Smart Meetings

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.

Food and Beverage 52

Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels Tourism 52

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Jiwalai was most recently director of sales at Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort in Thailand. The post 7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

Hotels 72

Hotels Site Selections Airlines 2015 72

PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The events industry talks a lot about legacies — the lasting imprint that meetings and conferences leave behind in host destinations. She took a burnt-out meeting manager and empowered me to step up and step on a few colleagues’ toes along the way to execute an annual meeting. Meeting attendance hasn’t decreased.

Sponsorships 81

Sponsorships Contracts 2015 Negotiating 81

SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Learn as much as you can about the culture of the country where you are planning your meeting in order to understand how they prefer to do business. Foster notes that meeting planners have a fiduciary responsibility to pass along relevant information about known hazards, and can be sued if they fail to warn meeting attendees about them.

Negotiating 60

Negotiating Contracts Events 2016 60