Arabian Adventures Meetings, Incentives & Events was among the nine firms that won SITE Crystal Awards.
The Society for Incentive Travel Excellence honored nine incentive firms for their outstanding programs with 2024 Crystal Awards. The presentation ceremony was held at
the glittering Ciragan Palace Kempinski
during SITE’s Global Conference, which took place Feb. 26-29 in Istanbul. The
event drew 500 incentive industry professionals to Turkey’s largest city.
"I’m so proud of the growth and success on display," said
SITE CEO Annette Gregg. "This is
truly a chance to celebrate the very top of our profession, with leaders here
who set the stage and prove the amazing power and potential that incentive travel
uniquely delivers."
Following are this year’s Crystal Award winners:
- Arabian Adventures Meetings, Incentives & Events,
for Excellence in Incentive Travel: Africa & Middle East
- Haute, for Excellence in Incentive
Travel: North America
- MFactor Meetings, for
Excellence in Incentive Travel: Europe
- Next Level Performance, for Most
Impactful Effort Toward Corporate Social Responsibility as Part of an Incentive
Travel Program
- PHP Event Services, for
Excellence in Incentive Travel: Asia-Pacific
- Portugal Travel Team, for
Best Destination-Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program
- Spectra DMC, for Most Creative
Solution Deployed to Overcome Adversity
- Streamlinevents, for Excellence
in Incentive Travel: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Synergy Effect, for Excellence
in Incentive Travel: Asia-Pacific
MFactor Meetings was additionally honored with the inaugural
“Par Excellence” award, which recognizes outstanding overall incentive travel
accomplishments.
Other highlights of the global conference
included inspiring keynotes by Turkish entrepreneur Gamze Cizreli
and College of Extraordinary Experiences founder and experiential design expert
Claus Raasted. Several new
session formats debuted as well, including a destination pitch competition, a destination video
showdown, and a crowd-sourced breakout session on the last day of the
conference that focused on the shifting workplace and qualifier demographics.
Site's 2025 Global Conference will take place March 3-6 in Tulum, Mexico.