Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

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. Events in Europe aren’t going away, and neither are incentives and company trips.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2025

She brings over 17 years of hospitality experience, having held several leadership roles throughout her career, including as director of sales for EVEN Hotels, and sales manager and director of sales and marketing for Crown Plaza Houston, Hyatt Regency North Houston and several Holiday Inn properties throughout the Houston Area.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 26, 2023

Ever since incentives began there has also been a thrill-seeking, adventure-driven component to them. From extreme team building to incentive trips in far-flung destinations with adventure components, risk-taking incentive travelers are not an unknown commodity in the MICE industry. The liability is just too much,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2023

Gregg discusses trends in incentive travel, the importance of mentorship, being a woman in the industry and what the future holds as we enter the new era of the post-pandemic meetings industry. A: I went to a fairly large association, my first job in our industry, and I was on the conferences and exhibits team for Food Marketing Institute.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Heidi has become the face of Norway for the international event community and, in addition to having substantial knowledge about her product, she processes significant industry expertise. Incentives are, perhaps, the most exciting part of MICE travel and involve attendees having highly unique experiences at a destination.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 15, 2025

The luxury market answers the call with these new and renovated debuts. The property is ME by Meli s debut property in Malta, and is a product of the brands second collaboration with Zaha Hadid, who earlier designed the hugely successful ME Dubai. Unique experiences and luxurious accommodations answer the call of todays travelers.

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Unique World Global Destinations

MARCH 17, 2025

Incentive travel is a big deal in the business world as it’s a reward for employee performance. Incentive travel programs have the potential to improve morale, job satisfaction and teamwork. They give employees a sense of appreciation which translates to loyalty and productivity. But why is it so great?

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Motivation Excellence

MARCH 10, 2025

Channel partner engagement is a priority among companies that rely on partners to distribute, market and sell their products. B2B loyalty and incentive programs are a great way to capture your channels attention and business. Distributors often carry competing product lines. The goal here is growth.

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Motivation Excellence

MARCH 7, 2025

Channel partner incentive programs are a big part of what we do at Motivation Excellence. We pride ourselves on helping clients develop dynamic incentives that maximize results, often because they remain flexible and adaptable. We dont use SaaS products. Some might be looking for training on your product.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The new Dreams Resorts & Spas-branded resort, Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced in November 2024, is a product of a management agreement between a Hyatt affiliate and Cobbo Bay Developers SA. This means that many of those actively planning events in Australia are likely to be coming internationally.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 26, 2024

She brings extensive experience in live event production, finance, operations and sustainability. Most recently having served as EVP of production at MAS, he brings a comprehensive understanding of creative and production complexities as well as the importance of key partners and team building. branded property in Louisiana.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 7, 2024

At Motivation Excellence, we specialize in creating innovative channel partner incentive programs that motivate distributors, dealers, and other partners to excel. We understand the intrinsic link between channel partner incentives and personal motivation.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

They provide in-house AV and production at convention centers, venues, and hotels such as Kimpton, Hyatt, and Marriott, across the country. By acquiring arguably their biggest competitor in the United States there is no question they stand to dominate the market. In fact, it’s highly likely you’ve done multiple deals with them.

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inVOYAGE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Sri Lanka is where ancient traditions and breathtaking landscapes meet luxury experiences, creating an unforgettable backdrop for incentive travel. Sip coconut water as you weave through markets, temples, and colonial architecture – an ideal blend of excitement and culture to kickstart your team’s incentive journey.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Successful distributor incentive programs understand the importance of channel partner engagement and its relationship to loyalty. The whole point of engagement is to captivate, activate, and motivate partners to choose your product or services over your competitors. Thats where loyalty or incentive programs play a critical role.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Ali Amin Ali Amin, One10 Leading travel, events, incentives and marketing services company One10 has appointed Amin EVP, Product Management and leader in SaaS product. She will now serve as director, marketing following her earlier role as associate director, research and analytics.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

