Kevin Hinton

Chief Excellence Officer, Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE)

Kevin leads SITE’s staff team of 15 in supporting their nearly 2000 members worldwide with responsibility for the strategic and operational management of the association as well as the SITE Foundation. He reports to the President of the International Board of Directors.
Prior to joining SITE, Kevin served as Executive Vice President in charge of the global sales strategy for Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI). Before ALHI acquired it in January 2011, Kevin was CEO of hinton+grusich, a 20-person national sales organization representing hotels and convention bureaus across North America. Kevin’s career in the hotel business began at the Chicago Hilton & Towers where he worked in various management positions.
Kevin also served as Chairman of the International Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI) in 2012 and 2013, having served on MPI’s Board for 5 years, and as President of MPI’s Chicago Area Chapter in 2007 and 2008.
Kevin holds a Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) in Finance and German from Marquette University, as well as a Master’s Degree (MBA) from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

He lives in Evanston, IL with his wife Claudia and their daughters, Amber and Sophia.

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