Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2024

He brings 52 years of experience, beginning in the hospitality industry as a dishwasher and moving through the roles of executive chef, food and beverage manager and finally general manager, and has worked with the Marriott brand for 16 years at various locations. He will oversee all operations and business strategy at the resort.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Shannon Copeland The seamless coordination of countless logistics required to produce a productive and enjoyable meeting or event is a Herculean task. In today’s world, you cannot overlook the possibility of Mother Nature becoming an unwanted attendee at your meeting or event.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 3, 2023

Switching careers to discover your passion There is a near endless list of jobs in the world but some people were just born for events and hospitality. Maybe It’s in the Blood Although she was born to parents who worked in hotels, Natasha Pereira chose a different route on her way to the hospitality world.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Rick Schatz and Ronni Anderson Rick Schatz (left) and Ronni Anderson (right), Tempo by Hilton Nashville Downtown HRI Hospitality announces two appointments to lead the opening of Tempo by Hilton Nashville Downtown. He has spent nearly 40 years in hospitality at various Hyatt properties around the globe, from Vancouver to Baha Mar.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Jessie Malpica and Stephanie Lapsley Jessie Malpica (left) and Stephanie Lapsley (right) With 16 years of experience in the hospitality industry, including nearly a decade at Ritz-Carlton hotels, Malpica looks forward to serving as the director of operations of the first Ritz-Carlton property in the Pacific Northwest, The Ritz-Carlton Portland.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

appoints London-based Hills Balfour as its European sales, marketing and public relations representative. The agency specializes in travel, tourism and hospitality and has thorough knowledge of the United States. Lindvall has dedicated 30 years of his career to hospitality, mostly with Marriott.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director. He will pursue meetings with 200-2,000 attendees from organizations based in Arizona, New Mexico and the upper Midwest. acre property, a historic landmark turned luxury destination.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2023

Her over two decades of marketing experience, with a specialization in hospitality, make her a strong leader to oversee strategic and innovative marketing at BWH Hotels and ensure teams across the company achieve their goals. He will oversee direct sales, marketing and public relations.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Berry has also worked in leading hospitality roles at Le Meridien in Santa Monica, Jamaica Bay Inn in Marina Del Rey and Cambria Hotel & Suites LAX in El Segundo, all in California. Shircel has been on Visit Mesa’s communications team for two years, most recently as its media relations specialist. Juan Mercadante. Clive McNish.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Smart Meetings asked the experts tasked with making a celebrity show shine to share their secrets for hosting a stellar event. More : Oscar-Worthy Destinations for Your Next Meeting. A separate mingling area—a social room with high cocktail tables, where people can relax and talk—is also essential says the hospitality consultant.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2021

Smart Meetings loves recognizing talented hospitality professionals who will help the industry evolve as we get back to meeting, so when we heard that Destinations International had announced their 2021 30 Under 30 class from convention and visitors bureaus and tourism boards around the world, we wanted to get to know them better.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 8, 2022

Kim has been in events and luxury hospitality sales for 10 years and most recently worked at Highgate hospitality as its area account director for groups. Most recently, the 25-year hospitality veteran was executive vice president at Visit Huntington Beach. John Ehlenfeldt. Previously, O’Dell was president and CEO of Events DC.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2023

Dowling previously worked with South Dakota- and Wyoming-based energy company Black Hills Energy, where she led its strategic communications, brand management and public relations efforts. The post Smart Moves at Lark Hotels, Noble House and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Endless Events

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

” Event Brew – Meet The Hosts! “And I thought I wanted to go into public relations. Which then realized, I need to actually go into hospitality conference management” “I actually then went to Las Vegas, attended the school. Hey, we’re also in the same boat.”

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 24, 2024

21, 2024 Where: ChowNow Headquarters, Los Angeles, California Website: TheChefConference.com 2023 Attendees: 150 A new gathering for culinary professionals has been freshly prepared: The Chef Conference, a bicoastal event that debuted in April in Philadelphia, led by hospitality law expert and chef Mike Traud, JD, Ed.D.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

She brings extensive experience in strategic communications and public relations to her new role, having worked across public policy, higher education, and media. She most recently served as chief of public information at Sinclair Community College.

