Star employees need recognition and rewards for their hard work and efforts. These high performers need to be constantly motivated to keep getting more business for the company. Companies give them their dues in various forms – stock options, cash, shopping or dining vouchers, recognition through awards and so on. All these are considered to be the standard options which most companies use. However, a new corporate gifting trend is now on the way. Gifting complete holiday packages to employees.

Companies today are moving away from the traditional gifting ideas and bringing in the new trends. Gifting a complete holiday package is a great way to reward company personnel for their contribution. Gifting an all expense paid trip for an employee and his family can be a company’s way of extending the reward and recognition to the family too. This not only creates a lot of goodwill for the company but also drives the employee further to reach the highest levels of Excellency at his job.

Holiday packages are a good idea to gift to an employee and his family or also to high performing teams in the company as a bonus. These packages can be tailored to the needs of the person or team being gifted. For example if the reward is for a team the package can be an all expense paid adventure trip with a lot of team building and leadership exercises thrown in. An outdoor environment will rejuvenate the team after a tough assignment and at the same time hone their skills for the next one. Similarly a family tailored package will give an individual quality time with his loved ones, if he has been putting in a lot of late hours to get a project through.

Corporate holiday packages can range from a period of 2- 3 days or up to a week. Even more days, if the company needs to give a stressed out performer a long break. The destinations can vary from close by adventure places, theme resorts or out of station experiences, if the city does not have a lot to offer. A foreign destination can also be an option, if the company’s budget permits it. If the employee is single gifting a spa getaway can be a fabulous idea.

Corporate holiday packages need not always be for end of the year employee performance. They can also be given for a variety of reasons. For example, a holiday package for the employee who has put in the most number of years at the company. The gift should be given in the presence of peers, superiors and subordinates, to make the employee feel special. The holiday can also be given by a company to help promote a certain culture. For example if the company wants to achieve 100% quality from a team working at the client site, it can announce an attractive holiday destination which will be gifted on achieving the target.

However companies should keep in mind that whatever the holiday destination offered, it should be carefully worked out to achieve a positive impact on the employee. The employee should come back happy, rejuvenated and ready to take on assignments with a greater enthusiasm.

By: Thomas Johny

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Do you remember the days when most of us would book our holidays with tour operators? Package holidays meant that the operator would find us accommodation, sort out our flights and even deal with our airport transfers. It created an easy way for us to book our annual holidays. Many of us were contented too, feeling that we were getting plenty of value for money. Looking back, it seemed like quite a positive scenario.

We’ve seen the rise in popularity of independent holidays in recent years. These differ because they’re often more about creating unique experiences for travellers and families. With these, you would usually book your own flights and accommodation separately. People have chosen such an approach because they’ve spotted a number of advantages, including the opportunity to book holidays that were really suited to their own needs.

Booking in an independent manner immediately became much easier once more of us had access to the internet. It’s amazing to think about how much more information was available to us. We could now check flight times, read hotel reviews and make our bookings online, from the comfort of our own homes. It was all really good news and many tour operators were left wondering whether they would continue to be in business.

As we look at the way that things are working now, we can see that more people are once again deciding to book package holidays. So what are the reasons behind this? It’s clear that many of us have become rather fed up with facing the hassles involved in booking accommodation and flight deals separately. We’ve realised that it’s taking up a lot of time. Also, there are concerns that we may actually end up spending a lot more money.

It soon becomes clear why package holidays have made such a return in terms of their popularity. We can see why more and more specialist tour companies are now operating online too. By finding one, you can easily make a holiday booking via the internet. Such an approach will give you access to a large number of package holidays at low prices.

By: Keith Barrett

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