Barbara Scofidio

Canada’s hotel sector is entering a new era of growth, marked by eco-conscious builds, luxury upgrades, and culturally rich conversions. These six properties show how developers are meeting both traveler expectations and event planner demand in 2025.

Though many attendees prefer individual incentives, some companies don’t want to let go of the level of control they have with group trips. 

These new hotels and resorts offer planners a variety of settings for both meetings and incentive trips, from a new W in São Paolo and Hyatt Regency in the heart of Panama City, to beachfront resorts in Cancun and Costa Mujeres, Mexico, and Punta Cacique in Costa RIca.

Who better to create supportive and uplifting prompts for planners than a former event planner-turned-coach?

Hotel development on the African continent is shattering records, and these 12 new properties will expand the possibilities for meeting and incentive groups.

Anne Marie Rogers believes in the power of women to elevate other women — and she lives it every day.

There’s no shortage of new hotels in the pipeline in the APAC region. These 20 entrants, which just opened or opening soon, are geared toward the meeting and incentive market.

Other events could take a page from the volumes of safety advice that Riskworld, the world’s largest gathering of global risk professionals, creates for its attendees.

Looking for properties that blend luxury and modernity, where Michelin-starred chef restaurants and state-of-the-art tech share the same roof? Take a look at these 25 new or newly renovated European hotels and venues.

Is the definition of an incentive trip — an experience that attendees could not create on their own — still valid, when anyone who can afford it can buy a bucket list experience?