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Site Search & Select

Leading the field in creative global venue sourcing, contracting, consulting and pin point accurate cost savings analysis.

Leading the field in creative global venue sourcing, contracting, consulting and pin point accurate cost savings analysis.

Since the inception of our firm more than a quarter of a century ago, Site Search & Select has been a global leader in successful venue sourcing, contracting, and matching up local hospitality suppliers for our client partners conferences, meetings and incentive programs.  Our strategy centers around inserting the magic into every meeting, using diverse partners, utilizing the most up to date contracting language and capturing every nuance of cost savings to justify our partnership. 

What Makes Site Search & Select Unique? 

Our global presence and ability to deliver memorable and diverse meetings that will position our clients light-years above their competitors.

What Makes Site Search & Select Unique? 

Our global presence and ability to deliver memorable and diverse meetings that will position our clients light-years above their competitors.

Our Clients

Site Search & Select proudly maintains customer relationships with a roster of Fortune 500 companies, international associations and global nonprofit organizations.  Our industry acumen stretches across finance, insurance, technology, education, logistics, consumer goods and advertising to name a few.

We count Samsung-Corning, Pilot Freight Services, Eppendorf, Dodge Data and Analytics, Agilon Health,  AdventHealth, and Auven Therapeutics as just some of the international clients that have come to count on us for the convenience of one-stop sourcing and contract negotiations. It remains our pleasure and privilege to maintain our clients’ trust in not only the content of our services, but our approach and management of those services as well. Our primary goal as your preferred global venue sourcing team is to make your conference, meeting or event the most successful imaginable. 

Certified Diverse Business Enterprise

S3 has been proud to be a Certified Diverse Supplier recognized by the US government since 2013. Many of our clients are committed to Diversity and Inclusion for their organizations.  Several of our Corporate Partners have instituted a robust Supplier Diversity program that is dedicated to broadening their supply chain to better distinguish and compete in a globally diverse marketplace.  This makes a natural pairing for our services.  We acknowledge their corporate stewardship and their partnership with Site Search & Select in these initiatives. 

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Professional Leadership

Michael Hudson

President

Michael's dedication, experience and vast industry knowledge runs deep in the Hospitality and Events Industry.  At S3, his responsibilities are as diverse as his leadership.  He leads business development, client relations, skilled contract negotiation and best-practices cost savings calculations.


Book time to speak with him below to find out more about the S3 difference for your next global conference meeting or event.

A thirty-five-year veteran of the hospitality and meetings industries with numerous accolades under his belt, Michael is dedicated and approaches his professional life with the idea of perfecting partnerships with global venues and local service providers that will elevate and creatively propel his client partners events beyond their expectations.  


After graduating with a bachelor of science degree from Florida International University’s esteemed School of Hospitality Management, Michael moved to New York, beginning his career in sales and marketing positions within the hospitality industry. He spent ten years in national sales positions for global deluxe hotel companies.  Following that invaluable training, he was one of the original pioneers to branch out and develop his own global venue sourcing and contract negotiations firm  Site Search & Select. 


The key to growth and success from the beginning was his knowledge and experience with international and off shore markets.  Another key personal and professional benchmark occurred when Michael became President of Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Greater New York Chapter  and Executive Committee for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce – New York (NGLCC NY).

Bill Finklea is the rock star of global sourcing and vendor relations at S3. He is legendary within the hospitality community.  He collaborated with a New York woman-owned business to create our stand-alone RFP and Availability Tool which has been considered one of the most comprehensive in the industry.


If you are a valued vendor partner and have received an RFP from him, book time below to speak with him on how to best position your property or service to our clients.         

A native Texan, Bill graduated with a bachelor of business administration degree from University of Texas – Austin in 1978. After starting out in the ranching and banking industries, he launched his own real estate development firm. Bill’s passion for art history eventually took him to London, where he studied at Christie’s Education London, the notable auction house. He brought his knowledge with him to New York, spending time in SoHo and enjoying the prominent art scene. He joined Site Search & Select as partner in 1994, enabling him to blend his passion for travel with his business acumen. A true globe-trotter, Bill has visited every continent. That time spent absorbing other cultures and networking with all sorts of people has made him not just a savant of international culture, but also a seasoned sourcing and international business protocol expert.

William Finklea

Vice President, Operations & Sourcing

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