Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2023

Before this, Flanders worked at National Independent Automobile Dealers Association as director of dealer development and Leedom and Associates LLC as executive meeting planner/general manager. Hanna previously worked at Marriott IndyPlace in Indianapolis, where she worked as market director of catering sales.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

But the Marriott management team understands that to ensure meeting professionals, attendees and leisure travelers have the most positive experience possible, that bell person needs to be immersed in the culture of the 95-year-old company. Meeting planners don’t work 9-5. A More Flexible Organization. Julius Robinson.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

18 by the Office of Human Rights in Montgomery County, Maryland, organizers used Piccles and asked participants to draw their responses to the question, “What is Your Dream for Montgomery County?”. 18 by the Office of Human Rights in Montgomery County, Maryland. During an online Martin Luther King Jr. Coloring Online.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

In case you haven’t had your fill of politics during this election season, let’s talk about government meetings. Hunt Valley Inn sits in the heart of Maryland horse country, which explains its low-slung, lodge-like dimensions and its understated equestrian-themed decor. But what explains its appeal for the public sector?

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a2z Innovation Insider

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Meet Jax Kott, Digital Media Marketing Assistant with a2z, in our ‘Meet the Team’ series. A few more quick facts about me: I was born and raised in New Jersey and decided to move to Maryland once I graduated. A: I am a Digital Media Marketing Assistant here at a2z. Click to view slideshow.

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Social Tables

MARCH 22, 2024

Whether you’re looking to learn about the latest in hotel technology, security resources, design trends, catering techniques, or the luxury travel market, we’ve got you covered. For the first time post-pandemic, HSMAI’s Marketing Strategy Conference and ROC Americas is back, live and in-person. What’s impacting your industry most?

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. 31 • Associate Manager of Meetings. Destination Tahoe Meetings & Events. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. Silver Spring, Maryland. 33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 37 • Director of Education and Meetings. Aquera Agee.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2021

Editor’s Note : Smart Meetings filed this report from Destinations International’s AC21 in Baltimore, Maryland, but while there, we asked Tammy Blount-Canavan, FCDME, executive vice president and principal of the Destination & Travel Practice with Fired-Up Culture! All of that was important.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

They are proactively changing the world for the better through conference, meetings and other events. Meet the next generation of leaders, these “Class Acts.” 39 • Director of Marketing. 39 • Senior Vice President of Marketing. 29 • Director of Sales—Meetings and Events, Americas. 33 • Meeting Planner.

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a2z Innovation Insider

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Meet Alison Heathcote, Project Manager with a2z, in our ‘Meet the Team’ series. I do markets around town in my free time and that is one of my favorite ways to spend a day. This is a week where all staff members meet up at hour home base in Columbia, Maryland for team building. Click to view slideshow.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2023

PCMA’s Convening Leaders gathered 3,300 meeting professionals in Columbus, Ohio, for three days of education, networking and some transformative ideas. Smart Meetings was there for a backstage view of what went into the production and brought back tips for planning even more intelligently in 2023. Discomfort, Don’t Dos and Uncertainty.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2021

Arias is director of sales and marketing for The Shay, a Destination by Hyatt Hotel , in Los Angeles. Arias previously worked as regional vice president for Hyatt, and before this, as director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Lisa Arias. Ashlyn Pulvermiller. Rhanee Palma, CDME, and Laura Byes.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2023

Amanda Rodriguez Miami’s Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel named Rodriguez director of sales and marketing. She also worked as a meeting planner for American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Missouri. Shane Nicolopoulos Nicolopoulos is general manager at Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort, Spa and Marina in Cambridge, Maryland.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 26, 2017

The Center for Association Leadership, known as ASAE, unveiled Xperience Design Project (XDP) in National Harbor, Maryland, this week at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Their challenge: to collaborate on ideas to reinvent their meetings. Tuesday was spent in small group meetings led by expert faculty.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A twenty-year hospitality veteran, Casserly was most recently director of marketing in Baltimore, Maryland for Four Seasons. He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2021

Larson is president and CEO for Meet Chicago Northwest; she previously worked as the organization’s director of sales. She has also worked as director of sales for Visit Annapolis and senior sales manager for Chesapeake Beach Resort & Spa, both in Maryland. Heather Larson, CMP. David Morneau and Tara Johns.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Maryland and all government. Height previously oversaw incentive travel programs and meetings as an account manager for Galactic Performance Solutions in Arlington, Texas. Janette Roush NYC & Company announced Roush as managing director of marketing. He’s a member of PCMA Capital Chapter and MPI Potomac Chapter.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Valley Forge Casino Resort , a gaming and entertainment resort in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, welcomed Bailey as vice president of marketing. Bringing 18 years of entertainment and hospitality experience, Bailey enters the new role after serving as vice president of marketing at Rivers Casino Philadelphia. Michael Thompson, CMM.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

To understand how data analytics can transform meeting planning, forget about meetings and consider how UPS saved $320 million. It’s because systems like Orion represent huge possibilities and potential for associations and meeting organizers. PREDICTING BEHAVIOR. Is our rate structure on target?

