Magellan Awards | Montecito Mixer

How the Montecito Mixer is Elevating Connection

In today’s rapidly evolving travel landscape, fostering genuine relationships is crucial for success. The Montecito Mixers serve as a catalyst for growing business, building brand awareness, and fostering connections between key players in the travel industry, including advisors, hoteliers, service providers, Destination Management Companies (DMCs), tour operators, cruise lines, expedition outfitters, and global hotel brands.

Over the past four years, the Montecito Mixer has facilitated an astounding 15,000 meetings. These meetings are not just numbers; they represent meaningful connections forged between industry professionals from various sectors of the travel industry. Each meeting is an opportunity for advisors, hoteliers, service providers, DMCs, tour operators, cruise lines, expedition outfitters, and global hotel brands to share insights, discuss opportunities, and build relationships that drive business growth. The sheer volume of these interactions underscores the Mixer’s role as a crucial networking platform within the travel community.

Attendees from Over 80 Countries: A Global Networking Hub

With attendees hailing from over 80 countries, the Montecito Mixer truly embodies global connectivity. This international participation brings diverse perspectives and a wealth of expertise to the table, enriching the discussions and collaborations that take place. By connecting professionals from different geographical regions, the Mixer fosters a more inclusive and comprehensive understanding of the global travel landscape.

Participants benefit immensely from learning about regional trends, challenges, and innovations. This global representation ensures that the event captures a wide array of insights, making it an indispensable platform for anyone looking to expand their network and knowledge base on an international scale. The Montecito Mixer doesn’t just connect people within a single market; it bridges gaps across borders, creating a vibrant, interconnected community of travel professionals dedicated to mutual success.

225,000 Minutes of Meetings: Time Well Spent

The Montecito Mixer has accumulated 225,000 minutes of meetings, equating to nearly 3,750 hours of dedicated networking time. This significant amount of time reflects the importance and value that participants place on these interactions. Whether they are discussing emerging trends, negotiating partnerships, or brainstorming innovative solutions, each minute spent in the Montecito Mixer is a strategic investment in the future of the travel industry.

These meetings are meticulously scheduled and strategically planned, ensuring that every interaction is productive and impactful. The time spent in these meetings allows for deep dives into critical issues, thorough explorations of collaborative opportunities, and the forging of long-term professional relationships. This robust engagement highlights the Montecito Mixer's commitment to providing a platform where meaningful and productive conversations can flourish.

These meetings elevate connection by allowing for collaboration - like sharing travel trends - across timezones

The Montecito Mixers are designed with our travel advisors at the core. We tailor the events to accommodate their requirements, desires, and input. Each event has over 80 advisors on average in attendance, and over 125 during the annual the global showcase.

Attendees have full control to organize their schedule and operate your virtual booth. You can reserve slots that align with their availability and arrange appointments according to their preferred timings. Additionally, partners have the chance to exhibit products and services at dedicated virtual booth. As a host agency we understand that building strong relationships, especially in the travel industry, is crucial for success.

The Montecito Mixers also point out that word of mouth is a particularly impactful element of business development, and it's easily overlooked.

To ensure all of partners and advisors have a chance to participate, the Montecito Mixer is hosted 4 times a year with the following themes:

Wave Season- Cruise (expedition, river & ocean)
Accommodation
Land Travel & Travel Services
Global edition with everyone invited

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Leveraging Technology to Bring Us Together

Montecito Mixers are hosted on Brella's virtual meeting platform that features chat, digital booth, scheduling, "matchmaking" based on advisor interest, live support and other capabilities. Trivia Time has quickly become a fan favorite during the mixers using the interactive trivia software Slido.

Now for the Prizes

This is the really fun part. We offer every advisor gift card incentives for attending the mixer, trivia & sometimes even hotel stays, cruises, or MVT merch for those who attended the most meetings, or engaged the most in some way. Each event boasts over $2,500 in giveaways.

Advisor Testimonials

Three Cheers Travel & fostering life-changing relationships

Jill Anderson, founder of Three Cheers Travel & affiliate of Montecito Village Travel, seeks out meetings with suppliers she is currently booking so she can touch base regarding her clients upcoming travel. The Montecito Mixers, with Brella as the software, are meant to be exactly this- intentional, interactive time to improve the clients' experience & the travel industry as a whole.

So, not only are the Montecito Mixers helpful to meet new people, they are a chance to strengthen current relationships & bookings. Jill Anderson is very active in almost every one of Montecito Village Travel events. She noted the mixers are particularly useful when it comes to connecting with and learning about MVT's Endless Luxury DMCs & other travel services.

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Partner Testimonials

Mauricio Alfaro

"My experience with Montecito Mixer has been extremely positive!! This exceptional event platform has provided us with a unique opportunity to meet, connect, and engage with our valued Montecito community of travel advisors. We have been able to showcase our company, our services and the destination to a targeted audience of travel advisors who are either currently utilizing our services or have expressed a genuine interest in partnering with us!"

-Owner of Costa Rican Trails

Melinda Anderson De Regil

I find the Montecito Mixers very productive, and with all of the advisors Montecito Village Travel has, I always meet new people every time. The profiles of the advisors allow us to reach out to the advisors best suited for where we have our hotels. I want to commend Montecito Village Travel for their creativity in leveraging the Brella platform that gives us opportunities to interact with their advisors a couple of times a year in a very easy format. It has helped me expand my network of viable luxury travel advisors and given me the opportunity to increase Taj brand awareness within the Montecito Village Travel community.

- Director of Global Sales, Taj Hotels