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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

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Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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Smart Moves in California, Dallas and More

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Treuman previously worked as senior event manager for Atlanta Marriott Marquis. He also worked as senior event manager for Renaissance Hotels in Atlanta. Sam Kim The Beverly Hilton in California named Kim hotel manager.

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Three Trends Shaping 2024 Events

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Sources also predict that mobile event apps will become more prevalent and wearables may also emerge. of attendees consider mobile event apps to be vital, and 62.9% expect in-person conferences utilize modern technology. Event Trend #2: Sustainability Much like technology, a focus on sustainability within events is here to stay.

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Smart Moves in Dallas, Turkey and More

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Buchanan previously worked as Visit San Antonio’s national sales manager, in addition to other roles within the organization. Before joining Visit San Antonio, Buchanan worked as event manager for Henry B. Before her promotion, Bippert worked as Visit San Antonio’s destination experience manager.

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First Class: Meet the Inaugural 15 Over 50

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Acworth, Georgia. Senior Business Events Manager. RIMS, Risk Management Society. Destination Management Connection. Senior Director of Conference and Events Management. Mark Everton. Visit Oakland. Oakland, California. Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM. Woodhaven, New York. Kathryn Gleesing, MBA, CMP.

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Smart Moves in Boston, Los Angeles and More

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Most recently, she worked as dual general manager for Hyatt House/Hyatt Place in Colorado. Green has also worked in a handful of roles with Denver Marriott Westminster, including general manager and director of event management. The Alida in Savannah, Georgia, named Thompson director of sales and marketing.

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2018 40 Under 40: Class Acts

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While these event professionals you will learn more about are young, there is much everyone in the industry can learn from them. They are proactively changing the world for the better through conference, meetings and other events. 38 • Sales Manager. Duluth, Georgia. 37 • Conference and Events Manager.

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