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DCI

JULY 14, 2022

As the meetings industry revs back up, research from IACC is giving us hope that in-person meetings will be back in force sooner than later. It’s time to get back on meeting planners’ radars, and these top meetings industry writers are some of the best journalists to know. Corporate & Incentive Travel.

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Solimar International

MAY 8, 2022

I received a degree in Communication with a focus in Public Relations from Virginia Tech. I received a minor in Hospitality and Tourism which is how I learned about tourism management and destination marketing organizations. We utilize this resource to stay up to date on green practices in hospitality and tourism management.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 17, 2024

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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Convene by PCMA

MAY 15, 2024

Richardson previously served as vice president of meeting and conventions at Visit Detroit, where she led innovative sales initiatives that helped reintroduce Detroit to the meetings and conventions market. Innocentin has worked in hospitality for more than 20 years.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 31, 2024

At Visit Seattle, Byington will oversee all marketing and brand development initiatives to promote tourism across travel segments, including meetings and conventions, leisure, transient, and international markets.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 29, 2024

She will sell and market Atlanta as a destination for group meetings with 251–1,200 rooms on peak night. Smith has more than 30 years of industry experience and has a deep understanding of Nashville’s unique hospitality landscape. Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 10, 2024

Snow has extensive experience working in various sectors of the tourism industry, including convention and meeting sales and destination partner relations. He has nearly 30 years of combined hospitality operations and sales experience.

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 26, 2023

Phillips first joined the team in January 2018 as director of tourism promotion and strategic alliances, where she successfully worked to enhance Florida’s Historic Coast as a tourism and meetings destination. Cristina Muku JW Marriott Grosvenor House London has appointed Cristina Muku as director of sales and marketing.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 26, 2022

The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has announced the promotion of Adam Berrios to vice president of sales and services, a position that drives the organization’s key role in attracting meetings, conventions, and sporting events to the area. Rostana Wardak has been named regional director, West. West Coast market.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 26, 2021

And so I didn’t meet anybody.”. Ammons had a conversation with her mother — a longtime human resources executive familiar with the meetings circuit — later that evening about the lack of effective networking strategies at meetings. If you’re looking for a dot there, it’s super uncomfortable,” Ammons said.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

Boasting an award-winning team of over 400 specialists across 23 global offices, Allied creates conversion-driven campaigns for major brands in film, TV, sports, gaming, live entertainment, cultural institutions, hospitality, and consumer goods. Their unrivaled marketplace in B2B travel provides exceptional choice, value, and experiences.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 11, 2019

This will be compounded by better marketing and public relations strategies and the “enforcement” of MICE venue standard in line with sustainability criteria. These sites can be divided into: Meeting room category: 344 venues, totalling 910 rooms. Standardisation is a key element of trustworthiness.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2024

A longtime volunteer leader with SITE as well as a leading speaker and popular panelist, Delaney is a familiar face for many in the meetings and events industry. Abigail Fernandez Abigail Fernandez, INNOV8 Meetings + Events Fernandez joins the INNOV8 Meetings + Events team as manager, global accounts.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2024

At Visit Seattle, she will oversee all marketing and brand development initiatives to promote tourism to the city across all segments, including meetings and conventions, leisure, transient and international markets. She brings over eight years of expertise in sales, revenue management and leadership in the hospitality industry.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Yan previously worked with Diamond Public Relations in Los Angeles, where she held the role of senior account executive. Before this, she was the public relations manager for Sonoma County Tourism in Northern California. The post Smart Moves in Puerto Rico, Hawaii and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2022

Sarfraz brings over 15 years of hospitality experience to the property, most recently working for Hilton San Jose and Juniper Hotel Cupertino, Curio Collection by Hilton as general manager of both. He has held roles in hotel management at several other Hilton properties, Conrad New York Downtown, Hampshire Hospitality Group and more.

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