Related: Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues. Incentives and special events are predicted to increase 1.8 percent longer, and incentives to be 1.9 North America, on the other hand, expects many meetings to be lengthy, including project launches, incentives and customer advisory boards. Global Growth.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

The answer lies in drip email marketing campaigns. For example, a tailored series might highlight banquet hall features, price incentives, and testimonials from satisfied event planners. Amazons Upselling Emails: By leveraging client data, Amazon sends targeted emails to upsell connected products.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

How to choose the right incentives. To gamify means to take the mechanics of a game (like challenges, point systems, completion bars and narratives) and give them non-gaming applications in workplaces, marketing strategies, or events, for example. Choosing your incentives. These types of incentives are things or collateral.

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One10 Marketing

AUGUST 1, 2024

A successful channel incentive program requires a thought-out approach to achieve positive results. Effective channel partner incentives can also drive positive loyalty experiences and boost your company’s products and perception within the marketplace. What are the included products or services in my channel sales incentives?

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Social Tables

JUNE 1, 2023

Professional event planners and marketers know that there is no one-size-fits all strategy for successful event marketing. Marketers are tasked with reaching members of their target audience, enticing them to register for an event, and continuing communications all the way up to the event to encourage attendance.

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

What are your marketing and financial goals? Market research can be a powerful tool here. Determine Your AV And Production Needs. Virtual events have their own set of AV and production needs that have to be met. If you think you found the right match, then it’s time to connect them to the production company.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives.

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inVOYAGE

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

From breathtaking coastal retreats to iconic city landmarks, IHG Hotels & Resorts have just landed an impressive new lineup of luxury properties around the globe with plenty of exciting new opportunities for the incentives industry.

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Motivation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2024

At Motivation Excellence, we specialize in creating innovative channel partner incentive programs that motivate distributors, dealers, and other partners to excel. We understand the intrinsic link between channel partner incentives and personal motivation.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives.

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Endless Events

JUNE 13, 2022

Here are the 10 event technology trends that Will and Brandt discuss in this unique and exciting episode: NFTs, blockchain, metaverse, drones, smart glasses & AR, community marketing, privacy & security, machine learning & AI, facial recognition, attendee tracking. Try and keep those people moving, give them an incentive.”

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 24, 2024

In the incentive market, business leaders might choose to use Motivation Excellence’s experienced team to lessen risks associated with planning and executing an incentive program for their channel partners or sales team. Is the potential reward worth the potential risk?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2022

They are ready for marketers to elevate the traditional meaning of events as long as it is still convenient for them to access. Meanwhile, marketers and business owners require a good reason to expand their pool of tactics. You can leverage the content you develop and amplify it through digital content marketing after it’s over.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2023

For instance, your “why” statement for your incentive trip for your top sales performers “why” could look like this: “We host our annual incentive trip to bring together top sales performers in the company to connect with leadership, engage with each other and drive motivation for the year ahead.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). In her role with DI, Pace will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of all of the association’s marketing initiatives.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

A showroom sales incentive program, also called a showroom loyalty reward program, is a motivational structure for manufacturers to reward sales representatives who work within a retail or wholesale showroom. Incentive programs can be a powerful tool for boosting morale, increasing sales, and fostering a competitive and motivated sales team.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Since joining Visit Anaheim in 2023, he has seen numerous successes, including redeploying Visit Anaheim’s meeting sales team to better service local hotels and launching several new programs, including an incentive program for hotels to generate group business.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Joe Mauro Joe Mauro, Ritz-Carlton Boston The Ritz-Carlton, Boston , appoints Mauro as director of sales & marketing. De la Porte des Vaux assumes the role of vice president of marketing for North America. Mauro began his career with Marriott International over 24 years ago, and brings extensive experience in sales leadership.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Similarly, Southwest Business Meetings product offers discounted fares, incentives and even name changes for groups of 25 or fewer. Meetings products have evolved over the years,” explained Doreen Burse, senior vice president of worldwide sales with United. Old-school seat-blocking didn’t work for airlines or travelers.

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