Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

6 tips for budget-friendly, memorable rewards programs that are easy on the meeting prof Smart Meetings Vice President JT Long sat down with Melissa Moten, vice president of experience and event solutions at The Collective by BCD M&E, to discuss some key elements of planning a smooth and successful incentive trip. They have a great time.

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Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Read on below to determine how these current challenges are manifesting the future of incentive travel. One unsurpassed solution: integrating attractive incentive travel programs into their companies’ complete benefits packages. …and heeding the top incentive travel trends. Pivot” remains the name of the game, too.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Destinations that make you want to unplug Staying connected to technology and committing to constant communication can feel as though its pertinent to incentive recipients and corporate retreat attendees. The archipelago’s dedication to environmental conservation elevates the term of “off-the-grid” to something that benefits the world.

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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. A sneak peek at the Incentive Travel Industry Index being released at IMEX by SITE Foundation, FICP and The IRF showed that the recovery in incentive events is already underway. Lesson No. Their conclusions?

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 10, 2024

Organizations are used to offering cash incentives as a way to motivate employees and contractors. We prefer non-cash incentive programs such as personalized rewards for employees or travel incentives. The sky is truly the limit when it comes to coming up with non-cash incentives. Non-cash incentives are different.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Walking tours provide distinct experiential learning that you can’t get any other way As incentive travel continues to be a critical tool for retaining and motivating talent, planners are looking for ways to make excursions more meaningful and memorable. It’s benefiting your budget and your time—because time really is money.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 9, 2023

Historically, incentive trips are typically reserved for a company’s sales team. While these programs are still extremely valuable, a new type of “incentive” trip trend is on the rise. The more an organization focuses on its members’ well-being, the more everyone in the ecosystem benefits.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Boutique hotels in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka Incentive trends are seeing increasing interest in international destinations, experiential opportunities to discover the country and a focus on wellness.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2025

Looking to wow A-level attendees at a retreat or incentive? While the ban may reduce congestion in the city and its surrounding areas, planners should anticipate changes in the availability of cruise-based accommodations and itineraries that have traditionally complemented meetings and incentive programs in Nice. just became easier.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 15, 2024

It is one of the reasons they offer incentive programs for channel partners. One of the rarely talked about secrets of using incentive programs to boost channel partner engagement is getting family members involved. At the top of the list is to include them in incentive program communications. They benefit the entire family.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2025

Read More: Incentive Travel: Interactive Connection is the Name of the Game Revitalized Spaces for Invigorated Gatherings Octant vora The UNESCO-listed city of vora, Portugal, sees an expansion of bespoke hotel Octant vora s meeting and group offerings.

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Motivation Excellence

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Your organization invests in channel incentives for a reason. Channel incentive programs are not merely vehicles for spending money. When it comes to channel incentives, keeping things as simple as possible is the name of the game. The 4-Step Process Your organization may have its own way of measuring channel incentive ROI.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

We’ve heard from our customers that the ability to board with their assigned group is important to them because it’s a benefit associated with their AAdvantage status or fare purchase,” said Julie Rath, American’s senior vice president of airport operations, reservations and service recovery.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 28, 2022

The Swiss resort Interlaken is a prime destination for congresses, exhibitions, meetings and of course, incentive travel. Incentives are a unique aspect of MICE (Meeting, Incentive Travel, Conferences and Exhibitions) travel because they can be customised to the tastes of the client and are highly exclusive.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A Bucket List Destination Handan Boyce Handan Boyce, founder of the Turkish Meeting Professionals Association chapter and now immediate past president is optimistic about the future of Istanbul and Turkey as an incentive and meeting destination. Instead of resisting, walk hand in hand with the change, she suggested.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Alaska Airlines’ new offers might maximize your benefits. With the new year quickly approaching, are you considering your options for rewards programs? Thinking about finally taking that trip to Japan? A new tourist campaign is working overtime to catch your eye.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A Bucket List Destination Handan Boyce Handan Boyce, founder of the Turkish Meeting Professionals Association chapter and now immediate past president is optimistic about the future of Istanbul and Turkey as an incentive and meeting destination. Instead of resisting, walk hand in hand with the change, she suggested.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The megahit service has some meeting profs considering implementing the concept in their incentives and team building planningwhile still risky, the heaping praise Scandinavian Airlines is basking in highlights the potential upside.

