You may wonder who is behind it all and how we do what we do! 

Mercedes Ibbett, Managing Director and Owner, has led EVT since 2009 and as a female leader is passionate about delivering for our client's incredible incentives and experiences, ensuring that we create a positive experience for everyone from our clients, to our teams and our suppliers.

EVT is made up of five teams, each led by experts in Incentive Marketing, Travel and Incentive Travel management. With an average tenure of 10 years at EVT, our teams handle everything in-house, ensuring seamless delivery of both programs and incentive travel, events and conference for our clients.

What sets EVT apart is everything we do is custom designed for our clients and driven by our passion for creating the best program or experience! 

All to say, we love to work with great clients who love to do great work!  

Our team works together to continuously improve and develop our clients’ programs to achieve the best results, as such everything we do is centred on the principle of creating rewarding experiences.  

We love to reward people, it’s just who we are!

Our Values

  • Fuelled by our passion, we're always pushing boundaries, soaking up knowledge and finding smarter ways for our clients and our team to excel.

  • We navigate with honesty and inclusivity, building long-lasting connections that are genuine and filled with kindness, empowering everyone we work with. At the heart of EVT, we love to work with great people!

  • Grounded in our commitment to creativity and sustainability, we harness our ingenuity to find solutions, while remaining mindful of our impact on the world. We pioneer & drive to create authentic and rewarding experiences that leave a lasting positive impact.

  • With every detail finely tuned, we leverage our expertise and technology to make a real difference by crafting strategies to deliver remarkable results for our clients and the team.

Our Origin Story  

Let us take you on a journey where it all began.  

EVT was created in 1985 by a tenacious, creative, and head strong woman by the name of Virginia Trautwein with her husband Eugene Trautwein. 

Starting out with the idea to create her own incentive company, she gave it a year to see how it would go. 39 plus years later, having gone through a few face lifts, tons of technology changes and plenty of stories to tell the business still stands tall.  

Testimonials

  • 'We have been working with EVT for more than 10 years during which time Mercedes and the team have continued time and time again to deliver nothing short of stellar customer service. The initiatives and ideas that they propose are unique, creative, a little quirky and always cost effective.'

    Our R&R Program Client

  • 'This trip threw a lot of curve balls at the hosts, but somehow, they managed to find a way. (I don't know how they did it) Amazing work!’

    Traveller on a recent trip that experienced unseasonable flash flooding

  • 'As the Rewards & Recognition Manager in the National Parts & Accessories Division at Toyota Australia, I have found them to be trustworthy, creative, systematic, organised and incredibly capable. They deliver on time and to budget and work with us consultatively.'

    Our Sales Incentive Client

  • ‘Just a BIG thank you to Pam, yourself and the team for an absolute 5 star weekend. Really hope to be part of something like this again’

    Happy Traveller on a recent trip