Podcast: Real People In Real Places In Real Time
The latest episode of the Event Manager Podcast features Padraic Gilligan, managing partner at SoolNua and chief marketing officer of SITE Global in a conversation about incentive travel and motivational events.
We cover the evolution of incentive travel and the sector's recovery from the Covid pandemic. Some of the key talking points are:
- How incentive travel is unique in the way it starts in business environment but actualizes in tourism industry
- How rewarding and recognizing people crucial to the success of a company
- How incentive travel has evolved to include motivational events
- Why it’s important to connect incentive objectives with destinations and to connect incentive participants with people at the destination
- Why a lack of human resources and climate justice are the big challenges ahead for the event industry
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