NEXT CHAPTER EVENTS
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Six new Site seminars during IMIC 2010
Site Greece supports IMIC 2010 with some of the best intl. speakers in the industry like, Ray Bloom, President of IMEX UK, Linda Pereira Managing Director, CPL Events Portugal, Padraig Gilligan, Managing Director Ovations Ireland (Site President in 2008) and Tasso Pappas CITE, Site President in 2000. Also among a big array of other excellent speakers from the Greek market will be Giannis Balakakis, managing Director of Gnomon Events, Maria Papadaki, Managing Director of Event Makers, both officers of Site Greek Chapter.
All Meeting and Incentive professionals who are concerned of how they should overcome the challenges our profession faces today must attend the IMIC conference February 10-11 at the Megaron of Music in Athens, and find out from the experts how they can stay competitive and successful in a turbulent market. For more information and registration visit: imic2010.conferences.gr During the conference they will be announced the winners of the 2010 joined Site Greece-IMIC Awards of Excellence
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2009 General Asembly Dec 21
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02 NOVEMBER site SEMINAR IN THESSALONIKI
Site Greece Chapter, announces the next networking event for members and idustry friends on November 2nd, 2009 following Philoxenia, at the Olympia Hotel in Thessaloniki.
"Essentials of the Incentive World"
On Monday 2 November 2009, at 18.00
At this important seminar we shall present you the elementary elements of the incentive world and its requirements. Find out all about the important rules any incentive executive should know like:
- What is incentive travel?
- What are its differences with tourism travel?
- What are the advantages of Incentive Travel?
- What are the differences of Incentive travel and Meetings?
- What the corporate buyer wants?
- Who are the Incentive Executives and what should they provide
- What is SITE the Society of Incentive Travel Executives?
- Who can become a member?
Our speaker will be Mr. Tasso Pappas CITE, President of site Greece, and Past President of site Intl. Find out more about Tasso Pappas at http://tassopappas.googlepages.com/hom
This presentation (in English) will be followed by a panel discussion about Incentive Management with the participation of Incentive professionals like DMC, Incentive House and Hotelier, who will share their experiences, vision and reasons of success with you on subjects like:
- Concept (how to organize an incentive)
- Planning (survey, proposal, pre-evaluation, inspection, presentation, re-confirmation
- Execution + crisis management
- Staff training + motivation management
- Project evaluation
The educational sessions will be followed by a networking and a get-together four-course dinner and with wine. The program of the event will be as following:
18:00-1830 Registration
18:30-20.00 Incentive Seminar & Panel Discussion
20:00-20.30 End of the presentation and Q&A
20:30-21.00 Welcome drink
21:00-23.00 Networking Dinner
Who can attend?
Open to all SITE members and non members industry professionals interested to find out more about the incentive market, the "dos and don'ts" of it.
PARTICIPATION FEE
SITE Members or Company staff 50 Euro
No SITE members 60 Euro
Students 30 Euro
HOTEL ACCOMODATION
Participants outside Thessaloniki, who wish to overnight at OLYMPIA HOTEL, can reserve a room at the following special accommodation rates:
67,00 euro per single room, per night, BB
88,00 euro per double room, per night BB
For room reservations please contact directly Mrs Evelyn Christopoulou at evelyn@hotelolympia.gr
Olympou street 65, Thessaloniki - GREECE
tel: +30 210 32 25 891
fax: +30 210 32 50 359
To register, download the form from the link http://www.site-greece.org/fileadmin/site_greece/bk_users/pdf/Registration_form_Seminar_Nov2.pdf and kindly fax it to Michael Argiri at (+30) 210-360-0861, or michael@ conceptours.gr. If you can not come feel free to send a member of your staff. Members of your organization and friends of site, are welcomed to participate.
DEADLINE FOR SEMINAR REGISTRATIONS 26 OCTOBER 2009
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22 June 2009 Next site event
The next site networking event woll take place on June 22 at the Margi Hotel in Vouliagmeni.
Ms Litsa Panagiotopoulou a well know personality of the Corporate sector will be the special guest and speaker for the educational session. The theme of the presentation is most apropriate at these cretical times and you are sure you will find it enlighting. "Business development at times of crisis"
The program of the event will be as following:
18:30 Registration
19:00 Educational presentation by Ms Litsa Panagiotopoulou
20:30 End of the presentation and Q&A
20:45 Welcome drink
21:00 Networking Dinner
To participate at the event call Mr Michael Argiri at (+30) 210-360-0812. Members, no members and friends of site, are welcomed to participate. We look forward to see you at our next SITE Event.