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

International hospitality group Accor appointed Erney executive director of global sales for meetings, incentives and industry relations. She brings over 25 years of sales and events experience, recognized in 2019 as Supplier of the Year (Doer category) by Smart Meetings. and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Ron Bracco.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

Most recently, Sullivan served as director of sales and marketing at Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. Moussa is now director of sales and marketing at Doha, Qatar’s The Chedi Katara Hotel & Resort , the newest hotel by GHM Luxury Hotels & Resorts. Ali Moussa. Jennifer Duffy. Thomas Nicholson and Sergiu Les.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

TalkingTree Creative is an award-winning creative events and experiential marketing company headquartered near Washington, DC. we serve an international client base, meeting our client’s creative needs at venues around the world. Halethorpe, Maryland, USA 21227. While we are based in the U.S., Trade Conferences. Virtual reality.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

There are a number of options within easy driving distance of major meeting cities. Wow your group by using America’s backyard as an awe-inspiring backdrop for your next meeting or offsite event. and is also easily accessible from Baltimore, Maryland, and Arlington and Charlottesville, Virginia. Shenandoah National Park.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

In her previous position, she served as director of market sales for Residence Inn in Topeka and Fairfield Inn Topeka. Nikolina Felton Felton is the new vice president of marketing at Live! Casino & Hotel, in Hanover, Maryland. Prior to this appointment, she served as president of loyalty marketing for the property.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2019

At any event or meeting, safety should be a high priority. Liberty Defense is also planning several other beta tests of HEXWAVE in the next few months, including at Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena in Germany, Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada and at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 19, 2019

“I saw [becoming chair] as a great opportunity to bring a bunch of planners together to be able to help with various needs within this city,” said Bond, who most recently served as deputy director of meeting services for the American Astronomical Society and is currently on sabbatical. In the D.C.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Fort Washington, Maryland , along with other Gaylord properties, is brimming with Christmas festivities. In Grand Est, the Alsace Safari invites guests for a magical tour that visits three Christmas markets. Experience traditional Danish cuisine and markets with a holiday twist.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Braaten is now CEO of Interprefy , a Swiss company that provides interpretation software and support for virtual meetings. area, and he’s served in directorships at Visit Syracuse and Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County (VAAAC) in Maryland. and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Oddmund Braaten. Claudia Perez.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Braaten is now CEO of Interprefy , a Swiss company that provides interpretation software and support for virtual meetings. area, and he’s served in directorships at Visit Syracuse and Visit Annapolis & Anne Arundel County (VAAAC) in Maryland. and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Oddmund Braaten. Claudia Perez.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 1, 2017

The Bethesda, Maryland-based, company has more hotels and rooms coming on line than any other hotel franchise company, according to a new report. And this means an abundance of new options coming soon for meeting planners. 1 appeared first on Smart Meetings. Marriott International’s development pipeline is gushing.

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Decibel Management

MARCH 27, 2021

Michael Brenner is a globally-recognized keynote speaker on leadership, culture, and marketing. He led sales and marketing for software companies like Nielsen and FullTilt. Today, Michael is the CEO of Marketing Insider Group, founded on the belief that strong leaders who champion their teams are the key to unlocking massive growth.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Virginia and Maryland to draw large meetings to Indianapolis, which was named the number one convention city in the U.S. Photo Credit: Visit Indy Cindy Zimmerman Le Pavillon Hotel in New Orleans hired Cindy Zimmerman as director of sales and marketing. Her background is in nightlife marketing. by USA Today.

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 4, 2018

In January 2016, two of Georgia’s destination marketing organizations, Meet College Park and Meet East Point, combined and rebranded to become ATL Airport District. When we initially started out, we were Meet College Park because we only handled one city. Take us through the decision to rebrand. Absolutely.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 2, 2018

hotel market collected an estimated $2.7 Does this mean meeting planners, or their attendees, are stuck paying them? Wolfe follows chatter on hotel fees on Twitter, and watched as the members of a national nonprofit group recently “went ballistic” over the daily fee charged when they booked at their convention hotel in Maryland.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

She’ll focus on booking meetings for Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland-based associations. Richter-Piraino most recently worked as sales manager for group meetings and events at the Westin New York at Times Square. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. Email us the good news at editor@smartmeetings.com.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 1, 2021

Face-to-face communication proves to still offer value to these major corporations, while virtual recruiting events offer a cost-effective way for companies to both build their brand and meet promising candidates. Recruiting events merge recruitment marketing and event marketing strategies. just with a different style.

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