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She most recently worked with Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa in Whitefield, North Hampshire, as managing director. Additionally, Beckwith has worked as special meeting and events manager at DBA Excelebrations and catering sales manager for Fine Catering by Russell Morin, both in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Taylor Fry and Diego Vervloet Taylor Fry (left) and Deigo Vervloet (right) Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) named Fry director of national accounts and Vervloet as meeting and convention services manager. Fry previously worked as national sales manager for Pasadena Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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She also worked as area director of sales and marketing for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ properties in Toronto and Vancouver; before this, she worked with Destination Toronto as director of citywide sales and event management. Westdrift Manhattan Beach in California named Jones director of sales and marketing.

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Carolyn Patterson, director of events at the American Psychological Association, hailed the 2.3-million facility for its wayfinding signage, plentiful meeting and event spaces (77 custom rooms) and its location (downtown D.C.). Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island , earned praise from its staff.

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Allison is senior vice president of strategy and growth for meetings, conventions and exhibitions for Oak View Group (OVG), a venue development and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industry. Culver is general manager for JW Marriott Dallas Arts District , slated to open in spring 2023. Chandra Allison.

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“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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