2008 SITE Crystal Awards Sponsored by IMEX

The Industry's Highest Honor...
The SITE Crystal Award

In 1980 SITE created the Crystal Awards Recognition Program as a way to honor professionals in the performance improvement and travel industry. Today, the Crystal Award serves as a benchmark for industry programs and is regarded as the highest honor in the industry. SITE encourages entries from all industry leaders and disciplines who are involved in the development and delivery of performance improvement programs.

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2008 SITE Crystal Awards Information Sessions
Keep the 2008 SITE Crystal Awards in mind when writing your 2008 business plans. By entering, you are one step closer to being recognized as delivering excellence in the performance improvement and travel industry. SITE supports its members in the entry process by offering interactive  teleconference information sessions on the following dates:

28 May, 16:00 CDT

18 June, 16:00 CDT

1 July, 16:00 CDT

You must register in advance for these information sessions by e-mailing Crystal@site-intl.org. Please put "Info Session" in the subject line. For additional information please download the 2008 Crystal Award postcard.

Questions? Please e-mail Michelle_Mills@site-intl.org for more information.

2007 SITE Crystal Award Winners:

To view the video entries of all of the winners, please click here.

The Most Effective Use of an Incentive Program for a Strategic Business Solution

Kathy Nel, Impact Incentives, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Client: Standard Bank

The Most Outstanding Incentive Travel Reward Program – Up to Three Nights, Under 200 Participants (Two Winners)

Geoff Saner, Creative Incentives, Randburg, Gauten, South Africa
Client: Avroy Shlain Cosmetics

Rajeev Kohli, Creative Travel Pvt, Ltd, New Delhi, India
Client: Tetra Pak Pakistan Ltd.

The Most Outstanding Travel Reward Program -- Four or more nights, Under 200 Participants

Harith Wickrema, Harith Productions, New York, New York, USA in conjunction with Richard Weinstein, Carnival Cruise Lines and Char McClelland, Alaska Destination Specialists
Client: King Pharmaceuticals

Most Outstanding Travel Reward Program -- Four or More Nights, Under 200 Participants

Virginia Trautwein, EVT Marketing Group, North Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Client: Yamaha Australia & Yamaha New Zealand Pty Ltd.

Most Outstanding Travel Reward Program -- Four or More Nights, 200 or More Participants

Tom Ebner, Cantrav Services, West Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Client: ITA Group

The Most Outstanding Incentive Event (Under US $80,000)

Jennifer Childress, USMotivation, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Client: Diebold

The Most Outstanding Incentive Event (Over US $80,000)

Kym Thompson and Leigh Stephen, World of Incentives, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Client: Bytes Technology Group – Managed Services

The Most Outstanding Incentive Event – Catered Event (Two Winners)

Harith Wickrema, Harith Productions, New York, New York, USA in conjunction with Westin Los Cabos, and Carlos Aramburo, AM&I Los Cabos
Client: Endo Pharmaceuticals

Harith Wickrema, Harith Productions, New York, New York, USA in conjunction with Char McClelland, Alaska Destination Specialists, Inc.
Client: King Pharmaceuticals

Most Outstanding Sustainable Incentive Event (Two Winners)

Huw Tuckett, Uwin Iwin Incentives, Johannesburg, Gauteng South Africa
Client: Momentum Myriad

Ric James, Carlson Marketing, Plymouth, Minnesota, USA in conjunction with Walthers Destination Management Company
Client: Oracle

please e-mail Michelle Mills at crystal@site-intl.org for with any questions about this program.

The 2008 Crystal Awards are Sponsored by IMEX

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