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www.aplusmeetings.com

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Effective meetings.

Flawless events.

Trips of a lifetime.

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At a Glance

Providing true full-service meeting planning, including website development, registration, airline ticketing, project planning, on-site staffing, mobile event apps, and production services

    • Founded in 1993
    • One of the top 25 meetings and incentives companies in the U.S.
    • $25 Million in annual revenue
    • 25 full-time staff, with up to 40 flexible staff
    • Servicing Fortune 500 companies
    • 70% meetings, 30% incentive travel
    • Over 70 events per year
    • Past events span over 500 locations in (40?) countries and 5 continents, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
    • 99% of meeting attendees have rated us as “Excellent” or “Good” on post-event surveys
    • 98% client retention rate

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Who We Are

    • Award-winning Meeting and Incentive travel planners
      • Domestic and global corporate programs ranging from 20 to more than 4,000.
    • Extraordinary Incentive Trip Creators
      • Incentive programs to motivate and reward your associates, customers, distributors, and partners while creating life-long memories.
    • Strategic Business Partners
      • We’re passionate about helping your business deliver on its objectives and get results.
    • Careful Budget Managers
      • You maintain 100% visibility into your budget with no surprises and no unexpected cost overruns. We treat your budget as if it were our own!

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Our Clients

A-Plus plans approximately 70 events per year, including board of directors' meetings, vendor trade shows, sales and leadership conferences, customer advisory boards, and incentive trips.

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Recent meetings and incentive trips

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    • Attorney partners’ conference for 1,000 people in Las Vegas
    • Sales incentive trip for 420 people in Puerto Vallarta
    • Sales incentive trip for 400 people in Cancun
    • President's Club for 100 people in Hawaii
    • Sales incentive trip for 160 people in Iceland
    • Dealer incentive for 100 people in Napa
    • Sales incentive for 330 people in Fort Lauderdale

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What Makes Us Unique?

    • Excellent, collaborative project management
    • Cost savings, both on fees and all other line items
    • Complete budgetary transparency
    • Latest meeting technologies
    • Personalized agendas

Incentives

    • We provide an experience…not just a vacation
    • Full communication plan including event app
    • Gifting
    • Unique, fixed-cost incentive pricing and services

Meetings

Exceptional Service in everything we do

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All-Inclusive Pricing

    • Online registration
    • Preparation of breakout and dinner assignments, based on client criteria
    • Unlimited meetings/conference calls
    • Unlimited reporting
    • Complete pre-trip communication plan & materials

A-Plus services included at no extra charge

Onsite services included at no extra charge

    • Onsite printing (we bring our own printer)
    • Acting as facilitator and scribe for customer advisory boards
    • Using staff auto for short trips rather than hiring transfer company
    • Managing AV tech table and calling the show
    • Onsite editing of highlights slideshows
    • Event app support

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Research and Case Studies

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Case Study:

Sales Incentive to Rome

Program: Sales Challenge

Location: Rome, Italy

Property: The Westin Excelsior, Rome

Attendees: 70 couples

Situation: The client needed a special incentive for their B2B sales team. They wanted to see different parts of Italy but did not want to move hotels during a 5-night trip.

Action: Using Rome as a home base, we built an agenda including the main attractions in Rome, plus a day trip to Florence using the high-speed rail, and an optional day trip to Pompeii and Sorrento.

Result: Clients were extremely happy with the program, and, to this day, some attendees talk about the trip as the best they’ve ever done.

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Case Study:

Sales Incentive to Puerto Vallarta

Program: Sales Excellence

Location: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Property: Grand Velas, Riviera Nayarit

Attendees: 240 couples

Situation: After signing a contract in 2019 for the 2020 program, COVID caused multiple rounds of rescheduling. The group also grew from 175 couples to 240 couples.

Action: We worked with the hotel to reschedule the program four times and negotiated a nominal fee for all the changes.

Result: People who have attended many prior trips stated that it was one of the best Sales Excellence programs ever. The attendees gave the trip 99% Excellent or Very Good in the post-event survey.

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Case Study:

Sales Incentive to Reykjavik, Iceland

Client: Brother International

Program: President’s Club

Location: Reykjavik, Iceland

Property: The Reykjavik EDITION

Attendees: 80 couples

Situation: Original contracted hotel that was scheduled to open before the trip, notified us a few months before the trip that construction was not complete, and they would not be open in time.

Action: We negotiated an exit from the original hotel contract with no penalty for the client. We identified a 5-star alternative property and negotiated excellent rates and concessions, including early check-ins for those with overnight flights.

Result: An extremely successful program with rave reviews for the property, the destination, and A-Plus.

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Samples

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Communications

Brother - Iceland Trip

1. Announce Trip

Timing: 1 year prior to trip

Audience: All eligible salespeople

Send: Email with video about location

3. Launch Registration

Timing: 3 months prior to the trip

Audience: Winners and hosts

Send: Email with video congratulating winners, email inviting hosts, and website info

2. Teasers

Timing: 11 Months to 3 Months Prior

Audience: All eligible salespeople

Send: Email teasers and postcards mailed to home

4. Know before you Go

Timing: 2 weeks prior to the trip

Audience: winners and hosts

Send: KBYG email with full trip details and email that launches the app

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Announcement and Teaser Emails

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Teaser Mailed Postcard

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Winners Invitation Email and Registration Website

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Winners Pre-trip Congratulatory Letter and Gifts

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Know Before You Go and App Download Email

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Incentive Mobile App

    • Launch two weeks before trip
    • Fluid front page
    • Combined Attendee/Guest agendas
    • Airline, activity, dining confirmations
    • Notifications
    • Social fee
    • “Contact A-Plus” for all questions

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Welcome Bag Gifts

and Trip Magazine

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Nights 1 and 2 Gifts

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Nights 3 and 4 Gifts

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Get Started With A-Plus Today!

    • We add value from our unique business perspective
    • Our service is exceptional and personal
    • We have the negotiating leverage of a national firm, combined with personal service to planners and attendees
    • We set reasonable budgets and never go over
    • Our fees are reasonable and transparent with no hidden fees
    • We “wow” our clients and attendees

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Experience excellence in action… right now!

(786) 888-3201

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901 Ponce de Leon Blvd.

Suite 202

Coral Gables, FL 33134

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www.aplusmeetings.com

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