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The Business of Events: How DMCs Elevate Corporate Meetings and Incentive Travel

ADMEI

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. Incentive travel remains one of the most alluring perks for corporate employees across a wide variety of industries.

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All Signs Point to Growing Incentives & Meetings Business in 2025; You Can Still Reap the Benefits at Your Company

Motivation Excellence

Recent industry forecasts and surveys indicate corporate meetings, events and incentives will grow in 2025. According to the Incentive Travel Index 37% of respondents say 2025 levels will surpass 2024; 54% expect the spend-per-person to increase too. Goals need to be attainable, yet a stretch to reach.

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Mindful Meetings for the Full Mind

Smart Meetings

The time has come for us to take proactive steps to address these challenges in the corporate meeting space. As a corporate meeting and event industry professional with over 25 years of experience, I have witnessed first-hand the negative impacts of work-related stress.

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Canada Calls: Event Planning Paradise

Smart Meetings

Big Meetings Love Canada Following Covid-19 pandemic, Canada is seeing the return of U.S. We’re also seeing a rise in corporate meeting and launch events with tradeshows and incentive trips. Canada is currently the top destination for incentive trips among U.S. association customers.

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Top Business Travel Trends Coming in 2024

Smart Meetings

Just as evolving technology has transformed the possibilities of remote work, virtual meetings make frequent business trips and corporate meetings less necessary. Read More: Helpful Budget Tips for Event Planners in a Post-Covid World What Business Travel Trends Mean for Meetings So, what’s the deal?

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Corporate Meetings vs. Incentive Trips: Key Differences in Planning

Brightspot Incentive Events

What are the Differences Between Planning a Corporate Meeting and an Incentive Trip? People outside of the hospitality industry often assume that planning meetings and incentive trips are one and the same and require the same skill sets with very little planning differences.

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Dubai Made Huge Event Wins in First Half of 2022

Smart Meetings

These events, which include Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries’ Annual Convention and Incentive later this year and IBM Best in Tech in 2023, are scheduled to bring more than 77,000 delegates and more than 330,000 room nights.