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MAY 12, 2017

Tourism supports one-third of all jobs in Orlando and added $109 billion to the economy in 2015, according to a report by Visit Florida. The post This Florida City Just Set a Guinness World Record for Gratitude appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Petersburg Resort & Golf Club in Florida. He has also worked in management roles with JW Marriott Austin in Texas, Langham Place in New York City, The Gates Hotel Miami Beach in Florida, JW Marriott Chicago and more. She joined the organization in 2015 as sales manager and was later promoted to director of sales. Jason Baer.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida, has promoted Barnes to resort manager. Patrick Lacassagne. Bobby Barnes.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Between 2012 and 2015, Fuente moved from senior sales manager to director of entertainment group sales. Boonie has been promoted to director of rooms at Hawks Cay Resort in Duck Key, Florida. Prior to her position at Dirty Habit DC, Trudo was executive meeting manager for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group in DC. Nina Dela Fuente.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

Frequent and well-designed small group work is the key to creating active learning and connection at any meeting. Zoom allows facilitators to speedily split a meeting into up to 50 separate sessions. Practice using them at small group meetings before employing them for a significant event! Learn about The Three Questions.

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JULY 24, 2017

If you want to get in on the action, think outside of the tank and consider these aquatic venues for your next meeting or event. Atlantis in Paradise Island, Bahamas, underwent a massive $1 billion expansion to their meetings and event space. Larger groups in the hundreds can meet on the front lawn or Great Hall.

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JUNE 21, 2017

He was named General Manager of the Year for four consecutive years (2012–2015) by Hilton’s Luxury Division. The LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBT MPA) named Alexis Dinyovszky as a new member of the board of directors. Gray serves as the managing director of Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau in Florida.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Dadhich also worked as general manager for Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida, the first Conrad property in the continental United States. Before taking on these Florida-based positions, Yurko worked as convention sales manager for Hilton Atlanta and sales manager at InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. Angela Kisskeys.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 6, 2021

She will present an overview on the current status and how meeting and event professionals can use data to chart their course ahead. In 2015, Salesforce was among the businesses that cancelled events and prohibited travel to Indiana following an anti-LGBT bill there. Those that didn’t quite simply didn’t survive.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Previously, she was director of sales and revenue at The Joule in Dallas as well as reservations and revenue manager at The Turnberry Isle Resort & Club in Aventura, Florida, and The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes. Brandy Hudgins Hudgins has been named sales manager of small meetings for Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau (ACVB).

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

Craig Shoffit, 36, works in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, as d irector of group sales at Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa. In my current role, our team has increased group rooms by 22 percent over last year, which was up 15 percent over 2015. As a 2017 40 Under 40 honoree, Shoffit discusses his passion for the events industry.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 15, 2016

Mia Monroe is an award-winning certified special event, meeting and government meeting professional, speaker, author of trade articles and the conference and event manager for NASA Johnson Space Center’s Human Health and Institutional Management contract for Florida-based AllPoints, LLC.

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JUNE 29, 2016

The latest crop of new builds, restorations and renovations widens meeting options across the country. > The 342-room JW Marriott Minneapolis Mall of America added a new level of luxury and nearly 20,000 square feet of meeting space to the Twin Cities area in Minnesota when it opened in late 2015.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

She has worked in various management and leadership positions at international hotels, and worked for The Camberley Hotel Company in Atlanta; West Baden Springs Hotel in Indiana; Residence Inn Fort Lauderdale Intracoastal/Il Lugano in Florida; and Hilton San Diego Del Mar. in Orlando, Florida. David Givens. Heather Bailey. Jana McGee.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

She’s held general manager positions at other properties across the United States, including Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort and Spa in Florida, where she most recently served. Prior to L’Auberge, she served as senior sales manager for Austin Marriott South and worked with the opening team of The Westin Austin Downtown in 2015.

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JUNE 14, 2017

She brings 19 years of experience and has received several awards for her performance including Circle of Excellence recipient for Director of Sales and Marketing of the Year with Hilton Luxury Brands in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and 2013 Most Improved RevPAR Growth for Hilton Luxury Brands with her team. Susan Gladstone. Chris Skelding.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

There are many acronyms in the world of meetings, but SMERF is one you should not forget. While SMERF meetings tend to be smaller in size, the numbers do add up. While SMERF meetings tend to be smaller in size, the numbers do add up. Nowhere was this more apparent in 2016 than in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Australia Forum was first pitched in 2015. It was to consist of multiple exhibition halls, a 24,000-square-foot ballroom, 18 meeting rooms and Centre for Dialogue, which would accommodate meetings in the round. of meeting space. The 1996 eastern side would get renovated and outfitted with new meeting rooms and a lobby.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

