SITE Foundation Breaks Away From SITE

Created 20 years ago as the research arm of the Society of Incentive and Travel Executives, the SITE Foundation announced May 26 that it was breaking away from SITE and relaunching as an independent research foundation. The move sparked a wounded response from SITE, first in a May 29 e-mail blast to members in which president Lex Granaada expressed dismay at the foundation board's “unilateral decision,” and later in a June 2 press release suggesting that the foundation board acted illegally