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Workhuman launches Experiences: Over 2M employees worldwide now have access to thousands of travel and activity reward options

Experiences include a wide array of activity, travel, and accommodation options, bookable through Workhuman’s Store using reward points

Workhuman®, the company revolutionising how employees celebrate, connect with, and appreciate each other in the workplace, has now added ‘Experiences’ to its world-class Store. This new In-Store Booking functionality enables millions of employees worldwide to access hundreds of thousands of additional activity, travel, and accommodation options. ‘Experiences’ is now part of the employee recognition industry’s most expansive catalogue of rewards, all bookable with points on its platform.

Workhuman’s Store is connected to its Social Recognition® platform, which allows employees to recognise each other’s work and earn recognition points. Recognition points can then be redeemed for tangible rewards from a catalogue of approximately 400,000 merchandise items – including electronics, fashion, house and home, garden and outdoor, travel, health and beauty, children, and more – across more than 60 countries.

With the introduction of In-Store Booking, employees can now also book ‘Experiences,’ including their activity, hotel, car rental and flights, as applicable - keeping their entire travel itinerary together and avoiding the hassle of tracking multiple emails from separate travel partners. From walking tours to private yacht rentals, Workhuman’s full Experiences offering will cater to users globally and at virtually every point and desired activity level.

“Workhuman’s Experiences offering provides an awesome new element to their already impressive Store, as it enables employees to easily book travel, adventures, tours, and activities using their recognition rewards through Michelin’s WeCare program. By using points they earned here through their contributions to the organization, our employees are able to redeem their points on engaging experiences for themselves, family or friends,” said Leslie Schall, Director of Employee Engagement, Experience, and Purpose at Michelin.

“Right after Experiences launched, I used it to book a ‘Harley electronic trike motorcycle’ tour during an upcoming family vacation in Prague. Now my entire family has this amazing memory we’re going to cherish forever, and it was because of recognition from my colleagues. Experiences is going to help our employees turn work achievements into these beautiful, exciting moments, and we’re very excited about the impact of this connection and the stories we’ll hear.”

Workhuman’s Store takes the same human-first approach as its Social Recognition solution. The company understands that the reward redemption experience is critical for the success of any recognition programme as it reinforces the original recognition moment and amplifies the sense of engagement and goodwill that the employee feels toward their company. Workhuman has made significant investments over the years to launch the broadest offering of Travel and Experiences with gift card partners including Virgin Experiences, Global Experiences, Royal Caribbean, Hotels.com, and many more. The addition of In-Store Booking functionality takes this to the next level, ensuring every employee is able to redeem for an experience that feels exciting to them, and that makes them feel seen and recognised.

“Workhuman has always kept our ears close to the ground and driven our Store strategy based on the pulse of the marketplace. We know that people derive significant enjoyment from experiences and over the years we have evolved in the ways we bring this category to our platform,” said Sarah Whitman, Workhuman SVP, E-commerce.

“Our data has shown that people’s desire to travel and create memories has been reinvigorated as we’ve emerged from the global pandemic. Our expanded Experiences offering creates endless new opportunities for employees to travel and experience new things, driving personal growth and even greater and lasting connections to their colleagues that helped make those experiences and memories possible.”

In-Store Booking is now available for more than 2 million users across 10 countries, including the UK, US, India, and Mexico. In addition to English, the booking experience and customer service support is available in French, Latin American Spanish, European Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Japanese. Workhuman will continue to roll out to additional customers and markets with enhanced capabilities throughout the year.

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