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Smart Moves at Destinations International, Fairmont Dallas and More

Smart Meetings

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Driving Change: How Inclusion and Accessibility Shape the Future of Events

Smart Meetings

Event organizers and destinations need these resources to help them align their efforts and maximize profitability and development for all. Many attendees shared that they intend to use the workbook to guide conversations with colleagues, extending its impact beyond the summit and influencing their organizations strategies moving forward.

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How Planners Can Manage The “Easy Button” in Events

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings chatted with Michelle Crosby, CMP, CITP, an account executive at Bright Spot Incentives and Events, and Yvette Campbell, CMP, a meeting broker at Meetings Made Easy, to explore how planners can seek out third-party agencies and independent planners that fit their needs and how to integrate resources into their organization.

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10x Your Next Conference: Why Now, More Than Ever, You Should Use Holistic Procurement Methodology

Smart Meetings

A thorough procurement process, though often unseen by the end consumer, plays a pivotal role in ensuring that organizations function optimally. An organization that undervalues the importance of procurement often pays for it in numerous ways—financial and legal. Read More : Year of the Sustainable RFP Let me connect the dots for you.

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Out of This World Gifting

Smart Meetings

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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4 Reasons to Take a Good Look at Our Group Travel Incentives

Motivation Excellence

The Motivation Excellence team takes great pride in the fact that we are a full-service incentives, group travel, meetings, and events agency. We take every detail of a group travel incentive seriously. Incentive travel is always about the experience. Do you need to include some business during your incentive travel reward?

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Top Reasons to Outsource Your Incentive Travel Program

Motivation Excellence

Have you ever asked (or answered) the question, “Should we outsource our corporate incentive travel program?” If so, then you know that organizing an event of any size requires more than just choosing a destination and motivating participants to hit their goals. Saves You Time. Ready for the Unexpected.