Destination Incentives: Try a Curated Shopping Experience

One-location shopping events for corporate meeting groups are getting competition from curated shopping that incorporates highly customized experiences from multiple vendors.  In many cases, this can be part of an overall hotel experience while at a corporate meeting.

We are finding that boutique hotels that are opening in 2014 are leading this trend.  Whether it is fashion or other "hot" items, a curated shopping experience is more interactive than ever and can be adapted to each attendee's individual taste and style.

That doesn't mean a champagne pre-opening shopping event at Saks Fifth Avenue for a corporate group or spouses is going away.  New trends are simply providing more options for meeting planners!

Event and Meeting Gift Bags: Use your imagination with custom shopping experiences

We ran across an article in the Sunday New York Post explaining how personal shoppers are finding very customized gifts for VIPs who play concerts at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.  For example, Billy Joel was recently presented with a framed original pressing of the 1949 song "Alone in this City" from Ray Charles' early days.

As personal shopping for VIP gifts has become an explosive cottage industry in Manhattan, your corporate destination meeting can easily jump on board this trend.  With multiple levels of pricing, it's an especially fantastic idea for an incentive group, which in-turn saves them the hassle of looking for the typical New York touristy gifts to bring home for themselves or family members.

How well do you know your incentive meeting attendees?  Not sure what really makes them tick?  Try turning personal shopping into a team building event where attendees find unusual gifts for each other.  In New York City, there is really no limit to what can be purchased as a gift if you let your imagination go wild.