Vision Travel’s Strategic Meetings + Incentives/SM+i Team Member Christy Wright Wins 2016 Meetings + Incentive Magazine’s Hall of Fame Rising Star Award
TORONTO – August 29, 2016 – Christy Wright, Strategic Meetings + Incentives CIS, Program
Coordinator, was awarded Meetings + Incentive Magazine’s Hall of Fame Rising Star award at a special live ceremony for IncentiveWorks.
The event, Canada’s leading tradeshow and conference for event professionals, took place August 16th and 17th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Christy is one of eight individuals inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, in recognition of their contributions to the meetings and incentives industry.
Along with the Rising Star award, Christy has received a scholarship from SITE Canada to attend the Young Leaders Conference in Las Vegas, October 16-17.
“Christy has been such a valuable employee and friend to us and we are thrilled she is part of our team. We could not be more proud of her recent accomplishments”, says Ellie MacPherson, SM+i Senior Vice President. “Christy has a very bright future ahead of her in this industry and these recognitions are a testament to that.”
Ellie as well as Diane Alexander, an SM+i Account Executive, recently won SITE Canada Education scholarships to attend the SITE Global Conference in Panama November 5-7.
SM+i is Vision Travel’s meetings and incentives division, creating custom-tailored solutions that deliver exceptional value and creativity for incentives, conferences, product launches, milestone celebrations and other special events around the world.
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