Planners of high-end meetings and incentives must ask service-related questions of their luxury-hotel hosts, then partner well with them to build the experience that attendees expect.

After attending Australia Next in Melbourne in early December, Meetings Today had the chance to check in with Tourism Australia Managing Director Robin Mack on what’s new in the Land Down Under, from hotels and restaurants to group “impact” activities, and get his perspective on what makes this trending incentive destination one worth traveling for.  

In addition to nearly 200 sellers and planners, Australia Next 2025 also hosted 14 industry media including Meetings Today’s Taylor Smith. Here’s a firsthand account of her time in Melbourne. 

Discover how Vancouver, British Columbia, blends past, present and future for an incentive experience like no other.

Here are three trends that are reinventing how hotels and resorts are designing and delivering high-end dining experiences that satisfy all attendee cravings, and examples of properties already hitting all the marks.

Although its main incentive destinations were hit especially hard, Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism has formulated an ambitious recovery plan. 

Ahead of our Meetings Today LIVE! Corporate/Incentive event in October, destinations editor Taylor Smith had a chance to experience the hotels, activities and culture that makes Los Cabos a popular choice for incentive travel programs.

Nearly 80 attendees traveled to Los Cabos, Mexico, for the Meetings Today LIVE! Corporate/Incentive hosted-buyer event October 19-22, experiencing firsthand what makes Los Cabos a luxurious destination for corporate meeting and incentive groups. 

Major hotel brands like these are doubling down on all-inclusive properties in coastal destinations like the Caribbean and Mexico. These are the openings you should know about, and how they are reinventing the meeting experience.