Smart Meetings

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 is now CEO of Interprefy , a Swiss company that provides interpretation software and support for virtual meetings. Oddmund Braaten. William Adams.

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Smart Meetings

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 is now CEO of Interprefy , a Swiss company that provides interpretation software and support for virtual meetings. Oddmund Braaten. William Adams.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

He’s previously worked at The Silversmith Hotel in Chicago, One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic Beach, Florida and various Marriott International hotels in Kansas City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Meeting Professionals International (MPI).

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Walkability, value, and friendliness can be strong drivers for why planners choose certain destinations over others for meetings. If a city can hit on all of those cylinders, it can emerge as a meetings-business champion. And more and more, they’re asking questions about a destination’s local expertise and knowledge base.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 13, 2018

but also as a passionate advocate on behalf of the multibillion-dollar travel and tourism industry. by Loews in Arlington, Texas, will open in summer 2019 and feature 302 rooms and 35,000 square feet of meeting space. Chairman and CEO Jonathan Tisch serves not only as the ambassador of Loews Hotels & Co., Loews Hotels & Co.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) is a registered trademark of the Events Industry Council. Rethinking Destination Marketing. How do you keep your destination top of mind when planners can’t visit and groups can’t meet during the pandemic? Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum. ReThinking Creativity. Michelle Russell.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 1, 2024

He went bankrupt with his first studio in Kansas City after only 18 months,” affirms Jeff Barnes, who is often referred to Dr. Disneyland because he created a college course devoted to Walt and the man’s obsession that became the world’s most iconic theme park. And how might these be of value to meeting profs?

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

After 16 years at Visit Pittsburgh, most recently as executive vice president, Jason Fulvi will join Visit Kansas City on Sept. Initially, meetings felt like therapy sessions to him, but eventually formal committees were formed to improve the sales process. is lagging in tourism. 12 as its new president and CEO. More: The U.S.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2022

Hilton Aventura Miami announced Villa as its new director of sales and marketing. Villa brings 15 years of experience in hospitality sales and marketing. Most recently, he was area director of sales and marketing at Driftwood Hospitality Management. German Villa. Jessica Schultz. Lance Marrin and Vincent De Croock.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

If anyone knows how important it is to start from the bottom and work their way up, it is new Visit Kansas City (Missouri) President and Chief Executive Officer Jason Fulvi, CDME. Here, we get to know Fulvi and see what the future holds for Kansas City. What would you do to entertain someone in Kansas City? Everyone has rallied.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

16, 1941, travel industry visionaries gathered at Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, to organize a movement that is celebrating its 75th birthday this week during the annual fall board meeting for U.S. In addition to the 75th birthday party, the fall board meeting featured a ceremony for the next class of the U.S. Back on Oct.

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