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JULY 5, 2017
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Meetings & Events
Corporate Travel Management
Incentives & Rewards
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With Canada’s special 150th birthday celebrations still fresh in our minds, here’s a look at some hidden travel gems worth checking out this summer. Even better, discover how some of these great places would be an excellent destination for your group!
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IHG’s Hidden Travel Gems:
After a three-month contest with members of the IHG Rewards Club, over 4,000 submissions were whittled down to 150 Hidden Gems across Canada. Whether you’re travelling for business or pleasure, this list chronicles coast-to-coast travel spots, both urban and rural, that will take your breath away. You might even discover a new favourite in your own city. |
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Top 10:
When USA Today revealed its Top 10 Canadian destinations, the resort town of St. Andrews beat out heavyweights like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver for first on the list. Smaller cities such as Saskatoon, Canmore, Lunenburg, Quebec City and St. John’s, Newfoundland were nominated. UNESCO World Heritage sites figured prominently on the list. |
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Look for great destination ideas at ignitemag.ca.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
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Good Karmal
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MEETINGS + EVENTS
FMAV will be the exclusive Canadian partner for European-based zehndetails and their presentation management and ePoster software under the FMAV suite of technology solutions. FMAV streamlines the submission, storage and review of presentations to a single location, centralizes speaker communications and synchronizes the latest presentation files to meeting rooms. Interactive Knowledge Pods are completely digital and flexible to use for ePosters, presentations or trade show booths.
CORPORATE TRAVEL MANAGEMENT
Laptop Ban
This recent column in the LA Times tells the story of workarounds to the laptop ban on some international flights and various strategies to cope. From investigating airline carriage rules, travel and home insurance policies to using a “just the basics” computer or a second phone just for pictures, get the skinny on what your options are.
INCENTIVES + REWARDS
150 Ways to Give Back
Toronto’s EventMobi kicked off a new program, 150 Days of Action, on Canada’s 150th birthday that offers and incents employees to contribute to a total of 150 company days dedicated to the volunteer work of their choice. The program will empower employees to pursue experiences tailored to their interests and passions, and will follow their progress with a real-time 150 day dashboard gauge, blogging and social sharing and internal communication.
Share your event news, case studies or story ideas with us here at ignitemag.ca.
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Celebrate SITE Canada
When: July 19, 2017
Where: Graydon Hall Manor, Toronto
Why go: Celebrate the illustrious history of SITE Canada with industry friends and colleagues as they honour past achievements and look forward to the future of their award-winning chapter.
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IncentiveWorks
When: August 22-23, 2017
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Why go: Canada’s annual industry trade show for the meetings and incentive industry brings together education, keynotes and the eagerly anticipated reveal for the Canadian Hall of Fame.
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Events Specialist
This Calgary-based position at McCarthy Tétrault will be responsible for managing sponsorships and client social and educational events for the Alberta region. Responsibilities include researching, developing, planning and executing business development client events, and providing the firm with a “one-stop approach” to event planning.
Events Coordinator
As events coordinator for EventMobi, based in Toronto, you will support the manager of events and sponsorships to execute the overall marketing and sales vision through experiential events. You will work on planning multiple segments of events including: trade shows, recruitment, sponsorships, road shows and user conferences. You will be instrumental in the overall success of all event campaigns from an administrative and operational perspective. You will have a degree in event management and a minimum of one year of event planning experience.
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Check out Ignite's JOB BOARD for more exciting career opportunities |
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