“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured, and that is sincerity and integrity.“
–Douglas Adams
Business Travel + Creative Travel Planners
Creative Travel Planners has provided comprehensive business travel services for nearly 35 years. Our goal is to offer creative solutions that provide that extra something special or unexpected to your program, meeting or event; to select destinations that will motivate, reward and ultimately, create unforgettable memories.
Our flexible service offering allows us to work with our clients in a way that makes sense for their business needs and budget imperatives. We can manage the entire program, from event design through to post-event survey and archiving, or we can provide specific services that will assist in rounding out a clients’ in-house team when a big meeting or event threatens to compromise their focus on everyday duties.
Incentive Travel
Creating Lasting Impressions that Lift the Bottom Line
Incentive travel is a management tool that leverages an exceptional travel experience as a means of motivating individuals to reach or exceed, established performance goals. Statistically, travel incentives tend to set high expectations and provide a lasting impression, which in turn, stimulates performance over a much longer period than cash.
And sinking your toes into warm sand on a tropical island beats the heck out of sinking them into cash.
Ticking the Boxes with the Right Travel Experience
According to the Incentive Marketing Association, consumer preference for personal experiences (over products) is growing and motivational programs need to reflect this trend. Not surprisingly, the critical element in creating a successful travel incentive program is selecting the right travel experience.
Our first-hand destination knowledge and travel experience allows us to recommend the right travel program that will delight the audience and deliver the results.
Conference & Meeting Management
Because Good Enough is no Longer Enough
Results-oriented, extremely-experienced and seriously creative slaves-to-detail who will turn on a dime, make lemonade from lemons and enthusiastically take a bullet for their clients.
When it comes to producing successful conferences and meetings, being proactive, efficient and meticulous are no longer enough. Conference or meeting planning can be as layered, complex and technical as a sophisticated military exercise.
Our conference and meeting clients know that by handing the job to The CTP Group, they can trust that the program will be a resounding success, that financial objectives will be met, that every possible eventuality will be taken into consideration and every detail triple checked. As we see it, our job is to allow the client to get out of the trenches in order to focus on the big picture.
A conference or meeting is about making connections and building relationships through face-to-face, pressing-the-flesh social interaction. If it is poorly conceived and creatively uninspired, there is absolutely no point to meet at all.
That’s why teleconferencing was invented.
Corporate Social Responsibity (CSR)
Purposeful Travel = Positive Corporate Messaging & Long-Lasting Benefits
Forward-looking organizations look to align their activities with the social, economic and environmental expectations of their people. Within the context of a travel program, we can design “give-back” opportunities to provide meaningful, memorable impact and importance to your gathering.
We have incorporated CSR into our travel programs for years now. And routinely, the feedback from our clients is that the CSR portion of the program was their most favorite aspect.
Ultimately, we see CSR as an essential offering, serving as a powerful tool to connect people through purposeful travel experiences.
Association Travel
Building Positive Associations through Travel
A conference or meeting for a professional, alumni or other association requires expertise in site selection, contract negotiation, marketing & promotion, registration services, operational know-how and exacting financial management.
Different than an incentive program, participation by members at a planned conference is difficult to predict. Because individual members are paying their own way, any number of factors can impact attendance. What happens when you plan for 300 and only 80 people register? How do you deliver a great program, without paying outrageous attrition penalties? We’ve been there – done that, for dozens of organizations and have experienced just about every possible scenario.
We understand the needs of our association clients. In fact, one of our clients has entrusted us with their regional conference consistently since 1989 … that’s 22 consecutive years of trusted partnership!
Travel Consultation
From Concept to Implementation – A la Carte Services to Suit all Needs and Budgets
Responsibility for event and meeting planning is often heaped upon an employee who already has a full plate of duties. Senior management has very high expectations – and absolutely no idea of the challenges and complexities involved.
Even if you’ve been doing this for awhile, sometimes it is valuable to get an outside perspective, brainstorm about destinations, stimulate your creative juices … or find a solution to a pressing problem.
The CTP Group – with decades of experience, connections and clout – can provide suggestions, ideas, solutions or operational support on an hourly or per-project basis.
Comprehensive Services
- Program development
- Preparation of sales presentation for management sell-in
- Detailed budget development and ongoing budget management
- Destination search, domestic or international
- Hotel contract negotiations
- Web based attendee registration
- Hotel rooming management
- Air transportation management and booking
- Audio-visual specifications, contracting, and management
- Award and gift recommendations and sourcing
- Entertainment sourcing and contracting
- Keynote speaker sourcing and contracting
- Food and beverage menu design
- Promotional campaigns
- Graphic material development, e.g., agendas, nametags, welcome letters
- Ground transportation logistics
- On-site event management and staffing; professional and presentable
- Post-event management, including invoice reconciliation and budget review
- Special event design, installation and management
- Presentation content development
- Presenter training and rehearsal
