Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2024

Spencer is appointed as senior vice president of sales & marketing, luxury, lifestyle & Hawaii. He brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and hospitality to his new role, in which he will oversee an integrated sales, marketing and communications strategy for Highgate’s Hawaii portfolio.

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Motivation Excellence

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Whether you’re hosting a gallery opening or you’re a corporation running a business seminar, it can take a lot of effort to market your event. By finding the right event incentives, you can encourage more people to sign up and go. Thankfully, finding incentives is not difficult. Use Incentives on Social Media.

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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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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Richardson takes on the role of director of sales, marketing & events. She is an expert in crafting successful sales and marketing strategies in the luxury hospitality sector and has a proven track record of driving revenue growth and fostering strong client relationships.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

Plus, they can also be used as a tool to promote sponsors. And if you’re looking to promote your main sponsor, push notifications that remind attendees about sponsored sessions or offers is also a great way to do so! So consider including pop-up ads and banners promoting your sponsors to your event platform and your live-stream.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 6, 2024

Incorporating wellness into events authentically, rather than as a mere marketing strategy, requires thoughtful planning and a genuine commitment to the health and well-being of participants. This promotes physical well-being and mental clarity, energizing participants and fostering a sense of community.

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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. Kate Yordi Kate Yordi, Visit Mesa Visit Mesa , the regional destination marketing organization for Mesa, Arizona, has expanded its team with the promotion of Yordi.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferencing, and exhibitions. It is a highly lucrative industry revolving around incentive travel , though there is a distinction between incentivized travel and business conferences. Incentive travel isn’t a stand-alone industry. Incentives versus Conference Travel.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 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

JULY 12, 2024

Lynn Willison and Rachel Englander Lynn Willison (left) and Rachel Englander (right), The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events , a woman-owned and -operated boutique meeting and incentive planning company, brings in two new team members.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Motivating the next generation of incentive travel winners will require a completely fresh approach, according to a new Leadership InSITEs study from SITE Foundation. Gen Z is an independent, digitally comfortable group that will require a new set of tools to design programs that resonate authentically to promote company goals.

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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

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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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2023

Joelle Park Joelle Park Park is appointed to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at BWH Hotels. In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. In this role, Donatelli will oversee the Southeast market.

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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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Motivation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

What are sales incentives? Sales incentives can be any kind of compensation or reward provided by an employer to drive productivity, more specifically, the selling of goods or services. And sales incentives have evolved over the last 25 years, as all things to do. Choosing Your Sales Incentives: The Value of Culture Fit.

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Incentives Certification Social Media Education 130

Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Making sure attendees use the event app you’ve created requires your organization to market the app before your event takes place. Event management platform VenuIQ shared some tips and tricks in a recent blog post, “Best Practices for Marketing Your Event App.” Show off its features. Celebrate launch day.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Maria Elena Armenta Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has added Armenta as director of sales and marketing. The Mexico-native also spent time in Cancun as director of sales and marketing for Nizuc Resort & Spa in and director of leisure sales position for Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa.

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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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Endless Events

MARCH 30, 2018

Up-And-Coming Rules for Event Marketing. With the rapid evolution of the events industry, are you aware of the new rules when it comes to event marketing? Content marketing is also becoming more prominent, giving you audience mindshare without needing a big marketing budget.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

She brings over 15 years of experience in tourism and experiential marketing. Yoshida will serve as director of marketing. She has spent 12 years in the industry, most recently serving as marketing manager at Kahala Hotel & Resort in Honolulu, where she developed and implemented campaigns to expand the company’s audience.

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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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Bizzaboo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

What are creative ways to promote an event that everyone else isn’t already doing? Dive in as we unravel the essence of event promotion and unveil game-changing strategies that will capture attention and ignite excitement and anticipation for your event. What is event promotion? It’s all about creative promotion.

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Endless Events

MARCH 25, 2020

What are your marketing and financial goals? Market research can be a powerful tool here. Promote Your Virtual Event. Let them promote your event and themselves by sharing what interesting topics they will be discussing. Give them some sort of incentive to fill them out! How can you draw inspiration from them?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) market is expected to grow by 7.8 percent between 2024 and 2030, according to Grand View Research, and the European market is on a similar track. Sustainability and CSR Provide and promote water stations as an alternative to water bottles.

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Motivation Excellence

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

She started at Motivation Excellence in our client marketing department eight months ago and quickly became involved in our Events Committee. What’s your current title and how long have you been in the incentive industry? My current goal is to actively promote awareness. What do you like about your job?

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Bizzaboo

MARCH 13, 2023

How To Promote a Virtual Event: 12 Creative Virtual Event Marketing Strategies Want to rock your next virtual webcast or other event ? Keep these virtual event marketing basics in mind as you develop your promotional strategy. This promotion should be front and center when someone visits an event landing page.

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Endless Events

JUNE 10, 2022

You can also include the feedback form right in their meeting packet, with a small incentive for them to complete it and hand it back to your team. Did we promote to the right audience for the event? Net promoter score. Take the opportunity to market your future events to them and share post-event reels and content.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 19, 2023

Event marketing can be a complex and time-consuming process, but it is essential for ensuring that your event is a success. A well-crafted marketing plan for events will help you reach your target audience, generate interest in your event, and drive ticket sales. Curious how to create a marketing plan for an event?

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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. Teipo Brown, Jr., Discover Santa Clara Discover Santa Clara welcomes Brown, Jr.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

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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Creative Group Inc

JULY 28, 2022

You might think your incentive strategy is working, but odds are, it could be working harder… When is the last time you evaluated your incentive strategy for its effectiveness? Is your incentive strategy designed to motivate more than just the same people every year? Ready to assess your incentive program?

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Tourism eSchool

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In order to minimise the impact of seasonal trends, business owners need to think of parts of their business they can control to generate demand when it’s not typically sought after by the market. Email marketing really comes into it’s own when sales or bookings are slim pickings. Build your email database all year round.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2024

This positive association can lead to stronger brand loyalty and a more favorable perception in the market. Providing various seating options, such as standing desks and lounge areas, can also cater to different preferences and promote movement throughout the event. But mindfulness goes beyond incorporating short meditation sessions.

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ADMEI

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

ADMEI’s awards program is among the most respectable and distinguished in the meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions (MICE) industry and the most robust, noteworthy DMC-specific awards program. The ADMEI Awards Program recognizes member excellence in DMC programs, component development, and delivery.

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Achieve Incentives

JANUARY 15, 2023

What better way to do that than by offering your top performers with an awesome travel incentive and a side of VIP treatment? There are four basic steps to developing a successful travel incentive program: Set your goals Define your travel experience Promote your program Determine your results Let’s break it down a bit, shall we?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Sandra Olivia Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside, Florida, announces Oliva as director of marketing. She’s been with the company since 2011, most recently as director of sales and marketing at Grand-Hotel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel on the French Riviera. Amanda Hills Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

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