SITE opens India chapter

SITE India Chapter has been formed, and with its launch, the global association for incentive travel specialists now boasts 29 chapters worldwide.

Anup Nair will lead the new chapter as president, while other governing council members for 2013 include Ranganathan Parthiban as vice president, Pudukottai Nagarajan Nageshwaran as secretary and Amaresh Kumar Tiwari as treasurer.

Nair told TTGmice e-Weekly: “The opening of the chapter is a big boost to incentive travel professionals in the country, as it will provide members an enormous opportunity to network and learn on a global platform.”

Rajeev Kohli, who is director on the SITE Global Board and the 2013 vice president of SITE International, added that the new chapter would offer members a joint platform where they could share ways to maximise their revenues and work with airline and hotel partners for mutual benefits.

Kohli described SITE as a “very strong association globally, with members who are more mature, sophisticated and experienced”.

“We plan to collectively market our products with SITE India Chapter. Competition is good but it is an era of cooperation today. A few of us have been working together on joint initiatives and the formation of the India chapter will give us a formal umbrella branding when we talk to the world. We expect to be taken more seriously,” said Kohli.

Nair added: “I have been a member of SITE for the last 14 years and have benefited a lot. Besides increasing our membership, we will work towards bringing the SITE International Conference to India by 2016.”

Membership at SITE India Chapter is open to all MICE professionals at an annual fee of US$445. An admission fee of US$50 applies.

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