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Motivation Excellence

MAY 24, 2024

Here at Motivation Excellence, employee incentive and rewards programs are a big part of what we do. We engage with organizations to create a variety of incentive programs, including sales incentive programs and channel incentives. We help organizations leverage channel incentives to increase market share.

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Motivation Excellence

APRIL 26, 2024

Enter incentives. The types of incentives we help create, like points programs, personalized rewards , and group travel experiences represent a way for organizations to personally show appreciation to the people who matter most to its success. The incentives are more than just tangible rewards. We all want to feel valued.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Understanding Drip Campaigns and Their Benefits Drip campaigns, also known as automated email campaigns, are a series of scheduled emails designed to guide your recipients toward specific goals. This approach delivers unmatched benefits. Lets dive into how this strategy can transform your hotels sales efforts.

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ADMEI

OCTOBER 4, 2023

What is a DMC and How Does It Benefit Me? As an event planner, you’re the expert in this craft —yet it could benefit you greatly to have a local ally who is the expert in your selected destination. What are the benefits of working with a DMC? To put on a successful event, you need both big-picture vision and an eye for detail.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 21, 2024

Motivation Excellence specializes in developing and implementing employee rewards and incentive programs. There’s no better incentive! One Size Doesn’t Fit All Being an employer of choice has always had a prominent place in workforce history, but since the pandemic, adding motivational benefits to an employee package is critical.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

From creating broadcast studios of their own to offering monetary incentives, find out how venues are adapting to the hybrid future, and becoming hybrid venues in their own right! These complex experiences will marry the benefits of live and digital, an inescapable new paradigm brought about by the pandemic. Financial Incentives.

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ADMEI

JUNE 12, 2024

The Business of Events: How DMCs Elevate Corporate Meetings and Incentive Travel 12 June 2024 In today’s work culture, employees are looking for more than competitive pay. Flexible scheduling, remote work, generous benefits, and a healthy team culture and work-life balance all attract top talent to join a company — and stay for the long haul.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Partnership Benefits. Most of the deals take the shape of a 25% to 49% minority position in a thriving MICE company with the added benefit of opening up the shared services and supplier contracts to the owner-operator so everyone benefits. Newest Acquisition.

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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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Traveler's Q

JUNE 7, 2022

Plus it benefits domestic and international travel as well as the hospitality industry. A Guide to Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions appeared first on Traveler's Q. You may have heard the acronym MICE in many conversations at business events. MICE is key for global business. The post What is MICE?

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

How to choose the right incentives. Choosing your incentives. When it comes to choosing incentives that motivate participation, considering intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are vital. These types of incentives are things or collateral. The incentive here is that they gain points when they get the answers right.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Some unexpected expenses may be covered by your travel delay benefits. Unplanned changes to your travel itinerary may entitle you to trip interruption benefits. Read More : 4 Trends Rocking Financial and Insurance Incentives. These will typically cover delays that last between five and 24 hours.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2024

Harrison explains that this style of bleisure presents both challenges and benefits for businesses: how do they face tax implications for employees working remotely in different countries? Is incentive travel out? More likely, incentive travel and destination meetings are facing a redesign. How do they ensure cybersecurity?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Read More : How Customized Generational Engagement Can Benefit Meeting Profs The value of joint education and assets not only offers implementable concepts but also provides practices to align the destination and the event organizer to conduct effective working relationships.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

With a focus on environmental and sustainable industry practices for businesses and incentive destinations, IDEAS for Us provides education and resources to domestic and international cities to promote corporate responsibility doing their part for eco-friendly tourism.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2022

With locations in more than 100 countries, there is a strong incentive for meeting planners to take advantage of all the benefits available to Rewards members. The redesign of the IHG One Rewards program has been optimized to give members a wide variety of benefits. What’s In It For Guests?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Social responsibility and relationships must be central to incentive travel planning, according to a document crafted at SITE’s Global Conference in Bangkok in January. SITE CEO Didier Scaillet called the resulting list a core reference point for incentive travel professionals. The Bangkok Manifesto.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 25, 2024

Tips for meeting profs considering an incentive-at-sea Last week, Royal Caribbean officially launched its new ship Utopia of the Seas with a preview cruise to CocoCay, the company’s private island near Nassau. I was onboard for this pre-maiden voyage, and have plenty to share with meeting profs about this site inspection.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2022

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. webinar, “Inside Secrets for Planning Events At An All-Inclusive Resort.”.

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