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Do you want to know what’s new in meetings and incentive travel in 2024? Then download our brand-new free report. -> https://hubs.li/Q02VTVDC0 🗺️ This guide featured the latest updates from the top meeting and incentive travel destinations around the world, including: - Recently opened hotels and venues - Future openings of hotels and venues - Destination bid funds, subventions and other funding schemes - Destination sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives - New direct flight connections 🇩🇪 Whether you are going to IMEX Frankfurt 2024 or not, this is an essential guide for all meeting and incentive travel planners. 🤝 "What’s New in Meetings and Incentive Travel 2024" was created in partnership with IMEX and is sponsored by Brand USA, the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau and Tourism Northern Ireland + Meet in Ireland

This report, brought to you by Skift Meetings and event management software platform Stova, explores the pivotal role technology can play in cultivating connection, with point-by-point guidance on: - Gathering data to facilitate more intentional networking - Leveraging AI for personalized networking recommendations and curated attendee lists - Maximizing convenience and engagement with digital connectivity - Providing tools that empower attendees to customize their networking experience - Building a multi-event strategy informed by data-backed insights Created in Partnership with Stova https://hubs.li/Q02VH7Ss0

Are ballparks and corporate events a perfect match? Explore the case for ballparks as meeting venues here: https://hubs.li/Q02VTwHK0

Global DMC Partners and Brightspot Incentives & Events revealed their top destination choices and only one destination makes both lists. Find out which: https://hubs.li/Q02VT3240

The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) and the BestCities Global Alliance announced the European Academy of Childhood-onset Disability (EACD) as winner of the 2024 Incredible Impacts Award. The EACD was recognized for its 36th Annual Meeting held in Bruges, Belgium, and received a $20,000 grant.

Falling Down Stairs, Talking to Strangers: How Planners Got Their Start The more you ask planners how they got their start in the meetings industry, the more random the stories become. Read about 10 more planners here: https://hubs.li/Q02VLmkn0

Delano, part of the Mandalay Bay complex, is one of the few non-gaming properties on The Strip. It is being converted into a W, with the debut planned for the end of the year.

“What Destination DC does really well is they are consistent with their brand, so we don’t have to overthink who we are working with [or] what we’re doing.” - Crystal Green, Senior Director of Meeting Services at the American College of Rheumatology https://hubs.li/Q02Vzwv20 Produced in partnership with Destination DC

1. Incentive programs are increasingly being used to build corporate culture. 2. They're also becoming an expected part of compensation. 3. There appears to be a disconnect between the destinations attendees feel are 'safe' and those where their companies are willing to travel. Skift Meetings dug deep into the 2024 Incentive Travel Index findings to unearth major shifts in the purpose, perception and location of today's incentive travel programs. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g8Jka9W6 #incentives #incentivetravel #incentiveindustry SITE Annette Gregg, CMM MBA Padraic Gilligan SITE The Incentive Research Foundation Stephanie Harris Skift Meetings