Latest Industry News - July 2021
Updated: Aug 26, 2021
RepLink Announces Excellent in Data Entry Awards
June 23, 2021
The EDE Award is an annual review of product data provided in RepLink by industry merchandise suppliers. Judging is done by the independent incentive reps who use the merchandise information to prepare proposals to sell their customers. Read more about RepLink’s 2021 EDE award winners. Read more
Excellence in Data Entry, RepLink. https://replink.com/Resources/EDEAwardWinners2021.aspx (last visited, June 25, 2021)
Rosenstock Elected IMRA Board President
May 7, 2021
The Incentive Manufacturers & Representatives Alliance (IMRA), a Strategic Industry Group (SIG) within the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA), has elected new officers for 2021-2022. David Rosenstock, IP, vice president business development north, IncentiveSource, Inc., is the 2021-2022 IMRA board president. Read more
Rosenstock Elected IMRA Board President, Incentive Manufacturers & Representatives Alliance. (May 7, 2021), https://www.imraonline.org/IMRA/News/2021/Rosenstock-elected-IMRA-Board-President.aspx
Fist Bumps and Even a Few Hugs: the IRF Invitational Returns
June 4, 2021
As the saying goes, luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, and the Incentive Research Foundation had some luck with the timing of its IRF Invitational event June 2-5 in Marco Island, Fla. Read more
Fist Bumps and Even a Few Hugs: the IRF Invitational Returns, Meetings Net. (June 4, 2021), https://www.meetingsnet.com/incentive-meetings-merchandise/fist-bumps-and-even-few-hugs-irf-invitational-returns
Note From Tim Andrews, ASI's President/CEO: Getting America and
Promo Back to Business
May 20, 2021
It’s clear by nearly every metric – continued low interest rates, huge pent-up demand for travel and entertainment, “help wanted” signs all over America – that we are on the brink of perhaps the biggest economic expansion in decades. With the masks starting to come off, Americans are leaping at the chance to get back to normal – and back to business.
Note From Tim Andrews, ASI's President/CEO: Getting America and Promo Back to Business, Advertising Speciality Institute. (May 20, 2021), https://www.asicentral.com/news/newsletters/promogram/may-2021/note-from-tim-andrews-asis-presidentceo-getting-america-and-promo-back-to-business/
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Launches Where Next? Campaign
May 12, 2021
With the promise of more travel freedoms to come this summer – and all the reconnections this brings for couples, families, and friends – Preferred Hotels & Resorts has launched WHERE NEXT?, a global campaign to inspire all travelers, including returning I Prefer Hotel Rewards members, to dust off their passports for a much-deserved trip abroad or closer to home as they continue to Believe in Travel. Read more
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Launches Where Next? Campaign, Preferred Hotels & Resorts. (May 12, 2021), https://preferredhotels.com/bulletin/preferred-hotels-resorts-launches-where-next-campaign