Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Maria Elena Armenta Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has added Armenta as director of sales and marketing. The Mexico-native also spent time in Cancun as director of sales and marketing for Nizuc Resort & Spa in and director of leisure sales position for Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Senior Event Marketing Manager | McDermott Will & Emery LLP | Chicago, IL. New Mexico.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The report analyzed the gender diversity of more than 60,000 event speakers over a five-year period, from 2013 to 2018. Every event benefits from having greater gender diversity and balance across its speaker lineup,” said Alon Alroy , Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer at Bizzabo. “By

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Stanfield is managing director for Waldorf Astoria Cancun in Mexico, scheduled to open November 2022. Schroeter is director of sales and marketing and Stephens is general manager for DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Doheny Beach in Dana Point, California. Martins Lane, Sanderson and Mondrian London at Sea Containers. George Stanfield.

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DECEMBER 31, 2017

Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc. Director, Event Marketing | Entrust Datacard | Shakopee, MN.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Meeting & Event Job Openings | April 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Marketing Event Coordinator | Barefoot Networks | Santa Clara, CA. Special Event Planner / Marketing Manager | Saks Fifth Avenue | Boca Raton, FL. Event Marketing Coordinator | Viking Services | Grand Rapids, MI. New Mexico.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Event Coordinator / Event Marketing | Mammoth Marketing | Denver, CO. Senior Marketing Events Manager | Hennessey Industries | Bonita Springs, FL. Event Marketing Coordinator | Viking Services | Grand Rapids, MI.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Sandpiper Hospitality , headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, has promoted Grisko to vice president of sales and marketing. Grisko joined the company in 2018 as a divisional sales manager and became corporate director of sales and marketing last year. She’s also worked for Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Extended Stay America.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2023

He most recently worked as director of operations for JW Marriott Nashville, where he played a large part in its opening in 2018. Amanda Rodriguez Miami’s Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel named Rodriguez director of sales and marketing. Throughout his hospitality career, he also worked in directorial roles at The Don Cesar in St.

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MARCH 7, 2022

A four-month adventure that taught us a lot about life and saw us catching 25lb yellow fin tuna off the deck and creating sashimi for our tea, fighting hostile seas, losing valuable navigation systems in Guatemala and getting boarded by pirate guards off the coast of Mexico.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 13, 2020

Mexico Tourism Board closed altogether. trillion in gross domestic product in 2018 and employed 5.29 See also : DMOs’ Creative Marketing Boosts Consumer Ties During Coronavirus. 2019 was a tough year for organizations promoting tourism. million people. Those are jobs that can’t be offshored.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

2018 AWE Co-founder and President. New board members were chosen from an array of fields including education, marketing, association, corporate and hospitality spanning the globe from Seattle to Boston to Mexico City. The 2019 Board of Directors have the intellect, passion and dedication to take AWE to new heights.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2020

Velas Resorts makes a Stay Safe Commitment at its six properties in Mexico with a hygiene program based on World Health Organization guidelines that includes thermal testing of guests and staff. There are many ways to send that message, but it will need to be tailored to post-COVID-19 budgets, markets and sensitivities,” he says.

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AUGUST 1, 2022

Team members from SA Expeditions take part in a kayak excursion during a team summit in Merida, Mexico. SA Expeditions’ tours focus on conserving important cultural and natural resources, like a shamanic ceremony in Merida, Mexico. The travel company creates tours for groups that are big on social impact in the destination.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita in Mexico appointed Espina resort manager. He has held management roles for Visit Tucson, Loews Hotels, Starwood Hotels and Resorts and more in sales, marketing and convention services. New Orleans’ Windsor Court Hotel promoted Dumont to assistant director of sales and marketing. Denis Espina.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The sounds, wrap-around projections, and LED wall shifted through scenes in Morocco, Iceland, India and Mexico City as the tracks picked up or slowed down. In fact, this is one of our biggest 2018 Event Trends. Avoid These Marketing Missteps. It’s not something you put up just for the sake of spending marketing dollars.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Market Driven. stock market volatility, net optimism for the incentive travel market was positive. market volatility and a tightening U.S. housing market were balanced by four consecutive quarters of GDP growth and long-term interest rates that still outstrip short-term rates. Coupled with a still-strong U.S.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 27, 2020

France, New Mexico, and Texas. For a trip to Australia in 2018 I splurged on some fancy Ably t-shirts. When it’s really cold I wear a hat from a company that no longer exists — Perigee Sportswear in Minneapolis — which is not much help to you if you’re in the market for a great cold-weather hat. Environment.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

