Tag: IRF
Are Your Clients Building a ‘Culture of Recognition’?
IRF's new report examines how good reward program design enhances the effort to weave recognition into everyday culture.
Top 2025 Incentive Travel Trends
What’s hot in incentive travel trends for 2025, from new destinations to cruises to AI.
IRF Study: What Keeps Employees Motivated?
Personalized rewards can make all the difference, say incentive program qualifiers.
IRF Predicts a Shifting Incentives Landscape
Incentive programs and rewards are responding to new priorities and generational change, says IRF report.
3 Reasons Why Group Dining Is Top Incentive Activity
Surprisingly, while sightseeing activities and free time are prized when it comes to group travel incentives, group dining is what they most appreciate.
Are Your Incentives Gender-Specific?
Incentives aren’t gender neutral — women and men tend to respond differently to different types of incentives, recognition and rewards, according to a study by the IRF.
Top-Performing Companies Are Big on Incentive Travel
Top-performing companies motivate employees with incentive travel and gift cards more frequently than lower performers, according to new research from the IRF.
7 Ways AI Already Is Helping Incentive Planners
A fictional case study outlines how incentive planners are already using AI to plan their incentive travel programs.
The Above and Beyond Foundation Honors Hospitality Heroes
Four hospitality front-line workers received Hospitality Hero grants from the Above and Beyond Foundation at the IRF's 2024 Invitational.
International Perspectives on Incentive Destination Selection
The IRF and The Palm Beaches bring together a group of European and Canadian incentive travel buyers to discuss the state of international incentives.
Incentive Qualifiers Rank Group Trips as Top Motivator in IRF Study
Results of IRF's 2024 Attendee Preferences for Incentive Travel reveal the most popular travel destinations and program design preferences.
Two IRF Studies Explore Current Use and Future Potential of AI
In two IRF studies, Incentive professionals share intel on harnessing AI for efficiency and creativity.
Incentive Industry Outlook: 5 Top Trends for 2024
A new report from the Incentive Research Foundation predicts a booming but challenging year ahead.
Generational Preferences: Travel Incentives Rank High With All Ages
IRF's new study, Generational Expectations of Incentives, explores the differences—and similarities—among three distinct age groups.