SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

His experience spans more than 30 years of growing sales in competitive hotel markets. His most recent position was the director of sales and marketing at Hilton Arlington in Virginia. Her most recent position was director of operations, The Westin Georgetown, Washington D.C. The National Conference Center. Tiffany Cook.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Director of sales and marketing. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Internal marketing manager at a five-start resort in the Red Sea, Egypt. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Lead associate for events and strategic market development. What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. After college, I started as a conference concierge at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Think about it: We give to charitable organizations, so why not give with a meeting? First, it is for your original business meeting purposes, but also to make a difference by helping others and businesses when they are in need. Your team can make your own history by deciding to give a meeting.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 29, 2018

The reality is the market will dictate whether Marriott overstepped its bounds in dropping third-party rates from 10 percent to seven percent, effective in late March. With great power comes the ability to dictate the market. Sterenson has two small children and is looking to buy a house in the Washington, D.C.,

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 1, 2017

And this means an abundance of new options coming soon for meeting planners. In the United States, Marriott will add 1,301 hotels and 167,641 rooms, according to a report from Lodging Econometrics. . * Another 125 projects are in the early-planning stage. 1 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Paul Totah Pan Pacific Seattle appointed Paul Totah as the director of sales and marketing. Previously, he was with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts for six years, with stints at Hyatt Regency Bellevue in Washington and Hyatt Regency Morristown in New Jersey. of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. Phillip Johnson.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

She’ll focus on booking meetings for Washington, D.C., 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. Virginia and Maryland-based associations. Email us the good news at editor@smartmeetings.com.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 19, 2017

He will be responsible for the group’s executive vice presidents and the operational division heads of food and beverage, sales, marketing, rooms, engineering, security and quality improvement. He will focus on meetings involving business trade associations, engineering, science, the environment, and medical and pharmaceutical matters.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This position was developed to expand VisitPITTSBURGH’s strategic efforts to promote the region to international markets. Prior to this role, Bueno has overseen culinary teams at renowned restaurants in Washington D.C., VisitPITTSBURGH David Bueno The Jefferson Hotel appointed David Bueno general manager.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Director of sales and marketing. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Internal marketing manager at a five-start resort in the Red Sea, Egypt. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2017

Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) in California has hired Laura Manriquez as the new director of sales and marketing. She brings more than eight years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and will focus on management of sales and marketing programs for group travel. Jim Koutsky. John Kurtzweil. Robert Dorr.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I am able to travel to Washington, D.C., This gives me the opportunity to grow professionally and personally through attending the various workshops and meeting so many different types of people. Sometimes we want to make things more complicated than they need to be, or we have meetings about meetings.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Lead associate for events and strategic market development. What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. After college, I started as a conference concierge at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

How do you become an independent meeting planner? Annette Suriani, CMP AMS Meetings Solutions Fairfax, Virginia Time as an independent planner: 5 years. Annette Suriani I had always worked directly for an association here in the D.C. Then I had the opportunity to work for a firm in Washington, D.C.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Add a heap o’ meeting space—34,000 sq. A multi-million-dollar transformation added a fresh design scheme, all-new plush furnishings and tech in the 802 guest rooms, and enhancements to its 38 versatile meeting and functions rooms. of indoor meeting space. The new meeting and event space offers 37,500 sq. of meeting space.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. As a “government” meeting planner, I am con-stantly challenged with limited budgets, outdated technology, and long-lasting traditions. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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