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Meet the 2025 M&IW Summit Sponsors

Our signature event, the M&IW Summit, wouldn’t be possible without the support of our sponsors. Our trusted partners consistently exceed the expectations of both our customers and our own team members and are integral to the connections created and memories made at every event. We are excited to introduce the sponsors of the 2025 M&IW Summit.

Platinum Sponsors

Cvent

Cvent empowers event professionals around the world to deliver incredible experiences and accelerate their success. As the largest hospitality technology company in the world, Cvent brings the entire meetings and events ecosystem together to streamline processes, increase collaboration, and deliver more impactful experiences.

Cvent powers multiple critical components of the 2025 M&IW Summit, including attendee registration, sponsorship commitments, the exhibitor portals, and lead capture.

Drum Cafe USA

Drum Cafe USA offers team building, leadership development, and entertainment through interactive drumming experiences. Drum Cafe believes the foundation of success is based on relationships, and the effect of being part of a synchronized drumming orchestra is empowerment, inspiration, and connection.

Drum Cafe is providing opening and closing entertainment for the 2025 M&IW Summit.

FanKave

FanKave is an AI-powered social engagement and audience interaction platform designed to personalize and elevate the attendee experience, monetize attendee engagement and create new sponsorship activations, and seamlessly work across existing digital channels. FanKave’s goal is simple—bring magic to your brands in the real world by transforming social content to visual stories.

At the 2025 M&IW Summit, FanKave is providing personalized matchmaking, integrated gamification, video testimonial booths, and a selfie booth.

Links Unlimited has been supporting corporate promotional and incentive programs since 1996. By adapting to meet market demands and unique customer requests, they offer a diversified, comprehensive set of solutions. Their divisions include promotional products, event gifting, creative services, and fulfillment.

Links Unlimited is providing the onsite customer gifting experience at the 2025 M&IW Summit.

Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel

Surrounded by celebrated attractions in Schaumburg, IL, the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel is a contemporary haven for today’s travelers. Collaborate or celebrate in more than 160,000 square feet of event space, featuring 30-foot ceilings, award-winning catering, and a 28,000-square-foot ballroom.

The Renaissance is the home of the 2025 M&IW Summit.

SpotMe

SpotMe is an event engagement platform that is crafted, not cobbled. As a fully adaptable, impact-driven platform, it is designed to maximize attendee engagement and turn interactions into outcomes. SpotMe’s mission is to empower critical industries to deliver better events that generate engagement and results.

At the 2025 M&IW Summit, SpotMe will be used for the event mobile app, including personalized agendas, interactive maps, live polls, sponsor and exhibitor pages, and more.

Stamm Media

With a focus on innovative and high-quality production, Stamm Media has become a trusted name in the industry for event technology. They excel at simplifying complex technical challenges so the best agencies in the world can imagine without limit to create the most memorable brand engagements for customers craving more immersive and genuine experiences.

Stamm Media is the event technology and production partner of the 2025 M&IW Summit.

Validar Inc.

Since 2005, Validar Inc. has helped B2B event marketers better understand and articulate their value. Their technology helps event marketing get the credit it deserves while also delivering best-in-class attendee experience and service. Validar’s underlying differentiator is the ability to accelerate sales with the deployment of their event technology and services.

At the 2025 M&IW Summit, Validar will power name badge printing in partnership with Wicket’s facial authentication system. They will also manage session attendance tracking and live session evaluations.

Wicket

Wicket is a computer vision AI company with a portfolio of issued and pending patents. Wicket’s Facial Authentication platform includes products for facial ticketing, facial access control, facial credentialing, VIP management, and security alerting for sports and entertainment, conferences and events, retail, education, hospitality, and enterprises.

The 2025 M&IW Summit’s Express Check-in will be powered by Wicket facial authentication, letting attendees check in quickly and securely with just a glance.

Gold Sponsors

California Collection

The California Collection consists of representatives from Visit Carlsbad, Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa, See Monterey, Visit Santa Cruz, Visit Newport Beach, and Visit Napa Valley, allowing Summit attendees to experience some of California’s finest offerings all at one booth.

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DMI Hotels

DMI Hotels is a premier destination sales team, offering a curated collection of stunning settings nationwide and internationally for business events. A trusted partner for businesses seeking to elevate their event experiences, DMI Hotels caters to a niche audience of corporate, association, third party, and independent meeting planners.

Global DMC Partners

Global DMC Partners carefully curated the world’s largest network of over 100 Destination Management Companies (DMCs) and specialized event service providers, serving more than 500 destinations worldwide. Their network leverages deep local expertise and creative flair to craft programs that are exceptional, distinctive, and flawlessly executed.

Hilton Worldwide

Hilton is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 24 world-class brands comprising more than 8,600 properties and nearly 1.3 million rooms in 139 countries and territories. Hilton has welcomed over 3 billion guests in its more than 100-year history and has introduced industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience.

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts is a leading global hospitality company guided by its purpose—to care for people so they can be their best. The company’s portfolio includes more than 1,300 hotels and all-inclusive properties in 76 countries across six continents. The World of Hyatt includes luxury, lifestyle, inclusive, classic, and essential brands.

Luxury Group Marriott International

As the world’s largest portfolio of luxury offerings, the Luxury Group Marriott International brings exceptional destinations to life through bespoke guest programming and unparalleled service. Brands include The Ritz-Carlton, St. Regis, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton Reserve, The Luxury Collection, W Hotels, and EDITION.

Marriott International

Marriott International encompasses a portfolio of nearly 9,500 properties across more than 30 leading brands in 144 countries and territories. Marriott operates and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all around the world, giving people more ways to connect, experience, and expand their world.

Meliá Hotels International

Founded in 1956 in Mallorca (Spain), Meliá Hotels International has a portfolio of more than 400 hotels (portfolio and pipeline), throughout more than 40 countries, and 9 brands: Gran Meliá Hotels & Resorts, ME by Meliá, The Meliá Collection, Paradisus by Meliá, Meliá Hotels & Resorts, ZEL, INNSiDE by Meliá, Sol by Meliá, and Affiliated by Meliá.

Teneo Hospitality Group

Teneo Hospitality Group is a team of highly experienced sales professionals that have long-standing relationships with their clients, who are premier meeting planning professionals in the meetings industry. Clients rely on Teneo for their knowledge and expertise and to find the perfect fit within Teneo’s member portfolio of over 400 meeting hotels and DMCs worldwide.

Visit Orlando

Visit Orlando is The Official Tourism Association® for Orlando, the most visited destination in the United States, Theme Park Capital of the World, and No.1 meeting destination in the country. Visit Orlando represents more than 1,600 member companies comprising every segment of Central Florida’s tourism community.

Silver & Bronze Sponsors & Exhibitors

Rounding out our partners for the 2025 M&IW Summit are the Silver and Bronze Sponsors. Click the logos and links below to learn more about each company.

Silver Sponsors

Bronze Sponsors

About the M&IW Summit

The M&IW Summit is an annual event by global event planning company Meetings & Incentives Worldwide. We bring together the entire M&IW community—customers, potential customers, partners, and employees—for industry networking, education, and engagement.

Together, we unite people to drive purpose and passion. Together, we build communities. Together, we are shaping the future of meetings, events, and incentives. All of this is made possible through The Power of Human Connection.

Are you ready to elevate your events with M&IW? Submit an RFP to get started.


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