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JUNE 3, 2021

Hardesty is managing director for Thompson Austin and Tommie Austin in Texas. He was most recently CEO of Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau in Texas and currently serves on the board of directors and executive committee for U.S. Nate Hardesty. Hardesty previously worked as general manager for Andaz West Hollywood in California.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 25, 2024

In March, urologist Ashley Winter took to X (formerly Twitter) to share that she wouldn’t be attending the American Urological Association’s 2024 annual meeting, May 3 – 6, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas. “My That year, Texas passed SB8, which banned abortions starting at five weeks. My husband & I are trying for our 2nd child.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In his 25-year career, he has worked on the opening team in six countries: Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki in Greece, Hyatt Regency Mainz in Germany, Hyatt Regency Merida in Mexico, Grand Hyatt Erawan Bangkok and four of his own restaurants in San Antonio, Texas. Cynthia Boyett. Marion Ryan.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Stewart is director of special event for Visit Panama City Beach in Florida. Steffan has been promoted to director of sales for Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Site Inspection: Show and Tell in Texas’ Capital. “…in Opening later this year is a 133-acre Apple campus, which will feature a 192-room hotel; and the 5,000-seat Moody Center concert venue at the University of Texas just opened in April, solidifying the city’s reputation as the ‘live music capital of the world.’”. 5: Florida.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Bolivar is director of food and beverage for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida, where he will oversee the property’s five F&B options, as well as its banquet operations. Benavidez is executive pastry chef at AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas. Daniel Benavidez.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Fernandez is touring tennis professional and Cox is director of racquet sports for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida. He comes from Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa in Frisco, Texas, where he worked as general manager. Woody previously worked as chief tourism officer for Visit Galveston in Texas.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Orlando, Florida: A Vegan-friendly City. Aside from being known as the home of Disney World, Orlando, Florida, is also popular with visitors looking for plant-based diets. Austin, Texas: Vegan Is Bigger. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the growing vegan community taking root.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Christopher Walling Christopher Walling Walling joins The Salamander Collection as vice president of operations and managing director of Innisbrook in Tampa Bay, Florida. He will help Thompson Hotels to enter the Texas market with a band, and to establish the hotel as a stylish destination.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Some states such as Florida and Texas, though, have banned vaccination mandates, meaning event pros working in those markets need to decide whether they want to “follow the letter of the law.” On the flip side, some states such as Florida are banning businesses, including venues, from requiring proof of vaccination.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Vuong previously worked as director of operation for Informa Markets, managing event logistics, transportation, security, sustainability and signage for Florida Boat Shows. Petersburg, Florida, and Orange County Convention Center and Addition Financial Arena in Orlando. Nick Dorney. Josh Delgado. He has also worked for John Q.

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I was the guest at Professor Dan Cormany ‘s Convention Management class at Florida International University. Image attribution: “2010 IACA Conference – evening reception at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum” by Corvair Owner is licensed with CC BY-SA 2.0. Can you hear me now?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 27, 2021

In addition the recent groundbreaking of a major new facility at Omni PGA Frisco Resort in Texas, award-winning Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort cut the ribbon on Hotel Effie in February and world-renowned Pebble Beach Resort in California is reopening to guests at the new Fairway One accommodations and meeting space. Omni Viking Lakes.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Worth and will manage sports, Texas universities and medical systems verticals. Delray Beach, Florida-based Barbara Rodriguez will focus on expanding the company’s relationships in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin, Central and South America.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2022

The Boring Company is also planning on expanding into Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida (Elon Musk, founder of The Boring Company, submitted plans to build a 6.2-mile, Discussions about tunnel construction in San Antonio and Austin in Texas have also taken place. mile, seven-station tunnel system in Miami in 2021).

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Worth and will manage sports, Texas universities and medical systems verticals. Delray Beach, Florida-based Barbara Rodriguez will focus on expanding the company’s relationships in South Florida, the Caribbean, and Latin, Central and South America.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Omni properties that can host groups include Omni Amelia Island Resort in Fernandina Beach, Florida; Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa in Austin, Texas; Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina; Omni Mount Washington Resort in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire; and Omni La Mansion del Rio in San Antonio, Texas.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Miami, Florida. San Antonio, Texas. Fort Worth, Texas. A common thing theme among the top five best places for layovers is costing passengers just a bit more than the rest, most of them ranked in the mid-40s or higher. The remaining five in the top 10 are as follows. Los Angeles, California. Atlanta, Georgia. Louis, Missouri.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Most recently, Mancuso was director of convention sales and development at Visit El Paso, the Texas destination’s tourism bureau. Petersburg area of Florida and spent 12 years as executive vice president and CMO of Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce. Mancuso is convention sales manager at Discover Santa Clara. Martin Moggré.

