Elevating Our Business with Strategic Teaming

SDI's Annual Summit focuses on strategic teaming to enhance our effectiveness and support growth and success for our clients.

In our fast-paced business of destination meetings and incentive travel, the value of strategic teaming cannot be overstated. It’s the glue that holds an organization together. It enables us to function as a cohesive unit and aligns team members' skills, strengths, and efforts to achieve our own and our clients' goals.

At our 3rd Annual SDI Summit recently, we marked 32 years of helping our clients reward, recognize and motivate their teams by reinforcing the importance of our own culture and shared purpose. We talked through collaboration, mutual respect and shared principles, identified opportunities to solve challenges more efficiently and set plans to innovate continuously and grow aggressively.

The packed three days was a powerful reminder of the importance of taking time and energy to do what we advise our clients to do: meet, network, and celebrate – in person. We updated our plans, discussed effective teaming strategies and best practices, explored ways to engage AI in meetings and incentive travel, delved into best practices in hotel and partner agreements and more. The summit not only strengthened our bonds but also paved the way for even greater success with clear strategies, enhanced team dynamics and a foundation for driving our work to new heights.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated and contributed to making this summit a success, including:

• Our host hotel JW Marriott Chicago, Marriott International and supporting hotels The Royal Hawaiian, Sheraton Waikiki, Moana  Surfrider, Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, JW Marriott Phoenix Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, JW Marriott Tampa Water Street & Tampa Marriott Water Street, The Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman's Reef & Morningstar Buoy Haus Beach Resort at Frenchman's Reef
• Participating hotel partners at Hilton Worldwide and the Hyatt All-Inclusive Collection
• AI experts Sam Stanton and Robbie Sawyer from Redbutton.ai
• Effective Teaming expert Amanda Perkins from Kochab Advising

Reflecting on the outcomes of this summit, we have so much wonderful work to do, and we’re committed to bringing it all forward as a team.

Here's to the power of collaboration and the exciting journey and powerful experiences ahead!