The legacy of the Site Crystal Awards continued as six outstanding motivational programs and the organizations who delivered them were honored and celebrated during the Site International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Held on Friday, 14 October at the ARIA Resort & Casino at Citycenter, the winning programs crossed over five continents and demonstrated excellence in creativity, originality and operations, all while delivering impactful business solutions for their clients.
Featuring revised criteria that better reflects the current business environment, this year’s Crystal Awards profiled programs that included a movement of 15,000 award earners, delivered innovation in spite of erupting volcanoes, and created lasting economic and social impact.
These programs were designed to inspire and reward customer service teams, sales groups, distributor channels and even interns as one organization sought to engage top talent before the individuals were retained as full time employees.
2011 Site Crystal Awards honored recipients were:
Pacific World China – “BMW - Dealer Business Conference”
- Most Effective Team Effort in Producing an Incentive Program or Event
Dragon Fly Africa – “Fuji Xerox - Top Tier”
- Best Destination Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program
BlueStone SRL – “Philips Lighting - QIC European Semi-Final”
- Exceptional Motivational Travel Program, Europe
EventWorks, Inc. – “Amway China - You Are a Star”
- Most Outstanding Single Event within an Incentive Program
Creative Travel India and Universal WorldEvents– “Colt Technology Services - A Journey to God’s Own Country”
- Best Destination Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program
- Exceptional Motivational Travel Program, Asia Pacific
Walthers DMC and Eventions – “KPMG Meijburg & Co. - Recruitment Reward Program”
- Most Impactful Effort Toward Corporate Social Responsibility
- Exceptional Motivational Travel Program, Africa/Middle East
The award presentations were made by 2011 Site President Mary MacGregor and Site Managing Director Allison Summers. A special presentation recognizing winners as well as the distinguished judges was made by the 2011 Crystal Program Chairman Harith Wickrema, Adj Prof Temple University and President, Harith Productions, Ltd.
Site gratefully acknowledged the support of Ray Bloom, Chairman of IMEX and IMEX America, whose partnership is integral to the success of the program. Site also thanked MGM International Events and ARIA Resorts & Casino for supporting the 2011 Site Crystal Awards Recognition Program and Luncheon.
Site acknowledged that this program could not take place without the contributions and dedication of the panel of judges. 2011 judges included:
- Richard Aaron, CMP, CSEP, BizBash Media
- Fernando Compean, Avanti Meetings and Incentives
- Rob Davidson, University of Greenwich Business School
- Eugene De Villiers, The Extra Mile Company Ltd.
- Roger Dow, U.S. Travel Association Lisa G. Herbst, Public Relations and Marketing Specialist
- Peter Greenberg, CBS News
- Ed Kelly, American Express Publishing Corporation
- Bill LaViolette, I&MI Media
- Martin Lewis, Conference and Travel Publications Ltd.
- Tyler Mathisen, CNBC
- Moshe Porat, PhD, CPU, Fox School of Business and Management, School of Tourism and Hospitality at Temple University
- Barbara Scofidio, Corporate Meetings & Incentives
- Ted Teng, The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd.
- Ruthanne Terrero, Questex Media Group
- Huw Tuckett, Uwin Iwin Incentives
The Site Crystals Awards were started in 1980 as a means to recognize the unique blending of objectives and imagination that enable motivational programs to be successful in achieving business objectives.
