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JULY 21, 2023

With over 25 years of experience in travel, tourism and business events, and in leadership roles with Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Destination Toronto, he brings extensive experience to oversee BestCities operations, focusing on their values of legacy, sustainability and advancement of the global impact of meeting events.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

But for meeting planners it may sound like, “New Year, New Venue!”. Event attendees have a lot of options in-between event sessions, whether it is The Winter Village in Bryant Park which has a large winter market and an ice rink. For meeting planners seeking spring in the winter season, Florida answers the call.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Gardner has more than 13 years working in hospitality sales and marketing—specifically with independent hotels—most recently as regional vice president of sales for Oxford Collection Hotels. Chris White Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has named White director of sales and marketing. based in Bellevue, Washington.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Scott Kawasaki Scott Kawasaki, Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa appoints Kawasaki as director of sales and marketing. Christy Loy Christy Loy, Meet Minneapolis Loy takes on the role of senior vice president of destination sales at Meet Minneapolis. Before joining Play Social Inc.,

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MAY 23, 2023

As you chat with fellow meeting professionals you hear the faint sound of a trumpet. This is the Marriott “Meet with Momentum” experience in New Orleans. This four-day experience by Marriott International is one of many currently offered by the company’s Meet with Momentum program, now in its third year. What follows is a 0.5-mile-long

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NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We researched the top meeting venues in each of these destinations. of meeting space. The Convention Center offers clients 72 meeting rooms totaling 204,000 sq. Sheraton Dallas Hotel’s meeting space embodies a distinct sense of technology and style. of meeting space, 52 event rooms and 60 break out rooms.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

She brings over 10 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing and a specialty in weddings, milestone anniversary celebrations, reunions and more special events. In this new role, she will optimize the resort’s growing wedding market. She will oversee all catering and planning for locally catered events. and New Orleans.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Segarra joined the destination in 2022 as chief marketing officer and since then accelerated the organization’s widest range of promotional efforts in their history, resulting in record visitation rates and a $10 billion economic impact in the local tourism markets.

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JUNE 14, 2023

According to the global survey of 3,850 business travelers in 25 markets: Nearly all global business travelers (94%) are willing to travel for business in the next 12 months, including 67% who are very willing. Edmund Bartlett along with executives of Delta Airlines at their Atlanta headquarters on Monday, June 12.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He will help Thompson Hotels to enter the Texas market with a band, and to establish the hotel as a stylish destination. Hudson joins Thompson Houston as director of sales and marketing. She will help to further the Thompson brand legacy and introduce the new hotel to the Texas market.

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Connect Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Omni Hotel at The Battery Atlanta. The hotel is the piece de resistance of The Battery Atlanta, featuring restaurants, shopping and the Coca-Cola Roxy concert hall. The hotel has more than 20,000 square feet of meeting space. The city’s challenge has been keeping them inside city limits for meetings and events.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Traditionally, sourcing venues starts when a meeting or event is presented (or assigned), we seek out the right venue and then book the perfect space. Know what’s in the market. You’re hosting your meeting or event at what’s known as the best hotel in Atlanta…but do you know who their competition is? Do a quick on-site.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

We hosted a number of customers during the Super Bowl,” says Melvin Tennant, president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis. “We Atlanta hosted Super Bowl LIII earlier this year and is starting to feel the long-term benefit as well, says William Pate, president and CEO of the Atlanta CVB. Momentum moves the market. Going Global.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Mark Scheller Colorado’s Viceroy Snowmass has named Scheller director of sales and marketing. Joshua Jolicoeur and ShaRon Clark Joshua Jolicoeur (left) and Kyra Oliver (right) Jolicoeur is director of guest services and Clark is spa director for InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta. Regis Hotels.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Scott Cochran and Kitty Chau Scott Cochran (left) and Kitty Chau (right) Cochran is complex general manager and Chau is complex director of sales and marketing for dual-property Le Meridien and Element Salt Lake City Downtown. Anya Buitrago Hotel La Compania in Casco Antiguo, Panama, named Buitrago director of sales and marketing.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

If you think popping into a succession of boring Zoom calls makes you an expert on virtual meetings , it’s time to think again. Every year, Smart Meeting profiles top event professionals as part of an annual Planner of the Year feature designed to recognize and inspire innovation and excellence. Meet the 2020 Planners of the Year.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director. She will also lead all marketing efforts and oversee the county’s implementation of its regenerative tourism approach. She will now lead the Aspen resort’s sales efforts and strategic initiatives.

