Bleisure Travel Is Booming, and Individual Reward Trips Are Built for It
For companies designing recognition programs, understanding bleisure travel isn’t just helpful context. It’s a strategic advantage.
Tax Rules for Incentive Trips: What HR Leaders Need to Know
The IRS treats performance-based travel rewards as taxable compensation to the employee, regardless of whether the award is cash, merchandise, or travel. The fair market value (FMV) of the trip, covering airfare, lodging, meals, and related costs, must be included in the employee’s gross income.
How to increase employee engagement through travel?
Organizations that use travel as a recognition reward aren’t just thanking their people. They’re investing in them, and getting a compounding return on that investment every time the employee shows up at work.
Employee Retention Strategies: How Top Companies Keep Their Best People
The organizations that keep their best people for the long term have one thing in common: they’ve made a decision about what kind of workplace they want to be.
How to Replace President’s Club With Individual Travel Rewards
A growing number of leading sales organizations are recognizing this gap, and choosing to replace President’s Club group travel with individual luxury travel rewards. The results are better for earners, simpler for the teams running the program, and more powerful as a long-term retention and motivation tool.
20 Top Incentive Trip Destinations for 2026
The top incentive travel destinations for 2026 reflect evolving preferences toward authentic experiences, wellness focus, and adventure alongside luxury.
The Best Alternative to Cash Bonuses for Employees: Why Travel Rewards Win
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on November 20, 2025. It was last updated on March 23, 2026. When it comes time to reward top performers, many companies default to cash bonuses. It’s straightforward, quantifiable, and easy to administer. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Cash bonuses rarely create the lasting impact you’re hoping for. If […]
What Is Employee Recognition—and Why Does It Matter?
The best employee recognition programs are built on a simple belief: your people are the reason your organization exists, and the way you reward them should reflect that.
Business Travel Procurement: The Case for Individual Incentive Travel
The companies building cultures people don’t want to leave share a common understanding: recognition isn’t a perk, it’s a practice. It’s the consistent, intentional act of showing employees that their contributions matter, not just to the bottom line, but to the people around them and to the organization’s identity.
Employee Anniversary Recognition Ideas That Actually Inspire Loyalty
Meaningful employee anniversary recognition isn’t about spending more. It’s about spending intentionally, on rewards that reflect the depth of what your people have given, and the commitment you have to the relationship continuing.