Assistant Vice President - Sales
ITA Group
Abby Sherman is Assistant Vice President of Sales at ITA Group, a global engagement agency that helps organizations inspire employees, engage customers, and strengthen partner relationships through experiences that drive meaningful business results.
Over her 15 years with ITA Group, Abby has helped organizations rethink the role of meetings, events, incentive travel, and recognition programs as catalysts for connection, culture, loyalty, and performance. She works with some of the world's leading organizations to align engagement strategies with business objectives and create experiences that deliver lasting impact.
A passionate advocate for the power of human connection, Abby brings together client strategy, engagement design, and business growth to help organizations create experiences that matter. She regularly collaborates with industry leaders on emerging trends in workforce engagement, stakeholder experience, recognition, and the future of business events, helping organizations unlock the full value of experiences as strategic business tools.
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SITE and the Incentive Research Foundation unveil the seventh edition of the Incentive Travel Index (ITI), the meetings industry's leading global study of incentive travel.
Explore the latest findings across budgets, benefits, program design and destination selection, alongside new insights into geopolitical risk, qualifier expectations, AI in practice, the future of DMCs and evolving budget considerations. Leave with a clearer understanding of the trends shaping incentive travel and practical ideas to help inform future planning.
Learning outcomes:
Understand the key global trends and tensions shaping incentive travel in 2026
Explore how risk, AI, qualifier expectations and DMC evolution are reshaping program and destination decisions
Identify practical actions to future-proof your incentive travel strategy using ITI insights
This session is approved for the following certifications.
* ICCA Skills Domain CICS/CICE: 1
* CMP/CEU Approved: Strategic Planning, 1.0 credits
* CSEP Approved