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Smart Moves in Chicago, Miami and More

Smart Meetings

Flint first became a leader at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami in 2008 as its general manager, a role in which he served until 2014. Lora has been with the hotels for 12 years, beginning her career at The Ritz-Carlton, Fort Lauderdale as its public relations manager. Most recently, Flint was general manager of The St.

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Better Event Networking With Mixtroz

Endless Events

And literally over the course of one night, which was November the 9th of 2014, my mom and I came up with a very primitive version of Mixtroz, I would say” Ashlee’s Business Advice. “So, let’s relate Mixtroz in terms of Slack”, Ashlee begins. She scolded me because she was an HR executive at the time.

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Patience Fairbrother Named Vice President, Talent Attraction??

DCI

Since 2016, DCI’s annual Talent Wars research has become a sought-after study for organizations tasked with marketing their community to attract new residents and is the foundation of many campaigns.  Patience brings almost nine years of place-marketing experience to this new role.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

Heather Kirksey and Jason Lusk Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has promoted Heather Kirksey to vice president of public relations, corporate events and membership. In her new role, Kirksey will lead the membership and events team, in addition to the organization’s public relations department.

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Media Mixer + Makers

Convene by PCMA

It’s become more challenging for DMOs to maintain their funding, according to the DestinationNEXT 2023 Futures Study , as local governments are increasingly diverting funds to pay for broader community needs. Taking that approach, he said, would mean “losing that local connection and the experts who know how to do meetings and events.”

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‘Be Yourself, and Everybody Else Can Adjust to You’

Convene by PCMA

Ashlee Ammons (pictured) and her mother, Kerry Schrader, co-founded Mixtroz, an event-management software company, in 2014. But it turned out just the opposite was true: Ammons becomes only more animated and passionate when speaking about Mixtroz, an event-management software company she co-founded in 2014 with her mother, Kerry Schrader.