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

Pam Kressley and Lori Cassidy, co-founders of the new individual travel incentive company Gift a Trip , recently arranged a buyout of a space capsule as part of a three-day immersive experience for the winners of a Texas Lottery. Gift a Trip founders Pam Kressley (left) and Lori Cassidy (right).

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MAY 16, 2022

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. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Jessica Candy. Jeff Carlson.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 12, 2021

Holiday Inn Express Houston and Staybridge Suites Houston-Galleria Area, Texas. AC Hotel Fort Lauderdale Sawgrass Mills/Sunrise , Florida. Courtyard by Marriott Lake Buena Vista at Vista Center , Orlando, Florida. Staybridge Suites. Setting the tone for inspiration are pieces from local nonprofit Art Serve. of meeting space.

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EventUp

AUGUST 10, 2020

Restaurants That Are Now Open For Dine-In Across the Country: Alaska. Connecticut. New Hampshire. New Mexico. North Carolina. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island. South Carolina. Is your restaurant now open for dine-in seating either within your space or on your patio and you would like to be featured in our blog posts?

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2023

In his more than 15 years of hospitality experience, Wood has worked as director of sales and marketing at Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico; director of catering and events at Grand Hyatt San Antonio in Texas; and director of catering and convention services for Hyatt Regency Jersey City in New Jersey.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 2, 2023

Kaila Nasci and Morgan Cox Kayla Nasci (left) and Morgan Cox (right) Cox is catering sales manager and Nasci has been promoted to director of catering for Hawks Cay Resort in Duck Key, Florida. Before she joined Hawks Cay, she worked as group sales manager for Ocean Properties’ Florida Keys Collection.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Haute, the marketing, sales and event services company in Cedar Park, Texas, is taking 80 professionals to Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas for a week-long event on a brand-new industry metric. Regional 1-Day Experience – Texas. On April 14, Smart Meetings will be in Arlington, Texas for a one-day event at the AT&T Stadium.

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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. Adreanne Lewis Photo: Leo Thompson Lewis is director of sales, events and marketing for The Driskill in Austin, Texas. Karen McManamon McManamon is business development director for Discover St.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Arlington, Texas. Austin, Texas. Delray Beach, Florida. Lake Mary, Florida. Florida Roofing & Sheet Metal Association. Winter Park, Florida. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Paola Bowman. 38 • Destination Services Manager. Arlington CVB. Pamela Wike Boyd. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Petersburg Resort & Golf Club in Florida. He has also worked in management roles with JW Marriott Austin in Texas, Langham Place in New York City, The Gates Hotel Miami Beach in Florida, JW Marriott Chicago and more. Vanessa Williams. Williams is general manager for Vinoy Renaissance St. Jason Baer. Kelly Catherine.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

It was taking place around the time that Texas Gov. The abortion ban in Florida “was a professional/personal thing for our board, because in transplants, reproductive issues are an important component of the health care that is provided, and it’s important to have options for transplant patients,” he said.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Gibson is now director of resort experience at Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys. With two decades of marketing and management experience with DMOs, Foster enters her new directorship following her tenure at Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau in Texas as director of marketing and brand management. Daniel Gibson.

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JULY 19, 2021

Sharpe is senior catering sales manager and wedding planner for Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Fortner previously worked as area sales manager for Loews Hotels in Nashville. He has also worked as senior sales manager for Hilton Nashville Downtown and Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, also in Nashville.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

Hatton was appointed director of national accounts at Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau in Texas. She has also been a sales leader at Omni Fort Worth Hotel in Texas. Kuhns has also served as general manager of Hilton Salt Lake City Center, director of food and beverage at Hilton properties in Clearwater, Florida, and more.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Garcia was previously director of development at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, also in El Paso, Texas. Office of the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Convention & Visitors Bureau in Florida welcomed Melleky as its arts and culture manager for its tourism division.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

Dallas Marriott Las Colinas Within a master-planned community in Irving, Texas, a multimillion-dollar renovation is wrapping up that includes all 364 guest rooms and 27,000 sq. The style incorporates of-the-moment design with the rustic Texas heritage of the area’s ranching tradition and the region’s rolling hills.

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MAY 25, 2023

While Orlando, Florida retained the number one spot in North America from 2019, both Nashville, Tennessee (No. Newcomers to the Top 10 include Austin, Texas (No. Newcomers to the Top 10 include Austin, Texas (No. Orlando, Florida 2. Dallas, Texas 8. Austin, Texas 9. 2) and San Diego, California (No.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Babe has been a hotel operations leader for a decade, serving in similar management roles at Faena Hotel Miami Beach and multiple Ritz-Carlton properties across Florida, Massachusetts and New York. He was previously director of rooms for the property. Gilles Stellardo and Victoria Menechella. Josh Fluhr.

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