There are many opportunities for incentive planners to attend upcoming SITE conferences and events, from hosted buyers programs to scholarship opportunities to IMEX receptions.
The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE) is known for bringing incentive planners and suppliers together for cutting-edge education and productive networking. Among many options for planners is the Hosted Buyers program, with applications for four 2025 events now open. All applications are subject to review, in order to ensure the highest quality programs for planners and suppliers. Planners are encouraged to highlight their roles, involvement and impact on direct program spend.
SITE Hosted Buyer applications 2025
• Global Conference, Tulum, Mexico, March 3-6, 2025, application deadline September 20. Nearly 500 incentive travel professionals attended SITE’s 2024 Global Conference. In 2025, the theme is “Building and Bridging Cultures,” with programming topics that include the business case for incentive travel, business transformation and innovation, diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility and Belonging (DEIAB), sustainability, mental well-being, organizational culture and travel as transformation.
• Incentive Summit Americas, Stowe, VT, April 1-4, 2025, application deadline December 6. The intimate incentive summits bring together cross-functional, influential industry leaders to network, share learnings and grow business.
• Incentive Summit Europe, St Moritz, Switzerland, June 29-July 2, 2025, application deadline February 28.
• SITE Classic, location to come, August 2025, application deadline April 25. The SITE Foundation’s flagship fundraising event brings incentive travel professionals to a motivational destination to connect, learn and discover. To date, the foundation has raised more than $10million in support of the business case for incentive travel.
In addition, the SITE Foundation offer six scholarships each year to support conference registration fees. The David Riddell Scholarship gifts Global Conference attendance costs up to $6,000 for recipients chosen based on financial need and nomination from a SITE chapter president.
SITE at IMEX
There are many ways to connect with SITE members and leadership at IMEX next month. These include joining SITE Young Leaders at their annual conference on October 6 (for incentive travel professionals under the age of 35); getting entry-level training on Monday, October 7 at the Global MICE Collaborative, a new joint industry education initiative launched this year in collaboration with leaders from IAEE and MPI; attending the reveal of this year’s Incentive Travel Index research, featuring insights from nearly 3,000 industry professionals, on Monday, October 7; and celebrating SITE NITE North America on Monday, October 7. Throughout the show, visitors to SITE’s stand F317 can chat about membership, 2025 events and new industry research, meet the newest members of the SITE team or book a meeting with a SITE HQ team member. Leadership will also be sharing information and insights on incentive travel topics and trends at many IMEX education sessions, from “The Why of Incentive Travel” to “Designing Incentive Travel Experiences for Next-Generation Qualifiers.”
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