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Smart Moves in Wailea, Cambridge and More

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He has held sales and marketing directorships at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Maui, The St. Rothberg is now hotel manager of Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. General Hotel Management Ltd. Most recently, Decker was area director of sales at Auberge Resorts Collection.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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Marelli most recently worked at The Gwen, A Luxury Collection Hotel in Chicago, where, as the property’s pastry chef, she established its first pastry program. She also worked at Chicago’s Langham Hotel as executive pastry chef. Nowak most recently worked as food and beverage specialist at Premier Hotels & Resorts in Guam.

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15 of 2016’s Hottest Meeting Destinations

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Las Vegas, New York City, Paris and other perennial favorites were among the world’s top meetings destinations in 2016, but several other locations significantly enhanced their appeal largely due to major expansion and renovation projects. Here are 15 of the leading meetings cities in 2016. of event space. It features 2.6 million sq.

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Smart Moves in Roanoke, New Orleans and More

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Dawson joined Vespera Resort on Pismo Beach, an Autograph Collection Hotel as director of sales for this c entral California coast venue. Bringing over a decade of hospitality sales experience, Dawson was most recently Pacifica Hotels’ regional sales manager. Sharma joined Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC as director of catering.

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Mapping the Way Forward

SmartMeetings

The most coveted amenity in the meetings and hospitality world right now is…confidence. Confidence is turning out to be a scarce commodity as the weeks have dragged into months and meeting professionals are rebooking the rebookings. The meetings landscape is uneven. Meetings are so missed,” he reported. Kevin Edmunds.

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PCMA Expands Business Events Programming Throughout Asia Pacific

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Business travel in Asia-Pacific continues to grow and PCMA is uniquely positioned to help the region’s meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibition industry meet demand.”. 2019 PCMA APAC Annual Conference. Knowledge Exchanges are scheduled in: Auckland, New Zealand. Knowledge Exchanges are scheduled in: Auckland, New Zealand.

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Up Your Virtual Value Prop

SmartMeetings

At the time, I was still working full time for a meeting and event production company and, frankly, needed to vent a bit about how I felt we were being treated by a couple of our clients. Find more hybrid meeting tips and tools on the Virtual Events Genius Resources page. Deliver the goods and you can charge for online events.

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