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5th Annual Gift Card Roundtable: Reading the Cards
Five top executives weigh in on the future of gift cards, discussing trends like wellness programs, customization, and ROI.

Four New Incentive Partners Join National Gift Card Corp.
The list of companies offering incentive gift cards through National Gift Card Corp. (NGC) keeps growing. The Crystal Lake, IL–based company announced today four new partners: Dunkin’ Donuts, 1-800 Flowers, SpaFinder and Express.

After Sale, AEIS Chief Looks Ahead
American Express Incentive Services CEO Darryl Hutson on the impact of yesterday's announcement that majority owner Maritz is buying out minority partner American Express

 
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Four New Incentive Partners Join National Gift Card Corp.
The list of companies offering incentive gift cards through National Gift Card Corp. (NGC) keeps growing. The Crystal Lake, IL–based company announced today four new partners: Dunkin’ Donuts, 1-800 Flowers, SpaFinder and Express.

Top 10 Gift Cards Desired by Consumers
The Global Prepaid Exchange released its Gift Card Performance Index which lists the Top 10 gift cards desired by American consumers, with Bath & Body Works coming out as the No. 1 choice. Find out which other retailers made the list.

CashStar Launches B2B eCorporate Incentives Product, National Gift Card Corp. Partnership
At the PrePaid Expo in Las Vegas today, CashStar, the Portland, ME–based digital gifting and incentives company, launched eCorporate Incentives, its new B2B product that enables companies to bulk order personalized digital gift cards that can be sent immediately to recipients via e-mail from retailers using CashStar software, and announced a new partnership with National Gift Card Corporation.

Four Seasons Hotels Launches Incentive Gift Card
Luxury lodging company Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts has introduced “Unforgettable Experience,” a new individual incentive gift card to the reward and recognition marketplace. And with people itching to travel—taking a vacation tops most people’s wish list for when the economy fully recovers, according to several surveys, and individual travel incentives have been on the rise the past year—the product is timely.

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Macy’s Is Top Card Purchase Over Holidays, But January Resales Soar
An incentive award that the recipient doesn't want is not very motivating, if not outright demotivating. More gift card recipients of all stripes have been turing to card exchanges, which offer an alternative to tossing a card into a drawer or regifting it.

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5th Annual Gift Card Roundtable: Reading the Cards
Five top executives weigh in on the future of gift cards, discussing trends like wellness programs, customization, and ROI.

Incentive/IMRA Sales Excellence Awards Winners Announced
Incentive magazine announced the winners of its 15th annual Sales Excellence Awards earlier this week, celebrating the best and most successful independent representative firms in the industry.

U.S. Travel Association Forms Meetings, Incentives, Trade Show Council
The U.S. Travel Association has created a new board member council that will build a proactive meetings and incentives research, communications, government relations and promotion agenda, it announced yesterday.

 
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