Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

This year’s popular Global All-Stars presentation looked at programs in three destinations—Los Angeles, the Netherlands and West Virginia—that considered the needs of locals when building creative programs to appeal to post-Covid visitors. Sessions outlined best practices for helping everyone feel welcome at events.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 12, 2018

Jeyakaran was named general manager of the 253-suite Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston, in West Virginia. Tina Gaccetta Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), in Chicago, appointed Tina Gaccetta head of events. Jeyakaran was general manager of Residence Inn by Marriott Raleigh Downtown, in North Carolina.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Visit Denver Julie Davis-Petit Benchmark named Julie Davis-Petit director of sales and marketing for Stonewall Resort, a Benchmark Resorts & Hotels property located in Roanoke, West Virginia. She previously served as task force director of events, sales and marketing for Benchmark.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2017

She will target two primary markets: corporate group meetings and international tourism travel trade. Benchmark Resorts & Hotels named Jim Koutsky director of finance for Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, West Virginia. Jim Koutsky. John Kurtzweil.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Yet, as a meeting or event planner , it’s not likely in the forefront of your mind. If an attendee is from a state in which marijuana is legal but the event is in one with stricter laws, then the attendee must comply with in-state laws— even for medicinal use. They are quickly gaining popularity at social events.

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