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incentive trends

Top Incentive Trends: Budgets on the Rise in 2022

Incentive trends research shows budgets and spending are on the rise, but is it enough to motivate today’s increasingly remote workforce?

Four New Podcasts Explore Challenges Faced by Industry Women

SITE’s “20 Minutes of Women IN Leadership” podcasts feature real-life challenges faced by women leaders in the meetings industry.
CMP fellows

EIC Welcomes First CMP Fellows Class

The Events Industry Council (EIC) has announced the inaugural class of Certified Meeting Professionals (CMP) Fellows, a new program the EIC just launched last year.
Smaller meetings and shorter lead times are in the forecast for 2022 and beyond.

Meeting and Event Trends in 2022 and Beyond

Travel tech giant Amadeus predicts smaller meetings, shorter lead times, and ever more important planner-supplier relationships for 2022 and beyond.
business travelers

Survey Finds Business Travelers Eager to Get Back to Meeting Face to Face

Survey finds 84% of business travelers plan to attend at least one business meeting over the next six months.

Celebrating Global Meetings Industry Day

Global Meetings Industry Day on April 7 celebrates the return of safe F2F meetings, and their impact on the economy.
cruise line

CDC Eases Health Restrictions on Cruising

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lifted COVID-related health warning on cruise travel the agency put in place at the start of the pandemic.
business events industry week

Inaugural Business Events Industry Week Draws 2,000 to D.C.

The inaugural Business Events Industry Week attracted more than 2,000 meeting and hospitality event professionals to learn and network.
cruise

Cruises Are Back for 2022

The mood among a panel of cruise line industry presidents was optimistic at CLIA’s Cruise360 conference last week.
Australia

Australia is Open for Business Events

Prevue caught up with Australia on Tour in Los Angeles and heard the latest updates from Tourism Australia's Business Events Team.

Remembering Shari Wallack

The incentive industry has lost one of its brightest lights with the passing of Shari Wallack this past week.
Face-to-face meetings

New Study: F2F Meetings Offer Competitive Edge

Face-to-face meetings are more important than ever, according to a new report by the San Diego State University School of Hospitality & Tourism Management and AHLA.
Visit Greater Palm Springs

Palm Springs Aims to Become Autism-Inclusive

Palm Springs is one of the first destinations to assure that those who attend meetings and events there will have multiple trained and certified entertainment, recreation and hotel options that are inclusive for those with autism.
MPI WEC 2022 is being held in San Francisco June 21-23.

MPI WEC San Francisco Celebrates 50 Years With an Innovative Agenda

MPI WEC in San Francisco June 21-23 celebrates the association's 50 year anniversary with a redesigned agenda of hands-on collaboration and problem solving.