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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Mardell is general manager and Bruce is director of sales and marketing for Thompson San Antonio—Riverwalk. Most recently, Mardell worked as opening hotel manager for Thompson Austin and tommie Austin in Texas. Most recently, Mardell worked as opening hotel manager for Thompson Austin and tommie Austin in Texas. Kelly Cavers.

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MARCH 18, 2024

We are highlighting women who have worked their way up and earned the position of General Manager (GM) to show our appreciation for their dedication to hospitality, their genuine passion for helping others and for standing strong in an industry where men still dominate the majority of leadership roles. Hospitality was really a way of life.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Register for “Banquets and Catering: An Insider’s Approach to Food and Beverage” Have you ever wondered how can hotels charge $120 or more for a gallon of coffee? Starting in hotel operations positions as a caddy, bellman, bartender and cook, Tom began his management career as a Hyatt management trainee in Chicago.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Paul Pomerantz Paul Pomerantz, ASAE As managing director of ASAE ’s Association Governance Institute (AGI), Pomerantz will lead the launch of the new initiative, which is dedicated to promoting excellence in governance practice for Associations. In 2022, he was named HSMAI General Manager of the Year for South Florida.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Emily Frost Emily Frost, Lake George Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau Frost joins Lake George Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau (LGRCVB) as senior sales and services manager. She earlier served as membership manager for the Lake George Regional Chamber of Commerce.

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APRIL 7, 2023

Scott Cochran and Kitty Chau Scott Cochran (left) and Kitty Chau (right) Cochran is complex general manager and Chau is complex director of sales and marketing for dual-property Le Meridien and Element Salt Lake City Downtown. Juan Samso Samso is managing director for Qatar’s Rosewood Doha.

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MAY 16, 2022

Mr. C Beverly Hills welcomed Burdette as assistant general manager. A 14-year hospitality and events veteran, she has also been event planning manager and executive housekeeper at Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas. Visit Carlsbad welcomed Arrogante as business development manager. Jed Arrogante.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

She also served as associate director of conventions and sales manager for The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in Maui. Maeder has joined Montage Laguna Beach as hotel manager. Maeder brings 20 years of hospitality experience to the position, most recently serving as director of food and beverage at The Maybourne Beverly Hills.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Loercher will fill the role of embrace program manager, in which she will engage the community, businesses, nonprofits and government in the principles of regenerative tourism. Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP).

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Over the last 17 years, she has garnered experience in hospitality, event, food and beverage, and business management. Bruggemans was most recently an adjunct faculty member in the Hospitality Management Program at California State University, San Bernardino. Most recently, he was front desk manager at ME Cabo in Mexico.

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JULY 8, 2022

Drew is now area hotel manager of the recently opened Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis , and Hyatt Centric Beale Street Memphis in Tennessee. Drew has a long history as a leader in Hyatt hotel management, most recently serving as director of operations at Hyatt Regency Reston in Virginia. Brock Hochhalter. Ron Bracco.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Williams is general manager for Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club in Florida. She comes from Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills as its general manager. Polito is currently managing director for mdg, a San Diego-based agency that specializes in event and association marketing. Vanessa Williams. Jason Baer.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. Lacassagne joined NoMo SoHo in New York City as general manager. Most recently, he was general manager for The Deer Path Inn in Chicago.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

With 23 years of hospitality and tourism sales and management experience, Higgins steps into the new leadership role at Oceanside, California’s tourism bureau. Braaten brings over 30 years of business strategy, project management and product development experience to his new executive role. Matthew Adams. Richard Szilagyi.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Five woman chefs of color in leadership roles across the United States spoke to Smart Meetings and shared stories of their careers, their inspirations and their passion for great food. Post-Covid, she acted as chef tournant, managing the resort’s seven kitchens, before returning to Capa to lead the team. It’s not only about the food.

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JULY 29, 2022

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. Viceroy Chicago welcomed Inman as its new general manager. Most recently, she was hotel manager for Langham Hotel. Ali Moussa. Lindsay Inman. Milet Lukey.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

She will lead the company’s Executive Leadership Team and Business Development departments in expansion efforts through third-party licensing of the brand and property management. Sean Ganhinhin Sean Ganhinhin, Prince Waikiki Ganhinhin assumes the role of general manager at Prince Waikiki , in Honolulu.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Rothberg is now hotel manager of Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rothberg has been in sales, marketing and management for over 10 years and has been a leader in her field at Harrah’s Entertainment, The Ebbitt Room at The Virginia Hotel Cape May in New Jersey, Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants and others. Scott Schult.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2022

With 23 years of hospitality and tourism sales and management experience, Higgins steps into the new leadership role at Oceanside, California’s tourism bureau. Braaten brings over 30 years of business strategy, project management and product development experience to his new executive role. Matthew Adams. Richard Szilagyi.