You read the story in the December Smart Meetings magazine; now hear the trend watchers and ask your questions about what happened in 2017 and what we can expect for 2018. Seasonal Spectacular is holding a no-host Happy Hour on Wednesday at Public Market Bar in Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel. Trend Watch. Walk the Floor.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Therefore, if you are able to do so, I encourage you to talk to your boss, board of directors, constituents, members and/or suppliers to let them know that you are proactively taking a meeting to an impacted venue, such as southeastern Texas, Florida, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mexico or the Bahamas.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Santa Fe , New Mexico, has a long history of being an art destination known for its turquoise jewelry, Western paintings, and bronze sculptures, but The City Different has a surprise for you. The city is quietly ranked as one of the largest art markets in the U.S., with small, independent artists thriving here. Santa Fe ranked No.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

2018 Hilton Heather Johnson Mexico’s Velas Resorts appoints Johnson regional sales manager of its East Coast division. Melchi was previously senior sales manager at The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, specializing in national corporate and association markets. She is based in Connecticut.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

By 2020, the virtual-reality market could be worth $30 million, according to tech advisory firm Digi-Capital, and with companies like Facebook and Google investing heavily in the technology, headsets soon may be as ubiquitous as smartphones. ‘Experiment. Don’t Be Afraid to Try 360.’. What they offer . Instant success . The goal  . “In

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Must-See Cities for 2018 helps to pinpoint great places for your next event. Night markets, street food and bright lights are just the beginning of what Kaohsiung has to offer. Guanajuato, Mexico. Seville, Spain. Reichshof Hamburg, a Curio Collection by Hilton hotel , offers 7,000 sq. of meeting space.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Groundbreaking in early 2018 will begin on a new practice pool for a total of four bodies of water. New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau President and CEO Stephen Perry stands in front of the New Orleans skyline, which includes Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Central Business District and the South Market District.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Set against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico with an old Florida vibe, PCB has more than 160,000 square feet of meeting space and 1,800 rooms at three conference resorts. In PCB, there are many intriguing places to try something new. ” Or meet outside near the pool or in an amphitheater at Conservation Park. Make It All About Them.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Photo of Solaz, from The Luxury Collection, set to open in Los Cabos Mexico in 2018. Marriott International announced plans for significant growth today, with 40 luxury properties lined up to open in 2018. Marriott’s shift toward the upscale market has been accumulating since acquiring Starwood in 2015.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 5, 2019

Learn how Facebook uses experiential marketing to produce impactful events that deepen connections. In the run up to the 2018 F8 Conference, Facebook announced they would host viewing events through a network of meetups called Developer Circles. Capture the hearts and minds of your attendees with 10 event ideas straight from Facebook.

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JULY 22, 2020

The team at Reyes strives to honor the cuisine, spirits, and culture of Mexico. We started by getting inspired by the traditional seafood markets of Mexico, and little by little we beat the people in the direction; thus we began our adventure at the corner of Avenida Tamaulipas and Vicente Suarez Street, in the heart of La Condesa.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

But behind the scenes, the colorful battle for market share has been intense and may affect what you will have access to in the future. In July 2018, the ride-sharing company Uber made a “sizable investment” in the company. They later expanded to countries such as Austria, Belgium, France, Israel, Mexico and Switzerland.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Twitter hosts a number of unique events and experiential marketing initiatives every year. Keep reading to learn the secrets behind Twitter's most successful events and experiential marketing activations as well as how you can use them to supercharge your own event marketing efforts. Source: Event Marketer. Cannes Lions.

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JULY 12, 2018

The brand has five current properties: Paradisus Palma Real and Paradisus Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic and Paradisus Cancun , Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Perla (adults only), and Paradisus Playa del Carmen La Esmeralda in Mexico. Also in Mexico, the most recent addition to the Paradisus brand is Paradisus Los Cabos.

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Endless Events

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Will Curran: Which is local to my Phoenix market. Why just that one market but obviously Phoenix was really important to them. Let’s see that was mainly luxury hotels, key markets. Now we’re into 2018 PSAV acquires Hargrove which was one of the biggest kind of mainly East Coast is my understanding.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2018

31, 2018, the United States will officially no longer be a member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In 2018, the destination will celebrate 10 years as a UNESCO Creative City of Literature, and in April it will host the annual meeting of the UNESCO Cities of Literature.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 24, 2018

This highly esteemed award salutes excellence in service and amenities among meeting hotels and resorts in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. Also recognized is exceptional service by destination marketing companies and CVBs from across North America. Regis Mexico City. Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Our main international traffic is to and from Mexico, Canada, Germany, as well as Great Britain and China—which is a very promising market.” million in 2018 and CBX is expecting 2.6 “We are a significant meeting destination with a large international attendance,” Terzi said. The Fast Route. According to a CBX study, in 2016 1.3

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She was recently a finalist in the category of Top Spa Director in American Spa Magazine’s 2018 Women in Wellness Awards. Some of her previous positions include golf sales and marketing manager at The Wigwam: Phoenix Arizona Resort, as well as membership and marketing director at The Club at Ruby Hill in Pleasanton, California.

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