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Buyers rave - this is the most efficient, most valuable time you can spend OOO.

Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (GMITE) is the perfect event for high-volume meeting planners and incentive buyers looking to maximize their time out of the office via two days of focused meetings with leading global travel suppliers, exciting networking activities and receptions, valuable education, and fabulous meals, all while making lasting relationships with industry colleagues and suppliers.

The application process is open to qualified, high-volume, US and Canada-based MICE buyers only.  Applications will be reviewed via a comprehensive screening process by our buyer relations committee. Buyer positions do fill up fast so you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible.

Approved fully hosted buyers receive complimentary:

  • Roundtrip airfare
  • 3 nights' accommodation at the Chateau Elan Winery & Resort
  • All event meals, snacks and beverages
  • Airport-hotel transfers
  • Education program co-located with luxury travel agency owners/managers
  • And more!

82% of buyers rated GMITE the Best/Better than most hosted buyer events

The GMITE Activity Experience

Discover all that is available and more throughout your GMITE journey. Some are included as part of the event, others you may choose to do on your own. Please visit the agenda for details.
Wine Tours
Wine Tours
Take a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of our iconic winery, winery vat, and production rooms to learn how we get from grape-to-glass.
Charcuterie Workshop
Charcuterie Workshop
Learn to build showstopping boards for all occasions.
Great Minds Think Differently
Great Minds Think Differently
Team building opportunity to work together and develop solutions to real, day-to-day problems.
Paint & Sip
Paint & Sip
Join our resident artist, Tracy Kokfe, inside our historic winery as she guides you step-by-step through paintings.
Golf
Golf
From the rolling Georgia hills of the Woodlands course to the serene valley lakes of the Chateau Course, golf at Chateau Elan is unique in character and design.
Nature Walk
Nature Walk
Run or walk through a canopied forest of trees, around the equestrian center, past the vineyards and alongside our championship golf courses.

Growing Supplier List includes:

Antigua & Barbuda
Atlantis Paradise Island
Bermuda Tourism Authority
Blue Diamond Hotels and Resorts
Blueprint Worldwide
Discovery Hotel Management dba DHML Lisboa, S.A
Elite Island Resorts
FBD Hotels & Resorts
Gila River Resorts & Casinos
GO Quito Hotel/GO Galapagos Expeditions
Great Events, LDA
Halekulani and Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani
JW Marriott Clearwater Beach Resort & Spa 
Limo Corp Worldwide
Losinj Hotels & Villas/Jadranka Hotels Doo
Margaritaville at Sea
Moloney & Kelly DMC
Naples Marco Island Everglades CVD
Oasis Hotels & Resorts
Ocean Properties 
Oil Nut Bay
Palladium Hotel Group
Pan Pacific Hotels Group
Pinellas County
Premiere Transportation
San Diego Tourism Authority
Snowbird
South Walton
Stackable Sensations 
Star Clippers Americas
The Mob Museum
The Wilson Hotel
Tourist Office of Spain
Travel Twitch DMC
U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism 
Visit Florida Keys
Visit Jackson Hole
Visit Park City
Visit Portugal
Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort
Westin Resort & Spa Puerto Vallarta/Marriott Resort Puerto Vallarta Resort & Spa
World Equestrian Center

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