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MARCH 28, 2022

The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay promoted Buciuman to hotel manager. Mandarin Oriental, Boston promoted Lindner to general manager. Previously, Lindner was hotel manager at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva in Switzerland. Previously, Lindner was hotel manager at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva in Switzerland. Markus Lindner.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Conrad New York Downtown in Lower Manhattan named Dadich general manager. He comes from Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, where he worked as general manager and was named Hilton Americas’ 2021 General Manager of the Year Award. She was later promoted to marketing and communications manager in 2010, and later, co-director in 2017.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Hidden Barn Venue, a relatively new, rustic-themed wedding venue in Florida, found themselves in that exact scenario – hindered by time-consuming processes, tools and applications that they quickly outgrew. We weren’t bringing in more business because we were spending too much time managing the business.”.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Andaz West Hollywood , LA’s premier hotel on the Sunset Strip, named Tucker general manager and Frederick director of sales, events and marketing. Prior to Andaz West Hollywood, Tucker was director of rooms and operations at Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa in Bonita Springs, Florida. Susy Suescun. Bertrand Mangeot.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. 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. Daniel Gibson. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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MARCH 17, 2023

De Jesus comes from Imperium Food & Wine in Celebration, Florida, as food and beverage director, where he worked for the last three years. Before moving to Texas, Lewis worked in Seattle, at Fairmont Olympic Hotel as conference service manager and Pan Pacific Hotel as senior catering sales manager.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Before moving to New Orleans, she worked with several Florida-based properties, including The Betsy Hotel in Miami, Miami Beach Edition and The Ritz-Carlton Beach Resort in Naples. Wilson is hotel general manager for The Source Hotel + Market Hall in Denver. Koloa Landing Resort at Poipu in Honolulu named Bambling general manager.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Over the past two decades, Goslin has garnered both sales and convention management experience. Most recently, Goslin spent the last 15 years as senior sales manager at the Coconut Point property. Cestare is general manager at Ambassador Chicago , a JDV by Hyatt. Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort appointed Wyndham managing director.

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MARCH 18, 2022

Over the past two decades, Goslin has garnered both sales and convention management experience. Most recently, Goslin spent the last 15 years as senior sales manager at the Coconut Point property. Cestare is general manager at Ambassador Chicago , a JDV by Hyatt. Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort appointed Wyndham managing director.

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APRIL 29, 2022

Kimpton RiverPlace Hotel in Portland, Oregon, welcomed Maldonado as general manager. Maldonado has spent the last 15 years in hospitality leadership and management, most recently serving as general manager for The Gates Hotel South Beach – A DoubleTree by Hilton. Mr. C Beverly Hills promoted Taylor to general manager.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Following is a case study of how health verification was used and tips for managing expectations effectively. That process created a bubble of people who had been cleared in the space, something Resort Area General Manager Sean Verney explained the hotel pioneered when it hosted Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2020. A Healthy Bubble.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. Managing the Physical Space. What safeguards does the property take for events that have a food and beverage component to it? Of the many things this year has taught us, one is that you can never be too prepared.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Food festivals deliver celebrity chefs, cooking demonstrations , and virtually unlimited food and beverage options to hordes of hungry attendees in cities across the United States. South Beach Food and Wine Festival: February 22–26, 2017. Charleston Wine + Food Festival: March 1–5, 2017.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Timber Cove Resort on California’s Sonoma coast has named Reiplinger managing director and Vialpando as executive chef. Reiplinger has worked in the hospitality industry for almost 20 years, most recently as managing director at the AAA Four Diamond Bodega Bay Lodge of the Woodside Hotel Group, also in Sonoma. Rajesh Khubchandani.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Before joining Teneo, White was director of global sales at PRA Group, a destination management company. He has also worked in management for Krisam Group & Global Event Partners and Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, and has held the position of regional director of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International.

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JULY 28, 2021

With Salamander Hotels & Resorts , a luxury resort management company founded by Sheila Johnson , a Smart Women in Meetings Hall of Fame winner. Tim Bugas, director of sales and marketing, The Henderson, A Salamander Resort , Destin, Florida. Merricka Dyer Cunningham , senior group sales manager, Half Moon , Montego Bay, Jamaica.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

For the past 60 years, the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals (FAMP) has hosted a State Annual Convention and Trade Show for its members who are mortgage brokers and lenders from across Florida. who manages the event. who manages the event. Lesson Learned. “I

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MAY 6, 2022

Hotel Cerro in San Luis Obispo, California, appointed Olson general manager. Grace Bay Resorts, the luxury Turks and Caicos-based resorts brand, promoted Tyagi to general manager of Grace Bay Club , a waterfront resort property on Providenciales island. Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minnesota, appointed Jansen general manager.

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