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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

At Motivation Excellence, we continue to see interest in planning something in 2025, even though it’s less than a month away. Meetings, retreats and spurt incentive programs are all easy ways to inject some energy into the calendar year without necessarily needing a long planning period.

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New and Renovated: Calling All Incentive Planners

Smart Meetings

Planning an incentive or executive retreat? Dining experiences include 15 Park Bistro, and meetings and events can round out their attendee experience with fresh and local onsite catering. Today, it is a cherished landmark and an alluring space for a retreat. It’s time to treat your attendees to something special.

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Corporate Retreats: The Offsite is Back On

Convene by PCMA

The 500-acre Cedar Lakes Estate in upstate NewYork has seen a huge bump in inquiries for corporate retreats — 150 percent more inquiries than in 2019. “If It was unusual and yet right on trend: A potential client wanted to take their team to Barcelona for what would be the company’s first-ever retreat in its 16-year history.

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The Colorful Story Behind The Pink Retreat

Convene by PCMA

The Pink Retreat. After finding that others in the group felt the same way, Williams, who said she had no experience in event planning “other than my wedding,” launched The Pink Retreat, a celebration of Lilly Pulitzer that she advertises as “the most colorful girls’ getaway” in Palm Beach, Florida. Date: June 9–12, 2022.

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Best Project Management Tools for Event Planners

Endless Events

Depending on your needs, budget, and event size, you might find that one program works better than others. To cover your bases, here are 11 of the best options for event planners. These cover everything from general task management tools to programs with specific event planning functionality. Image via Slack. DoubleDutch.

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17 Common Event Planning Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Social Tables

Event planning consistently ranks as one of most stressful jobs in the U.S. Whether planners find themselves forced to work with difficult personalities, try to juggle juxtaposing requests, fix event planning mistakes, or balance dozens of last-minute event changes, event planners have plenty of reasons to feel stressed.

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Your Corporate Retreat Planning Roadmap

Achieve Incentives

A corporate retreat is a perfect way to build rapport within your organization while reenergizing your employees. This blog serves as your roadmap to start planning your next company-wide adventure. You are ready to invest significant funds and employee time into a retreat. That way they will be extra fresh for the retreat.

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