SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Martin was previously Benchmark’s general manager for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This position was developed to expand VisitPITTSBURGH’s strategic efforts to promote the region to international markets. 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. Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. First job: Internal marketing manager at a five-start resort in the Red Sea, Egypt. Marketing is multifaceted.

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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. She’ll oversee sales planning for group, catering and banquets and help the revenue team meet sales goals.

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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

In thinking about other challenging times for destinations, I recall when the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) took its board of directors meeting to New York City in September 2001, right after 9/11, and maintained its Summit Awards program in Washington, D.C.,

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

I’m using my strongest skills in meeting and event planning, so I kind of took a winding route, but it’s a really, really great fit for me. Claire Abrams My whole career’s been in association meeting planning for dental, medical, or commercial associations. Then I had the opportunity to work for a firm in Washington, D.C.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Conference Center Hotel. 5401 | Contact: Marco Paramo, Director of Sales and Marketing. of meeting space on glorious grounds. of meeting space and a state-of-the-art conference center. Best Conference Center Hotel. Lied Lodge & Conference Center. Monterey Conference Center.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Director of Communications and Member Services Washington State Association of Counties Olympia, Washington, USA. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. It’s kind of neat, because you don’t know what you have in front of you,” observed Dave Griffin, director of marketing, Lexington Marriot at Griffin Gate (Lexington, KY). From Old Boys to Young Women. Navy and U.S.

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