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The latest 2022 Incentive Research Foundation Destination Preference Study surveying 405 US salespeople correlated with Cvent and 3D Cruise Partners booking data finds that incentive travel is in higher demand than ever and that organizations appear to be generally selecting destinations in line with participant desires. Individual travel is almost universally coveted.... [ read more ]

The labor shortage, high employee expectations and turnover, customer disloyalty, and the increasing focus on stakeholder management and human capital reporting are creating significant opportunities for the IRR (Incentive, Rewards, and Recognition) field. Given that the IRR field remains largely unknown outside of the trade, the big question is: who will be the beneficiaries of this next period of growth?... [ read more ]

As one can imagine, the demand for luggage in the Incentive, Recognition, and Reward business has surged with the return of travel. The big challenge now? Supply and demand. ... [ read more ]

The Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) and Recognition Professionals International (RPI) announced that RPI has joined the IMA as a Strategic Industry Group (SIG). The two organizations have been collaborating since signing an affiliation agreement in March of 2021.... [ read more ]

This watch celebrates the 1957 Bulova American Girl "K," seen in the hit TV series, The Queen's Gambit.... [ read more ]

How can incentive travel contribute to sustainability and require a more uplifting experience? Spend a little time giving back in a Corporate Social Responsibility Program, says Michele Todd, Manager, Marketing, for Mutsubishi Logisnext Americas, a manufacturer of multiple lines of material handling equipment and strategic logistics solutions. ... [ read more ]

IRR (Incentive, Recognition, and Rewards) industry members still have time to register for the Incentive Marketing Association 2022 annual meeting July 11-13, 2022 in Snowbird, UT. The conference is one of the largest gatherings of incentive and recognition professionals and provides numerous education sessions led by experts from all areas of incentive and recognition. ... [ read more ]

While most master fulfillment companies in the IRR (Incentive, Rewards, and Recognition) business focus only on brands, Ree Wysong's GGIWW Luxury Brands provides a complete suite of brand solutions for the promotional products industry to support its growing family of distributor partners. ... [ read more ]

The Incentive Manufacturers & Representatives Association has launched to new tag line to better tell the story of incentive representatives. To learn about the campaign and get an update on the state of the incentive representative business, RRN caught up with Tom Edgette, IMRA President, and President of Hoffman & Edgette Awards Services, and Bill Martocci, IMA President, and President of Carlisle Marketing Inc.... [ read more ]

In a continued sign of mergers and acquisition activity in the IRR (Incentive, Rewards, Recognition) space, Irving, TX-based Brightspot Incentives and Events has purchased Plano, TX-based EventLink International, a provider of corporate-event management.... [ read more ]