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How does motivation and incentive travel fit together?
Management needs to harness motivation from those who already possess it, and build it in those who need a helping hand.
How do they do this?
Often, a bit of laughter goes a long way to increase staff happiness. The research shows that happiness leads to success in almost every domain in life, and what better way to create this happiness in the workplace, than through incredible travel opportunities!
Unique Experiences
Incentive travel is all about offering participants “once in a lifetime” travel experiences, or travel they can’t easily afford to do on their own.
Planning these incentive programs has become an art, because it’s much more than just a planned travel package. Organizations want consultation and value added services so that each program is purpose-built, based on demographic and core values, which translates into measurable results.
Therefore we, as incentive suppliers, are being forced to be more creative, personal and relevant. After all, the participants have earned these travel opportunities as rewards, so these experiences needs to be meaningful and memorable!
A Changed Industry
This isn’t easy, particularly because organizations continue to seek out new or re-invented destinations and offerings. We’ve seen that in order for incentive travel to be a success, it needs to be:
- Unique
- Authentic, and
- Memorable
Southern Africa and Incentive Travel
Southern Africa is a vastly diverse destination, offering a wealth of opportunities specifically for incentive travel.
The key component of almost all itineraries is the safari. We are able to offer a variety of authentic safari destinations, which combine luxury and warm hospitality with authentic wild encounters.
These safari experiences really touch the hearts of guests!
Safaris are usually combined with a variety of other sophisticated experiences such as a visit to the vibrant and world-class city of Cape Town, or a trip to Victoria Falls - one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Packages can even include remote desert environments in Namibia, or white sandy beaches in Mozambique, the opportunities really are endless!
A 2014 travel industry study written by Oxford Economics outlines that the “the global travel industry is poised for a period of sustained growth over the next decade”. As such Always Africa continues to find these creative components, whether they are local events or authentic destination-related experiences, to create magical moments that make incentive guests feel special.
Our programs work on emotions, which ultimately motivate staff to higher levels of performance.