IMIC 2009 Feb 4-5
site GREECE is supporting and colaborating with IMIC for one more conference, under the theme, "Supplier perspectives, Buyer Demands"
Times have changed and destinations that can now host a conference, a corporate meeting, an incentive trip or a social event have multiplied. The potential customers are trying to evaluate all parameters and make the right decision. It is now obvious that in order to «sell» the destination, the venue and our services we have to understand our client¢s needs. This is the main theme of the IMIC 2009 conference.
Join the conference and find out how you can overcome the challanges of today. To find out more about the program and register visit http://imic2009.conferences.gr
2009 site GREECE BOARD MEETINGS
The 2009 site GREECE Board meeting dates have been set for the following dates:
February 3rd in Athens
April 10
June 12
August 7
Oct 9
Dec 18 with next GA
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12 DEC, 2008 site GREECE GENERAL ASSAMBLY
The next site Greek General Assembly will take place at the hotel Classic Athens Imperial Hotel (Achilleos and M. Alexandrou Street, ATHENS, 10437)
The program of the evening will be:
17:00-19:00 General Assembly for members only
19:00-20:30 Educational program and open forum discussion for members and guests on the theme
Goodbye "Class". Bonjour "les Etoiles"
Are Greek hotels meeting the new rules of 5 Stars?
20:30-21:00 Networking welcome drink
21:00-23:00 Networking dinner incl. wines
Participation fee for the educational program and dinner:
site members or second person from a site members company or guest 60 euro p.p.
Non site Members 70 euro p.p. (The rates exclude 19% VAT)
All members are kindly requested to participate at this important GA and requested to bring a guest with tem for the educational and dinner part. During this GA you will:
- Elect 4 new board directors for the period 2009 and 2010.
- Approve some vital bylaw changes proposed by the actual board
- Approve the 2008 actions of the Board and the finances.
- Approve the 2009 budget and
- Determine the future strategic plan of the chapter and immediate actions to be taken.
Any chapter member can be a candidate for election at one of the 4 open board seats and participate at the General Assembly provided he/she is financially in order with the chapter fees. The few members who have not paid yet are requested to take contact with the Treasurer Mr Michael Argiri at the number 210-360-0812. Candidates for the Board should be physically present at the GA meeting.
If you wish to put forward your candidature you must do so in writing the latest by December 5th 2008. Attached you will find the relative application form to fill in accordingly. Your candidature must be mailed to tasso.pappas@otenet.gr or faxed at the number (22620) 34977
Looking forward to see you on December 12th, with cordial regards
Tasso Pappas CITE
President site Greece
Past Chapter Events:
JULY 2, 2008 site GREECE NEXT NETWORKING EVENT
The site Greek Chapter is organising its next Networking Event for members and Incentive industry colleagues, with the theme "Challenges of today. Solutions for tomorrow" on July 2nd at a most exciting place, the luxurious,
Jockey’s Country Club
Olympic Village
136 71 Tatoy
Tel: 210.2448090-1, 210.2467651
http://www.jockeyscountryclub.gr/v1/
The event will start at 20:00 on Wednesday July 2nd with the following program:
20:00-20:30 hrs Registration and Welcome drink
20:30-21:30 hrs Round table discussionson the theme: "Challenges of today. Solutions for tomorrow"
21:30-23-00 hrs Networking 4 course dinner. During the dinner, the summaries of the discussions will be presented.
During the round table discussions we shall talk about issues of the Incentive industry, the challenges we are faced with, best practices and solutions for tomorrow. It will be an excellent opportunity for us to get together to exchange our ideas and reflections before the heat of the summer.
Non site, incentive industry colleagues and company staff are welcomed.
PARTICIPATION FEE PER PERSON:
60 Euro + 19% VAT for site members and their company staff
70 Euro + 19% VAT for no site member participants
Cash payment on the spot.
