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Not Your Mother’s Incentives… Or Even Last Year’s

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Sustainability is no longer just nice to have: It’s now a necessity in program design. It’s like sustainability. Scott Lockey, senior director for partnerships at Cvent, recently co-led a webinar titled “Tech and Incentive Travel: An Unlikely Partnership?” In short, these are not your mother’s—or father’s—incentive trips.

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7 Ways that Travel Changed in 2017

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These included everything from Seabourn’s open-water kayaking off the Alaska coast to Carnival Cruise Lines ’ interactive entertainment experiences. Some cruise companies made a big effort to lure younger travelers by offering more adventurous and innovative choices.

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How Travel Changes Us

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In tech, Salesforce acquired Tableau, a data visualization company, in an estimated $15.7 Event tech company Aventri acquired ITN International, TapCrowd and Zentila. From glacier encounters in Alaska to weekend Caribbean cruises, Celebrity Cruises have been personalizing aha moments for more than three decades.

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2017 Smart Stars Award Winners

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A multi-million-dollar transformation added a fresh design scheme, all-new plush furnishings and tech in the 802 guest rooms, and enhancements to its 38 versatile meeting and functions rooms. of meeting and event space, including 33 newly renovated meeting rooms with the newest tech. Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel. sheratonlax.com.

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