inSITEs from Crystal Awards Chair Cate Banfield
Kicking off the 2025 Award season
SITE is accepting submissions for the 2025 Crystal Awards now- August 2, 2024.
While you’ll find details about how to apply on our official Crystals web page, we’ve also sought out some top-notch advice from the Crystal Awards Committee Chair Cate Banfield.
An agency leader herself, Cate is a super source of knowledge on how you can make your application stand out and win your way to the Crystals stage
SITE Crystal Awards open now
Considered the highest honor in our industry, the SITE Crystal Awards recognize creative, practical, and truly memorable incentive travel programs that keep employees engaged, drive business results, and improve the bottom line for global corporations.
Applications are open now and submissions will be accepted through August 2, 2024 for the 2025 Awards.
SITE Foundation launches NextGen Fund
The NextGen Fund is an initiative newly launched by SITE Foundation to support and empower the next generation of incentive travel professionals. This Fund supports emerging talents by covering SITE membership dues, event registrations, and other professional development opportunities — ensuring everyone has the tools to thrive and lead.
Past and present SITE leaders are invited to join us in fostering a new era of excellence in incentive travel and leave a lasting legacy with through their generosity.
Take the 2024 Incentive Travel Index (ITI) survey
The 2024 edition of the Incentive Travel Index (ITI) survey is now live. This survey — and the report created from each year’s results — is the business event industry’s most authoritative study of the global incentive travel market and its impact on corporations, agencies and the supply chain in destinations.
The ITI survey will be open through July 25 and is available in English and Spanish for any and all industry professionals to take online.
End user membership flash sale
Incentive travel end users are invited to #beinSITE for the rest of 2024 for just $100. This offer is only good through June 28 though, so be sure to share with your Network soon — or register your interest now, if you qualify.
Open role at SITE HQ
We’re looking for a sponsor relations specialist, a role that will be responsible for and work closely with SITE’s sponsorship and in-kind partnership agreements, collaborating with both internal and external teams to deliver on these arrangements.
Register now: June 21 AI webinar
Join the SITE Young Leaders for a deep-dive into three AI tools with Tim Altbaum, CEO of Vario Productions and a top speaker on the subject who impressed our community earlier this year.
SITE Foundation industry grants now open
SITE Foundation is ready to fund your incentive travel-related project! Up to $20,000 is available for research, educational and advocacy projects that advance the business case for incentive travel, and will be delivered by the end of 2025.
Webinar replay: EU CSRD reporting ft. Bruce Bolger
Last year’s industry grant recipient Bruce Bolger presented a robust hour-long session on the new EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its potential impacts for the incentive travel industry. Thank you to Bruce and this expert panel for sharing their expertise with our community!
Save the date: next member open house is June 20
Join Head of Membership & Chapters Dallas Lyons III for this virtual 30-minute gathering, designed to help you make the most of your SITE membership.
Northstar Meetings Group/Cvent Incentive PULSE Survey Report
While bookings aren’t as robust as they were last fall, optimism for incentives is high, and most concerns regarding factors that could impact trips, including increased costs and tightened budgets, have eased.
Check out the latest Northstar/Cvent Incentive PULSE Survey Report that was conducted in April to get real insights on:
- Planner sentiment around the biggest factors impacting incentive travel
- Where planners are booking their next incentive programs
- AI’s role in the planning process
- The leading regions for incentive travel programs
