers continue to demonstrate high interest in all-inclusive resort properties in an expanding list of destinations. The opening of this new property in Tokyo recognizes the continued desire for international travel made accessible.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Since June, however, borders that had closed in March of last year have begun to open back up for business travel. In the meantime, many destinations have been readying, renovating and innovating to prepare for the return of tourism and group travel. Canada’s borders reopened to vaccinated international travelers in August.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

United Adds New Non-Stops to 100+ International Cities This Summer to Meet ‘Soaring Overseas Travel Demand’ United Airlines has announced that it will fly to 114 different international cities this summer and has expanded its flying by 25% versus last year to meet the sharp increase in demand for travel outside of the U.S.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Incentive travel has always been more about inspiration than dollars given for work done. I think the reason incentive travel has always survived economic downturns and remained a priority for achievement programs is our drive to explore and experience new destinations. Make your family number one.

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Motivation Excellence

APRIL 24, 2023

Mark Bondy has worked in the hospitality/travel/incentive industry since 1980. As the owner of VIKTOR Incentives in Traverse City, Michigan, he sold his company to David Jobes and became part of the transition team at Motivation Excellence in January of 2022 leading up to his impending retirement in April 2023.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Airlines are updating their business travel programs to be friendlier for groups struggling with last-minute changes, rising costs and reporting requirements. Recent enhancements make managing travel and redeeming rewards for meetings and events quicker and more streamlined. Here is what you need to know. Saving Time. Covid Shifts.

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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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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 17, 2023

The team at Motivation Excellence, a performance improvement incentive company headquartered near Chicago, is thrilled to accept the 2023 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation designation! “We In 2022, the company acquired another incentive travel firm in Michigan.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2022

Despite being widely regarded as one of the most beautiful places in the US, meeting profs generally dismiss Alaska when it comes to planning conferences or incentive trips. The IRF found that Cruising rose significantly in rankings of preferred incentive experiences in 2022.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022. Events Industry Council (EIC) in partnership with its global EIC Equity Task Force, released the results of its 2022 Equity Benchmarking Study at an IMEX press conference. SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) October 11, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 13, 2022

Currently, 32 destinations in Europe have eliminated travel restrictions, including the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany and Greece. European countries with some restrictions in place include: France, Malta, Spain and the Netherlands, which still doesn’t accept unvaccinated travelers from outside the European Union to visit.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

She presented a special session at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference titled, “Event Risk management: 2022 Risk Categories.”. Warwick advises breaking the variables into low, medium and high-risk categories for each decision, such as where to source an incentive program.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Transport Canada is also removing existing travel requirements. As of October 1, 2022, travelers will no longer be required to: undergo health checks for travel on air and rail; or.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The acquisition of IME Connect follows the merger of Miami-based A-Plus Meetings & Events and Utah-based Columbus Travel into M-Plus Global Events earlier in 2022. The way companies join forces at this point in the recovery may not follow traditional models of hostile takeovers and mass mergers. Partnership Benefits.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 22, 2023

Forey Erickson is a Travel Program Manager out of our Traverse City, Michigan office, and she definitely embodies the “Pure Michigan” vibe! Read more about her below and watch a short video to learn about her favorite travel destination and why she’s making a move in 2023. I am a Travel Program Manager. No two days are the same.

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