To reserve your place please fax today to the site Secretariat (+30 210 9607118) the registration form which you can download by clicking site_greece/bk_users/pdf/registration_form_July_2_08.pdf>here:
IMIC 2008 February 6-7
The site Greek chapter will support again IMIC 2008 will take place in Athens from February 6 to 7 2008, and will participate at the IMIC Advisory Board. The educational program of the conference will be enhanced next year with
- A Buyers Familiarization program,
- A Buyer meets Supplier networking session and
- Destination presentations
The format of next years conference will be the following:
- Two days pre-conference event with hosted international buyers to promote "Destination Greece".
- Two days educational sessions.
- Half day workshop pre arranged paid appointments between buyers and suppliers.
- Half day parallel sessions with presentations of "International and Greek Destinations".
- One and half day educational sessions.
- Inauguration networking evening event.
- Suppliers exhibition.
site Greece has assured some of the best site speakers for the event, which at the same time has draw a great interest from foreign planner/buyers.
Today over 100 buyers have already made an application to participate at the hosted buyer program of IMIC 2008
site members are entitle to a special reduced fare for the registration fee
For more information visit IMIC 2008 Conference
2ND site GREEK CHAPTER 2007 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The next site Chapter General Assembly will take place on at the hotel Atheneum Intercontinental, Athens on Friday December 14, 2007 at 18:00 hrs.
During the GA, there will be elections for three Board positions. Canditates for the moment are the members Balakakis Giannis, Constantinidis Christos and Mihailides Yannis.
The program of the activity will be the following
18:00-20:00 General Assembley
20:00-21:00 Leacture-Presentation by our guest speaker Mr Alexandror Kouris
21:00-23:00 Networking dinner
The GA is open only to site Greece members.
Industry Friends and Guests are welcomed for the presentation and dinner. The cost of the dinner is 50 euro per person. for more information contact site-greece.org>secretatiat@site-greece.org
Sponsors of the event are the Atheneum Intercontinental and IMIC 2008
ATHENS GET TOGETHER OCT 3 2007
On Oct. 3rd the site Greece members got together at the restaurant PLOUS PODILATOU at Microlimano for a networking dinner which was preceded by a presentation given by Mr Alexandros Kouris, Managing Director of PRC group, on the subject "A space of infinite experiences"; Greece is repositioning itself as tourist and business destination.
The presentation will be followed by dinner with very animated discussions on several industry matters. Several industry friends, non site members, joined us for the event and for finding out more about site and the membership. It was an excellent event, at the beautiful settings of Microlimano.
site GREECE SEMINAR IN CRETE OCT 15 2007
The site Greek Chapter hold an educational and networking activity in Crete at, KALIMERA KRITI HOTEL on October 15th
The seminar subject was the "Essentials of the Incentive World&"; followed up by a panel discussion on "Incentive Administration Management". The event was open to all site members and non members industry professionals interested to find out more about the incentive market, the "dos and don'ts" of it.
The presenter was Tasso Pappas CITE, President of site Greece, and the panelists: Mr Michael Argiri, Managing Director of Conceptours DMC
Mr Giannis Balakakis, Managing Director of Gnomon Performance Incentive Organizer, and Mr Vassilis Stamatelopoulos Regional Sales Director of Helios Hotels & Resorts.
The seminar was followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on various hot subjects concerning practices, policies and problems in our industry. The event was well attended by Cretan Hoteliers, DMC, Travel agents and students from the Trinity College. After the educational session many of the attendants stayed for dinner and networking.
2007 site GREECE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The 1st General Assembly of the Greek chapter took place at the Hotel Divani Caravel in Athens on March 30th 2007. Well over 51% of the members were present or represented.
Following the report of the President and the agenda discussions the membership elected the first council of the Board directors for 2007-2008 which is.
Tasso Pappas CITE, President
George Barboutis, Vice President
Michael Argiri, Treasurer
Photis Photopoulos, Secretary
Thanasis Grapsas, Director of Education
Yannis Michaelides, Director Marketing & PR
Giannis Balakakis, Director Membership
The GA was followed by reception and networking dinner
IMIC 2007
3rd International Conference
Marketing Destinations
Incentive Trips, Team Building Events and Corporate Entertainment
7 - 8 February 2007, Athens
http://imic2007.conferences.gr
The third conference in the "International Meetings Industry Conference" series. This conference dealed with matters concerning Marketing Destinations with its main focus on the attraction of various kinds of company events and incentive trips, which now constitute a thriving and prosperous activity in this area.