Congratulations to the many SITE members whose hard work was recognized at the 2022 Association of Destination Management Executives International (ADMEI) Awards Gala and Dinner. The Gala took place in Boston, Mass. on February 26 at the end of ADEMI’s 2022 Conference. SITE members connected to this year’s winning DMC teams include:
- Crothúr Murphy, Arthur McGauran, Rebecca Dixon, and Isabel Hagel from Custom Ireland
- Kate MacCoy from Destination South Meetings + Events
- Ligia Vargas and David Johnson Vargas from Dynamic DMC
- Bronwyn Slade from Pacific Destination Services
- Giulia Brochetto from TERRAEVENTS Italy
- Laurie Sprouse from Ultimate Ventures
This year’s celebrations also recognized 2021 ADMEI President and SITE member Lorenzo Pignatti.
We spied at least a half-dozen SITE members on this year’s Smart Women in Meetings Award list, published annually by Smart Meetings. Among the members we spotted were Austin Bagwell, Amie Devine, Annie Gingrich, Jenn Glynn, Ashley Lawson, Tatiana Lotufo, and Melissa Soto. Congratulations to this incredibly accomplished group of incentive professionals!
2021 SITE Foundation President Terry Manion was a recent guest on the Business of Meetings podcast hosted by Eric Rozenberg. In the episode, Terry does an excellent job rearticulating the business case for incentive travel and shares some of his own career insights and wisdom, before closing with a quick preview of current SITE Foundation research.
SITE Canada member Jennifer Attersall provided some excellent incentive travel soundbites in a recent article by The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national news organization. She highlighted the importance of an enhanced focus on wellness, personalized, and one-of-a-kind experiences as competition for talent heats up across industries.
We’d be remiss if we didn’t celebrate the reopening of Australia’s borders, with fully vaccinated leisure and business visitors welcome to enter the country as of February 21. We’re excited to support the strong return of incentive business to the region under the expertise and guidance of Business Events Australia, one of SITE’s 2022 strategic partners.
*If we’ve erroneously missed your name in either award listing, please let us know so it can be promptly added!
