Incentive Meetings & Merchandise

With its Crystal Awards, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence recognized incentive houses that exceeded clients’ goals through creative programming and experiences. Here are a few examples.

The organization representing destination management companies in many countries will now be represented by Associated Luxury Hotels International’s global sales team.

With Chinese factories producing less and freight trips across the Pacific being cancelled more often, meeting hosts, sponsors, and exhibitors might want to rethink their approach to attendee gifts and giveaways this year.

A super superyacht—in fact, the world’s largest sailing ship—is in the works from Accor’s luxury Orient Express division.

After two years with an interim CEO, the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence has selected a new leader.

The fourth research collaboration between FICP, IRF, and SITE looks at how the incentive-travel industry is recovering, how program design is evolving, and what’s affecting destination choice.

The dates for Las Vegas’s 2023 F1 race, which will see racers on the Las Vegas Strip at speeds over 200 mph, have been announced. The event could be an amazing incentive travel experience—and a planner challenge.