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Making the Business Case for Incentive Travel

Sales and Marketing Management

Creating one-of-a-kind experiences for groups creates long-lasting motivation and loyalty, but selling these programs to the C-suite takes careful planning. The post Making the Business Case for Incentive Travel appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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Group travel is down, but not out

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan According to an April survey by the Incentive Research Foundation, the top concern about participating in work or reward-related travel was the threat of an epidemic/pandemic at 33%, followed closely by severe weather at 29%. This begs the question, what’s up with the weather scaredy-cats ? Incentives interrupted.

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10 Ways to Build Customer Loyalty and Trust

Sales and Marketing Management

You can have the best and most user-friendly offering on the market. Here are 10 ways you can offer the best support and create customer loyalty and trust: 1. This high-touch approach gives them a place to be heard and builds loyalty with our product. Travel to them. This is crucial. Be transparent. It’s a win-win.

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Do You Realize Travel Can Open Minds To New Business Strategies?

Smooth Sale

Attract the Right Job Or Clientele: Do You Realize Travel Can Open Minds To New Business Strategies? The anticipation of travel, the journey itself, and the aftermath raise awareness of the good, bad, and the need for improvement upon the trip’s conclusion. Travel can open minds to new business strategies. Photo by E.S.

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5 incentive travel trends for 2019

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan Meetings and incentive travel professionals agree that Brexit will impact their industry, but they differ on what sort of impact it will have. The British-based C&IT Magazine recently summarized five incentive travel trends that will impact programs in 2019. We are moving from incentive travel to ‘Instatravel.’

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How Aviation Businesses Can Utilize Personalization To Make Better Engagement With The Next Generation Travelers

Pipeliner

Thus, it results in the next generation travelers having high hopes from your airlines. Increase Customer Satisfaction: Most airlines are working proactively and providing information to resolve passenger’s issues by reducing the effects of travel disruptions. how-aviation-businesses-can-engagement-with-the-next-generation-travelers.

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How Sales Reps Are Hitting Quotas Without Hitting the Streets

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Mark Kovac, David Deming and Sushant Khandelwal Virtual selling in business-to-business markets, often associated with inside sales, has carried a bit of a stigma within field-dominated sales organizations. Virtual channels can raise productivity and lower selling costs, due to less time and expense for travel.

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