In the second in our DMC creativity case study series, inVOYAGER Arabian Adventures Meetings, Incentives & Events (MIE) shares the Dazzling in Dubai programme delivered for a US finance client last year, which won the 2019 SITE Crystal Award for Excellence in Incentive Travel in Africa/Middle East…

Luxury travel brand Abercrombie & Kent’s charity arm has set up an emergency relief fund to help vulnerable communities deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

We might not be travelling right now due to the global coronavirus pandemic, but we’re still in need of inspiration for our future events and incentives. So we thought it was the perfect time to share our list of emerging off-the-beaten track destinations from our recent inVOYAGE Annual Report.

Amid all the doom and gloom of the last few weeks, it’s been great to hear some snippets of positivity as the events industry continues to pull together to survive the global Covid-19 pandemic. So, we were thrilled to hear that inVOYAGER Caroline Lumgair’s boutique luxury events agency Eventful has been acquired by Aeorema Communications plc, owner of creative agency Cheerful Twentyfirst.

With luxury travel temporarily on hold, it’s great to see how our inVOYAGERs are working hard behind the scenes to bring luxury experiences to guests and travellers confined to their own homes during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Accor has announced a €70m fund to support employees affected by Covid-19 as it revealed that more than two thirds of its 5,000 hotels worldwide are expected to be closed within weeks due to the deepening impact of the global coronavirus lockdown.

As part of our recently published inVOYAGE Annual Report 2020, David Gould, CEO at CR Worldwide, contributed an article on the growing focus on employee wellbeing by corporations in the UK and US markets. With the Covid-19 pandemic now having a huge impact on people’s working lives around the globe, the mental and physical wellbeing of the workforce is now more important than ever, and the trends discussed in this feature will be even more relevant once the crisis passes…

Luxury travel might not be an option right now, but that doesn’t stop you being able to live well and experience high-end brands like Belmond from the comfort of your own home. The luxury travel company has provided a taste of its experiences for people to enjoy at home, from soothing make-at-home spa recipes and games to entertain, to uplifting cocktails and transportive music…

At the start of the new decade, the future for the incentive travel industry looked incredibly bright. Not only did our own data show that luxury event professionals were seeing increased demand for incentives, but results from the 2019 Incentive Travel Industry Index, a joint research effort from SITE (the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence), IRF (the Incentive Research Foundation) and FICP (Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals), pointed to an uptick in incentive travel spend over the next few years.

This is a new and uncertain time for us all. Where no-one really knows what to expect one day to the next, not to mention what will be happening in a week or month’s time.

Unprecented. That’s the only word that can be used to describe the situation that people and businesses across not just the luxury events sector, but all industries around the globe, are currently facing.

Since writing our top five challenges for luxury event planners feature back in January, everything has changed! Just a couple of months ago, managing budgets was the biggest challenge facing the sector, with safety and security coming in at fifth.

With sustainability increasingly high on the agenda for event and incentive planners, and the focus shifting to how events can positively benefit their host destination, the demand for luxury properties with strong eco creds is growing.

Set in the very heart of Havana, just steps away from the National Capitol Building, is the Gran Hotel Bristol, the latest offering from Kempinski Hotels and its third luxury property in Cuba.

Luxury hotel brand Aman has announced a new wellness-oriented lifestyle brand called Janu.