Adelman Travel And Summit Performance Group Form AdelmanSummit Meetings And Incentives Travel Alliance

Co-branding Agreement Focuses On Burgeoning Meetings & Incentives Travel Business

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Jul 02, 2013, 01:34 ET

MILWAUKEE, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adelman Travel and Summit Performance Group announced they have formed AdelmanSummit to offer comprehensive corporate and association meeting and event management, incentive travel, and sports hospitality services to businesses and organizations.

Adelman Travel, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is the 22^nd-largest travel agency in the United States and has a strong emphasis on business travel and travel management services. Summit Performance Group, based in San Diego, California is a global provider of event management and incentive travel services. Under terms of the co-marketing and co-branding agreement, AdelmanSummit will provide traditional event and meetings management services, including:

Strategic planning
Onsite meetings management and production
Registration and staffing
Facilities and equipment sourcing and rental
Logistics
Event staffing and activities management
Airfare booking
Lodging management
Ground transportation
Tourism management and services
Travel management and contract negotiation services

Summit Performance Group's clients include several Fortune 500 companies, such as PepsiCo, Arrow S3, Life Technologies Corporation and Pfizer Pharmaceuticals. They have produced and managed over 2,000 events throughout North America, Europe and the Far East. Their meetings have ranged in size from 10 to over 2000 people. The newly formed AdelmanSummit is currently working with over 30 corporations to coordinate and manage their meetings and events.

"Partnering with Summit offers our customers a turnkey solution to managing meetings and events of any size," said Angela Abbate, vice president of global services for Adelman Travel. "We saw a need for this among many of our business travel customers, and I know Summit saw a need for travel services among its meetings and incentives customers. This partnership benefits both of our client bases."

Doug Wheeler, co-owner and partner of Summit Performance Group, agreed. "There has been an increasing trend among corporate and organizational customers to outsource this kind of business," said Wheeler, "and this includes smaller meetings of 20 to 30 people. Coordinating a meeting with participants coming in from all over the nation – or the globe – can be complicated, and requires expertise and skill sets that many companies and organizations might not have. Nothing is better than a meeting or an event that is planned well and executed flawlessly – and nothing is worse than one that isn't."

Incentives travel programs – typically wherein companies reward or incentivize employees for performance – had declined during the recent economic recession, but according to Wheeler, are coming back. So are sports hospitality programs and events.

"It's big business and getting bigger," said Wheeler. "Trips and travel have always been attractive as an employee reward, and sports teams and leagues are using travel and hospitality programs as a way to connect to larger audiences. In every case, customers want a fun and seamless experience. AdelmanSummit is here to provide that."

About Summit Performance Group
Headquartered in San Diego, Summit Performance Group's partners and founders, Richard McCann and Douglas Wheeler, have more than 60 years experience in corporate incentive travel and meeting management industry. SPG has successfully developed and globally executed over 700 top-notch, custom tailored programs for numerous large and small organizations since 2003. SPG's comprehensive suite of services include site selection and contract negotiations, secondary services coordination, corporate sports hospitality and sponsorships, sports tournament development and management, individual and group incentive travel, conference and event management, technology and web registration, multimedia development and production and custom theming, staging and graphic design. For more information SPG, call 858-385-2785 or visit our website at www.summitpg.com or at twitter.com/summitspg.

About Adelman Travel
Adelman Travel is Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based travel agency with more than $600 million in annual revenue and more than 275 employees in 25 full service travel centers nationwide and 17 regional reservation centers. Now in their 27^th year, Adelman is the largest travel agency in Wisconsin and the 22^nd largest in the United States. Adelman is dedicated to bringing people together to conduct business and specializes in corporate travel management, video travel and global consolidation of travel management. The company has regional travel solution centers and corporate on-sites in the U.S. and dedicated affiliate offices in Asia, Canada and Europe. Learn more at www.adelmantravel.com and connect with us on facebook.com/adelmantravel, twitter.com/#!/adelmantravel, linkedin.com/company/adelman-travel-group, and youtube.com/adelmantravel.