With more than 2,250 graduates across 56 countries, the CIS certification is designed to elevate your professional career and strengthen your skills in designing and delivering extraordinary motivational experiences around the world.

Whether you are a recent university graduate or an experienced travel professional entering the meetings and incentive planning field for the first time within a large corporation, the CIS program is ideal for anyone taking their first steps into the dynamic world of incentive travel.

The CIS workshop is open to both SITE members and non-members.

Workshop Content

The program covers the fundamentals of incentive program design, the factors that drive higher levels of performance, and the positive relationship between incentive travel and business results.

Sessions include:

• Incentive fundamentals
• Origins of incentive programs and incentive travel
• The value chain
• The value proposition of motivational programs and non-monetary rewards
• Market composition
• Key elements of program design and budgeting
• Industry tools and platforms
• And much more

Hotel: Hotel Real InterContinental Costa Rica
Room: Poro
Fee: The registration cost is USD 300 for June 6 and 7.
Registration: Sold Out.

La entrada CIS SITE Certification se publicó primero en Fiexpo Latin America.

With more than 2,250 graduates across 56 countries, the CIS certification is designed to elevate your professional career and strengthen your skills in designing and delivering extraordinary motivational experiences around the world.

Whether you are a recent university graduate or an experienced travel professional entering the meetings and incentive planning field for the first time within a large corporation, the CIS program is ideal for anyone taking their first steps into the dynamic world of incentive travel.

The CIS workshop is open to both SITE members and non-members.

Workshop Content

The program covers the fundamentals of incentive program design, the factors that drive higher levels of performance, and the positive relationship between incentive travel and business results.

Sessions include:

• Incentive fundamentals
• Origins of incentive programs and incentive travel
• The value chain
• The value proposition of motivational programs and non-monetary rewards
• Market composition
• Key elements of program design and budgeting
• Industry tools and platforms
• And much more

Hotel: Hotel Real InterContinental Costa Rica
Room: Laurel 1
Fee: The registration cost is USD 300 for June 6 and 7.
Registration: Sold Out.

La entrada CIS SITE Certification se publicó primero en Fiexpo Latin America.

Discover how to become more competitive and effective in the commercial management of international congresses.

A three-part tactical session:

Clients (Associations): How is the global association market structured? How can I identify the ideal association meetings for each destination? What factors influence decision-making? How should you not engage with international associations?

Strategy (Bidding Process): What are not the strategic steps in a bid process? What are the critical steps in a bid process? Why do bidding processes fail? How can the bidding process be optimized?

Differentiators: How can we make our bid stand out? What types of incentives or grants are available?

This session is specifically designed for international congress bidding teams, combining practical tools, global benchmarks, and actionable insights to strengthen commercial strategies and compete more effectively in the international association meetings market.

The program will be delivered 100% in Spanish

Hotel: Hotel Real InterContinental Costa Rica
Room: Roble 2
Instructors:

• Juan José García, MBA, CICE, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer – BCO Congresos
• Andrés Escandón, ICCA Senior Regional Director Latin America & the Caribbean

Final fee: USD 410 – USD 530 for Non-Members

Registration

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La entrada ICCA Latin America & Caribbean Chapter Meeting se publicó primero en Fiexpo Latin America.

SITE South America arrives at FIEXPO Latin America 2026 with an activity designed to connect inspiration, purpose, action, and social responsibility.

The session will begin with an institutional welcome and a special participation by Annette Gregg, CEO of SITE, who will share a global perspective on the evolution of the incentive industry, the value of purposeful experiences, and SITE’s role in strengthening the professional development of the industry.

Then, Kike Ramírez will deliver his keynote “Challenge Your Destiny”, a high-impact conference designed to challenge, focus, and inspire industry professionals to become a more strategic, prepared, and conscious version of themselves.

The gathering will conclude with a social responsibility activity, reinforcing SITE South America and FIEXPO Latin America’s commitment to positive impact, human connection, and legacy.

Special Participation

• Annette Gregg
  CEO, SITE — Society for Incentive Travel Excellence
• Keynote Speaker
• Kike Ramírez
  International speaker, consultant, and specialist in neurosales, leadership, and applied inspiration

General Agenda

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Institutional Opening and SITE Welcome

Welcome remarks and words from authorities

The activity will begin with welcome remarks from the authorities present, highlighting the strategic value of SITE South America within the FIEXPO Latin America 2026 program and its contribution to the development of the meetings and incentives industry in the region.

This block will include a special participation by Annette Gregg, CEO of SITE, who will share a global perspective on the incentive industry, purposeful experiences, and SITE’s role in building stronger, more connected professional communities prepared to respond to the market’s new challenges.

3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Keynote: Challenge Your Destiny

Led by Kike Ramírez

This is the point where everything begins to make sense.

It is the natural connection between what you learn to win clients and what you build to create purposeful events. A conference that takes this reflection to a deeper level: personal preparation, professional execution, and the coherence with which each person chooses to move toward their highest potential.

Challenge Your Destiny is a high-impact experience that invites participants to review the way they think, sell, lead, and act.

Buyers and sellers will sit in the same room. And something that almost never happens will take place: standards will be elevated, expectations will be aligned, and real respect will be built.

This keynote seeks to shake, focus, and activate participants. Attendees will leave with proven tools that can be applied immediately, but also with something more important: a new way to stand, think, and decide.

Because the next level does not depend on luck.
It depends on how you prepare, how you execute, and how you honor your word.

4:15 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.

Social Responsibility Activity

Purpose, Connection, and Positive Impact

After the keynote, participants will take part in a social responsibility activity designed to transform inspiration into concrete action.

This space will seek to connect attendees with the human value of the meetings and incentives industry, promoting an experience of collaboration, commitment, and positive contribution.

The activity will reinforce the importance of creating purposeful events that can generate impact beyond the room and leave a meaningful footprint in the community.

5:40 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

SITE South America Closing

From Purpose to Action

Institutional closing of the activity, integrating the main learnings of the day and highlighting SITE South America’s role as a space for connection, professional development, and impact generation.

The session will conclude with an action-oriented message: challenging one’s own destiny means preparing better, executing with greater awareness, building higher-value relationships, and embracing purpose as an essential part of professional growth.

Expected Outcomes

By the end of the activity, participants will have experienced a program designed to:

• Connect inspiration, commercial strategy, and purpose.
• Understand the importance of raising standards between buyers and sellers.
• Incorporate practical tools for professional action.
• Reflect on preparation, execution, and personal coherence.
• Participate in a social responsibility activity with positive impact.
• Reinforce the value of events as platforms for transformation and legacy.

SITE South America: Challenge Your Destiny will be an experience designed to challenge, inspire, and connect professionals from the meetings and incentives industry with their next level.

La entrada SITE South America se publicó primero en Fiexpo Latin America.

Kick off FIEXPO 2026 by connecting, sharing, and celebrating the strength of the Latin American meetings and events industry community. This gathering will bring together MPI members and friends in an ideal setting to strengthen ties, exchange ideas, and learn firsthand about the latest news, initiatives, and developments within the MPI community. Current MPI members are invited to participate and bring a colleague from the industry to join this networking and integration event.

La entrada MPI Regional Meeting se publicó primero en Fiexpo Latin America.