Incentives
Your Next VIP Transfer Might Be a Helicopter
Forget limos, luxury sedans and motorcoaches. The next time your top performers land at JFK or touch down in Dubai, they might finish their trip in the sky — literally. According to Reuters, Joby Aviation plans to bring Blade Air Mobility’s helicopter and seaplane services straight to the Uber app as soon as 2026.
Incentive Travel Gets a Reboot: How AI, Risk, and Values Are Changing the Game
The 2025 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) debuted at IMEX America, drawing on the insights of 2,700 professionals across 85 countries, the report confirms what many in the business already feel: incentive travel isn’t disappearing—but it’s evolving under pressure.
The $2,000 Difference: How Incentive Leaders Stay in the Fast Lane
According to the Incentive Research Foundation’s (IRF) 2025 Top Performer Study: Automotive & Manufacturing Industries, companies that consistently hit revenue and retention benchmarks share one thing in common: they invest in rewards and recognition that go far beyond cash.
Canada’s Incentive Edge
With the exchange rate stretching a U.S. planner’s budget by some 30 percent, choosing America’s northern neighbor for incentive travel programs offers a smart solution for those tasked with delivering ever more dazzling experiences on ever tighter budgets.
How a Storm-Disrupted Incentive Trip Won a SITE Crystal Award
This is the true story of an incentive travel program that faced a sudden travel disruption crisis – and how the planning team’s preparation and quick thinking turned potential disaster into a success and earned them a SITE Crystal Award.
Inside the 2025 IRF Study on Incentive Travel and Performance
In a business landscape dominated by AI disruption, shifting employee expectations, and growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, top-performing companies are turning to a surprisingly human motivator: experiential rewards.
IRF Program Builds the Next Generation of Incentive Leaders
If you're a senior-level incentive planner looking to develop your team—and maybe even line up your eventual successor—the IRF Accelerate program offers a golden opportunity to support and elevate the emerging leaders in your ranks.
Hilton Adding 2,000 Rooms in Hawaii
Hilton’s aggressive expansion in the islands is giving planners even more options to design programs that fit diverse budgets and participant preferences while capitalizing on the enduring allure of the Aloha State.
Standout “Cell-ebration” Venues
Why Former Prisons Are Your Next Unforgettable Event Venue The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield – now an in demand event venue thanks to its starring role as the site where The Shawshank Redemption was filmed – is just one of many former prisons getting a second chance as unexpectedly popular venue options. Once formidable […]
Shawshanked: A Historic Prison-Turned-Incentive Venue
Once a penitentiary, then a film set, now an event venue—Mansfield’s Ohio State Reformatory finds unexpected redemption in the incentive travel market. For meeting and incentive planners searching for the next unforgettable destination, one unlikely location is doing hard time as an event venue: the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio.
