MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)

MICE is the travel industry’s term for business events travel. Meetings range from board retreats to company offsites; incentives are trips that reward top performers, often to aspirational places such as French Polynesia or a safari lodge; conferences and exhibitions bring large audiences to industry gatherings and trade shows.

MICE travel has its own contract terms. Hotel room blocks carry cutoff dates and attrition clauses (penalties if the group does not use enough of the rooms it reserved), venues often require food-and-beverage minimums, and group air contracts have their own deposit and name-change rules. Getting these terms right protects the budget when headcounts change.

Empyrean coordinates group air, room blocks, ground transfers, and activities for meetings and incentive groups. See meetings and events travel or our guide to planning an international offsite.