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APRIL 14, 2023

Read More: Non-stop London Events: All Roads Lead to ExCel Liliana Dale Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas named Dale director of national accounts of its international market. Megan Madrigal Madrigal is director of marketing for Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Conrad Nashville , a Conrad Hotels & Resorts property with Hilton opening in May 2022, named Wormull general manager and Stack director of sales and marketing. Most recently, he was general manager at The Candler Hotel Atlanta, Curio Collection by Hilton. Kristi Cotten-Morris and Yajaira Torres. Julianne Juergens. Daniel Earle.

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MAY 4, 2021

Before Choose Chicago, Anderson was regional director of marketing for The Peninsula Hotels. has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. Talley Management Group (TMG), Inc., Ellen LaMaire.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

She previously served as the resort’s manager for small groups & meetings, having begun with the resort in 2011 as a member of the sales & marketing team. In his new role, Janiak will focus on small groups and meetings of 10 to 20 rooms visiting the resort from across the U.S.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Dringham enters as director of marketing. She most recently served as director of marketing at Davidson Hospitality Group, where she provided both on-property and task force marketing leadership to numerous properties. Throughout her career, she has held multiple strategic marketing positions. Pete/Clearwater.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

So, when Megan Finnell, director of meetings and conferences with MGMA, pinged me with an invitation to join Clubhouse , I jumped on it. It has become her sole avenue for research, sales, marketing and networking. “It The post Why Meeting Planners are Jumping on Clubhouse appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

He brings experience in religious, fraternal and ethnic meetings segments to drive new conventions and meetings to Cincinnati and establish it as a top national meetings destination. Russell Stewart Russell Stewart The Westin Atlanta Gwinnett welcomes Stewart as director of sales and marketing.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2022

11-13, with an array of hyper-local cultural touchpoints for the Atlanta-based audience. The approach that we took this year was to make it a hyper-local event for our Atlanta community that respects and appreciates Revolt as a brand immensely.”. Agencies: 5WPR; Superfly (experiential); AT&T (365 marketing).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Research shows over 50% of all meetings are currently remote causing thousands to suffer from the very unscientific term “Zoom Fatigue.” While we are still likely months away from traveling and meeting together in large groups, the rise of Hybrid Meetings is filling the need for in person collaboration.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Schroeter is director of sales and marketing and Stephens is general manager for DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Doheny Beach in Dana Point, California. In 2019, Neal left ATL Airport District to work with 1600 Hospitality Group as meetings and events consultant. Jerusalem and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

He has held similar roles in Baltimore, Atlanta and Los Angeles, and at Omni Hotels & Resorts. Hôtel Barrière Fouquet’s New York appointed Stellardo general manager and Menechella to director of marketing and communications for the Americas. Menechella brings over eight years of hospitality business and marketing experience.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Rioux is director of sales and marketing for InterContinental Washington D.C.—The and director of sales and marketing at Rosewood Hotel Washington D.C. Sirmons is director of sales and marketing for The Art Hotel Denver, Curio Collection by Hilton. Tiffany Rioux. and Capella Hotel Washington D.C. James Montgomery. Michael Woody.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Morehouse College (MC) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU) for a mutually beneficial collaboration through their early career recruitment program. The development of men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service.”.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Chair-Elect: Amanda Armstrong, CMP, corporate travel and meetings manager, Enterprise Holdings Inc., Courtney Stanley, marketing strategist, Courtney Stanley Consulting, Grand Haven, MI. Anthony Miller, chief marketing officer, Lanyon, Dallas, TX. Visit Meeting Professionals International

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JULY 28, 2023

Samuel Spurrier Samuel Spurrier Spurrier is appointed as The Westin Maui Resort and Spa Ka’anapali ’s director of sales and marketing. Margaux Helm Margaux Helm Helm steps in as marketing manager for meetings at Visit Seattle , the city’s tourism and promotion bureau.

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MARCH 4, 2021

Moore, sales account manager at Affairs to Remember in Atlanta; and Antwone Stigall, CMP, chief event officer at Antwone Stigall & Co. You get to meet so many different people. When planning meetings and events, consider creating a DEI plan. Do marketing materials show a variety of people? in San Francisco.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Joelle Park Joelle Park Park is appointed to the role of senior vice president and chief marketing officer at BWH Hotels. In this executive role, Park will lead the company’s global marketing, brand strategy and communications. She was the first hire at the Omni Hotel at Battery Atlanta and was on the property’s opening team in 2018.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Regis Atlanta and was a rooms operations executive for several years at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta. Kimpton Sylvan Hotel appointed Perry to director of sales and marketing. Over the last 20 years, Perry has become experienced in catering, meetings, events and hospitality sales and marketing. Markus Lindner.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Where we spend our event budget matters, but meeting professionals already have full-time jobs. What makes any city distinct is the people,” she said on a recent tour of Pike Place Market that required ducking around to the back of shops to meet, talk to and hear the stories of vendors who pour their passions into their family businesses.

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