He’s previously worked at The Silversmith Hotel in Chicago, One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic Beach, Florida and various Marriott International hotels in Kansas City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Professional planners can get into the spirit by organizing a meeting or an event in a haunted venue. A post shared by Catarina Maia (@cmaia618) on Jun 26, 2015 at 5:43pm PDT. of meeting space and 200 guest rooms. The Cuban Club (Tampa, Florida). of meeting space. It also has 24,000 sq.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Cahal Mowery Visit Denver appointed Cahal Mowery as the organization’s new director of convention sales, leading the mid-market and executive meeting manager sales efforts. Mowery holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from University of Houston and completed his MBA at University of Houston in 2015.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Simply Divine, Orlando, Florida. Voted Best Food Truck in Orlando 2015, Chef Edgar and the team at Simply Divine will create a bespoke menu for your event, based on your requirements, using fresh and flavorful ingredients. The post Best Food-Truck Catering for Your Next Event appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 11, 2017

When the Society for Simulation in Healthcare chose Orlando to host its International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) — the world’s largest conference dedicated to health-care simulation learning, research, and scholarship — this past January, it wasn’t so attendees would bring along their families to the country’s No.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2018

Bring your ap-PIE-tite to meetings today! of meeting space and 1,254 guest rooms. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. Meeting professionals can order the hotel’s iconic dessert to be delivered anywhere nationwide. Meeting professionals can order the hotel’s iconic dessert to be delivered anywhere nationwide.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Rue has spent the past five years as general manager for Courtyard Miami Homestead, where she was nominated for Marriott’s GM of the year in 2015. She will also establish and maintain relationships with industry influencers and key strategic partners that will support the Kimpton of Florida brand initiatives. Art Ovation Hotel.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Miami International, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (Florida) International, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International , John F. ” A similar technical problem with customs happened in October 2015. The post Disturbing Breakdown at Customs Checkpoints appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MARCH 2, 2018

A post shared by The Manta Resort (@themantaresort) on Aug 5, 2015 at 9:14am PDT. Jules’ Undersea Lodge, Key Largo, Florida. The post 6 Hotels Below Sea Level appeared first on Smart Meetings. The Manta Resort, Tanzania, Africa. A variety of rooms are available, but the stand-out choice has to be the Underwater Room.

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JULY 12, 2017

She will target two primary markets: corporate group meetings and international tourism travel trade. He brings vast experience in financial operations at multiple resorts, including as chief financial officer for Visionary Destin, a resort and property management company in Destin, Florida. Jim Koutsky. Barret De Santos.

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AUGUST 17, 2017

In fact, it’s inspired groups to meet at historic hotels, including the 10 Best Historic Hotels of 2017, selected as part of USA Today ’s Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. of meeting space, including the two-story. 16,000-square-foot Woodfill Conference Center, with six meeting rooms under one roof. There’s 22,000 sq.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the meetings and conventions industry is built on relationships — one on one, face to face, rooted in competence and trust. Meetings bring people together, you see, and that applies to the back of the house just as much as it does among attendees. Our readers did not disappoint.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

From board rentals to lessons and ocean view rooms, make your next meeting a radical one— just cross your fingers that there will be waves. of indoor and outdoor event space, including ballrooms, meeting rooms and beachfront venues. Surf Studio Beach Resort, Cocoa Beach, Florida. Don’t forget the sunscreen!

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MARCH 10, 2021

After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus. The video below is part of the Hotel Effie’s virtual tour.). Virtual Site Visits. Leslie Zeck.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Host your next conference in a location that offers attendees more than just a meeting space and a hotel bed. . According to Travel Weekly ’s 2016 Consumer Trends report, the percentage of leisure trips that have a business component jumped to 17 percent, up from 11 percent in 2012 and 14 percent in 2015. Orlando, Florida.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

metropolitan area between December 2015 and July 2016. South Region: Orlando, Florida, noted for family-oriented theme parks, ranks highest in the region with a score of 815 points, followed by Miami and New Orleans in a tie at 814. Power Destination Study appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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JUNE 5, 2017

The Florida Marlins and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays call Florida home year-round. Florida hosts numerous Major League Baseball teams during spring training, so they have company. For more than 125 years, MLB teams have gathered in southern Florida during February and March to play ball in the Grapefruit League.

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Eventory

OCTOBER 2, 2018

paradise #tropicalvibes #travelcouple #aerieREAL #love #aerie #wanderlust #keywest #keywestflorida #keywestlife #flkeys #florida #visitkeywest #thefloridakeys #loveFL #peoplewhottravel #swimwear #islandlife #beach #beachview #beachday #vacation #luxurytravel. A post shared by FLORA (@flobreezyy) on May 8, 2015 at 6:06pm PDT.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

When Conde Nast Traveler released its latest list of The Best Big Cities in the United States, it could have just as easily been writing about The Best Meeting Cities in the United States. By scouring our online and print archives, I’ve compiled news that planners can use to host events in some of our favorite and best meeting cities.

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