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Refract Seattle: The Power of Connecting Events to Local Community

Smart Meetings

Glassblowing is such a team sport,” Coles says. “In In a lot of ways, it takes so much communication and collaboration, so it’s a great analogy to the type of teamwork that people are doing in their businesses. Meetings are no more simply about splitting time between hotels, meeting venues and hotel restaurants.

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Smart Moves in Chicago, Salt Lake City and More

Smart Meetings

Helman has been appointed director of Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau (VBCVB) in Virginia and Townsend appointed its vice president of marketing and communications. For the past year, Helman has been leading the organization as its interim director while also serving as sports marketing representative.

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The Future Looks Bright for Destinations International’s Young Leaders

Smart Meetings

At the local level, it is exciting to see new meeting and conference sectors emerge that engage a new market and heighten our ability to reach new visitors.”. – Mallory Snyder , vice president of communications and strategic development, Visit York County. “I’m I’m excited to see our industry return to normal!

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Smart Moves in Hawaii, New Orleans and More

Smart Meetings

He brings over 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and hospitality to his new role, in which he will oversee an integrated sales, marketing and communications strategy for Highgate’s Hawaii portfolio. Kauffman takes on the role of regional director of communications.

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3 Huge Benefits of Sales and Marketing Teams Working Together

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Sales teams can better clue marketing into the target buyer, and marketing can better communicate their process. Example: The new Margaritaville hotel is nice for leisure travelers but has no meeting space thus its marketing is useless to the sports or meeting manager attending Connect for One-on-One’s. This is what happens most often.

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Smart Moves in London, Miami and More

Smart Meetings

Jessica Dillree Dillree has been promoted to associate director of marketing for Louisville Tourism. Dillree has been with the organization since 2007 and has worked in numerous capacities, including as sales assistant, marketing communications coordinator, and most recently, digital marketing manager.

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Smart Moves in Vienna, Fari Islands and More

Smart Meetings

Mildred Amon Mildred Amon Amon is the new director of marketing communication at Alma Resort in Cam Ranh, in southern Vietnam. Chris Achacoso Chris Achacoso Achacoso rejoins Tourism Australia as business development manager in their special business unit Business Events Australia.