Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

In her decade of industry experience, Candy has also been spa manager and fitness center, events and community partnerships manager for Cooper Aerobics in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, as well as spa manager at Resort at Squaw Creek in Olympic Valley, California. Jed Arrogante. Edward Searle and George Sous, MBA.

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TicketBud

OCTOBER 23, 2023

It includes: Event Planners Printing/Signage Av/Tech Support Photography/Videography Catering/Bartending Staffing/Security Rentals/Decor Entertainment Venues Event Planners Fauxcades (Dallas) fauxcades.com Offering a full service event design, custom fabrication, production and rentals, Fauxcades focuses on the experiential aspect of every event.

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APRIL 29, 2019

Director of Conventions & Meetings. Senior Business Events Manager. RIMS, Risk Management Society. Destination Management Connection. Senior Director of Conference and Events Management. Manager, Meetings/Events & Exhibits. Society of Government Meeting Professionals.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2023

Abbate comes from Bishop-McCann, where she worked as attendee experience manager. She also worked as a meeting planner for American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Missouri. Christopher Roden Roden is senior public events manager for Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Kristen Babich Babich is events manager for The Gant Aspen in Colorado. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events. Riggs joined Maritz Global Events Design Studio in 2018.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Diaz has worked in numerous positions at various Hyatt Hotels properties; before the San Diego role, he worked as executive housekeeper at Hyatt Regency New Brunswick in New Jersey and Hyatt Regency Dallas, among other positions, beginning in Puerto Rico, his birthplace. Chandra Allison. Mike Culver. Daniel Jones and Shelby Christensen.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2023

Five and half years with Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the last six months as chief brand officer, Drew Holmgreen knows what’s expected from the association, in theory and in practice.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 10, 2023

Five and half years with Meeting Professionals International (MPI), the last six months as chief brand officer, Drew Holmgreen knows what’s expected from the association, in theory and in practice.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Louisville Tourism in Kentucky welcomed Runyon as destination services manager. Runyon brings 10 years of venue administration and events experience. Most recently, she was senior events manager at Churchill Downs Racetrack in Louisville. Turcotte is now general manager of W Dallas – Victory. Warren Nocon.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

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. Bree DiBernardo.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2017

meeting hotels , leading event management software provider Cvent has released its annual list of top meeting destinations. 1 meetings destination in the country, only reinforces our ongoing commitment to this important industry.” meeting destinations are listed below. meeting cities.

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Mahaffey was appointed executive vice president of show and event services at INSPIRE , a Dallas event tech company. Since 1993, Mahaffey was most recently senior vice president of client solutions at Freeman Company in Dallas for nearly 30 years.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. Most recently, she held the same title at The Westin Dallas Downtown. His background is in venue operations, large-scale event management, emergency response, guest services and budget management.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

Meeting planners often possess a superhuman command of details. A major assist can come from event services managers. A venue’s event manager—either through brilliance or blunder—can dictate whether a planner’s event succeeds or fails. So what makes an event manager great?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Iannucci-Guay recently worked with Sheraton Hartford-South Hotel in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, as sales manager. where she worked in event management, and later, corporate sales. He also worked as general manager for Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Solana, Dallas Marriott City Center and Marriott St. Louis Grand.

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APRIL 30, 2018

Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas, got the love from Kat Sanford, chief fun officer at Kat Sanford Events. Hilton Americas , Omni Dallas , Gaylord Texan and Hilton Anatole were also among Texas hotel favorites. Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa has a “great location” says Lisa Brown, events manager at CPAmerica International.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ExCel London , a major event venue at the historic Royal Docks, promoted Clover to executive director of event management and guest experience. Most recently, Clover joined the company as head of event management. Souksanith was appointed executive meetings manager at Fairmont Dallas.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2022

Wondering what the dynamic meetings industry future holds? We asked the stewards that will be leading the way to whatever comes next, the 2022 Destinations International 30 Under 30 Class, what most excites them about the future of meetings and events and their responses gave us hope for a brighter tomorrow.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

He has also worked in management roles for Visit Oakland, San Francisco Travel Association, Park Central Hotel in San Francisco and others. Dallas-based global event company Freeman promoted Moggré to chief client officer. The Hythe Vail named Pryor general manager of the new, luxury Rocky Mountains resort. Martin Moggré.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2020

When health and government officials started ordering groups to stop meeting in an effort to avoid fatalities in the millions from COVID-19, contractors saw their business pipeline collapse overnight. Income from events they had planned for months disappeared. The industry must not play a hardline approach to this series of events.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 3, 2023

The multi-award winning IXL Events Centre, based in Southam, Warwickshire is certainly an excellent venue. They have a diverse space, boasting a capacity of up to 900 delegates, all set in 600 acres of beautiful countryside within the grounds of Dallas Burston Polo Club.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2018

First stop: The Other Place, a rehearsal area, 200-seat studio theater, café, and massive costume storage space operated by the Royal Shakespeare Company, which also offers in-house catering, technical support, and dedicated event managers for dramatic business events for up to 200 attendees. I slept soundly just the same.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event planner? What is the purpose of your event or meeting? Of course, like every other event, we had to stay on budget.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2021

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. Palma is chief sales officer and Byes is director of meeting partnerships for Face2Face.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

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. Meet the next generation of leaders, these “Class Acts.” 38 • Sales Manager.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 3, 2023

Today, she is the property’s director of event management. Before greater:SATX, she spent 20 years in marketing and advertising Dallas and San Antonio, representing national and local notable clients including Midas Automotive Repair, Procter and Gamble, Jose Cuervo, H-E-B, among others. But life had different plans.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Thomas joins Makeready’s Charleston destination after holding multiple general manager and senior operations roles at Morgans Hotel Group and other SBE lifestyle hospitality company hotels. In 2010, Thomas was named General Manager of the Year after opening Morgans Hotel Group’s Mondrian Soho hotel location.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

“We will be offering our emergency preparedness certificate program at IMEX Frankfurt and other locations in the United States,” he said of the training program that leverages the local knowledge of program logistics professionals to help event managers design and execute effective security plans.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

“Her customer service and sales background is a beneficial asset in our efforts to attract additional meeting and events clients to Plano Centre.”. Heather Bailey has been appointed director of program development for MC&A, Hawaii’s largest full-service destination and event management company, based in Honolulu.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Events Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

For 15 years, McMillan has held roles in events and hospitality sales. She has also held the roles of sales manager at COMO Hotels & Resorts and event manager, among others, at JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa. Hyatt’s Ambassador Chicago welcomed Ovalle as its sales manager. Tony Ovalle.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Martin managing director of Delta Hotels-Marriott Dallas Allen & Watters Creek Convention Center scheduled to open in Allen, Texas, in January of 2019. Martin was previously Benchmark’s general manager for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Martin Benchmark named Stacy T.

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The Castle Group

AUGUST 28, 2023

What makes an event successful? To an attendee, a successful event means a seamless, inspiring, memorable, and/or value-added experience. To a meeting planner, a successful event means achieving these goals and more. At Castle, our role is to make events appear effortless. However, our job is anything but.

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Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Event managers can capitalize on this growing trend to make their event experiences more appealing to business travelers who want a bit of leisure on the side. How can event managers appeal to the bleisure traveler? There are many ways to appeal to the bleisure traveler.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Experience Manager | Live Nation | Phoenix, AZ.

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