How to Electrify a Castle, and Other Unique Venue AV Challenges
How to Electrify a Castle, and Other Unique Venue AV Challenges
Jun 24, 2015
Today's guest post is by Andrew Taffin, CEO of Tallen Technology Rentals Ask a meeting planner who has been in the industry for a while and no doubt they’ll be happy to share stories recounting events and meetings at some pretty unusual and un...
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Sneak Peek at FICP Incentive Benchmarks Survey
Jun 24, 2015
The number of incentive conferences held and the number of attendees at those conferences both are holding steady or increasing for the majority of companies in the just-completed Financial & Insurance Conference Planners member survey. FICP...
IRF Chief Research Officer Rodger Stotz filled in attendees on the foundation39s recent DMC research at the IRF Invitational
Are DMCs Still Relevant?
Jun 15, 2015
A new study from the Incentive Research Foundation explores the value proposition of destination management companies in today’s changing marketplace.
Jeffrey Broudy executive vice president United Incentives Inc and IRF former chairman receiving the firstever IRF Visionary Award from IRF Chairwoman Sandi Daniel right and Janet Traphagen executive vice present sales Creative Group and IRF board vicechairwoman
Gallery: The 2015 IRF Invitational in Pictures
Jun 12, 2015
The 2015 Incentive Research Foundation Invitational, held in May at the Trump National Doral Miami, was chock full of education, activities, networking, and, of course, golf. Here are some photo highlights of the event, courtesy of the IRF and...
Incentive Trends Panel from left Damon Riddle account supervisor BI Worldwide Mike May president Spear One Greg Bogue vice president experience design Maritz Travel and Todd Zint CMM CMP vice president meetings and event strategy NFP
What's Driving Tomorrow's Incentives? 7 Trends to Watch
Jun 12, 2015
Incentives in the future may be about a whole lot more than good times, according to a trend-tracking panel at the recent Incentive Research Foundation Invitational.
IRF Invitational 2015
IRF Invitational 2015: Back to the Future, and Then Some
May 29, 2015
Jeffrey Broudy, executive vice president, United Incentives, Inc., and IRF former chairman, receiving the first-ever IRF Visionary Award from IRF Chairwoman Sandi Daniel (right), and Janet Traphagen, executive vice present, sales, Creative Group...
One of the many stunning vistas at the Villa Caletas hotel in Costa Rica
On Location: Costa Rica
May 14, 2015
One journalist’s whirlwind ride through a rainforest paradise for meeting and incentive groups.
In front of the Mob Museum
The 16th Annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational: On the Scene
May 07, 2015
Some 150 corporate meeting professionals and Las Vegas suppliers gathered for MeetingsNet’s 16th annual Las Vegas Corporate Invitational in April, offering meeting planners a taste of the city’s wide variety of conference and group...
2015 Top Emerging Incentive Destinations: An Insider’s Look
2015 Top Emerging Incentive Destinations: An Insider’s Look
Apr 13, 2015
In our annual Incentive Travel Trends survey done in partnership with the Incentive Research Foundation (full results available in the April MeetingsNet magazine app or in our digital edition), we asked respondents to name two emerging countries...
Are Your Incentives Working?
Apr 10, 2015
Click on the link below to read the annual joint survey by MeetingsNet and the Incentive Research Foundation. We dig deep into the year in incentive travel, drawing on survey responses from both in-house planners and third-party incentive...
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