Smart Meetings

MAY 3, 2024

He brings 35 years of experience in developing business opportunities for the hospitality, gaming and entertainment sectors across North America, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Middle East, including a previous tenure at WATG between 2005 and 2007.

Food and Beverage 264

Food and Beverage Tourism Hospitality 2005 264

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

In 2007, Prince did just that, launching CodeMash in Ohio, designed to give early-career and experienced technologists “a world-class technical conference” built around high-quality content on “current practices, methodologies, and technology trends in a variety of platforms and development languages” — without a high price tag, he told Convene. “We

Tech 59

Tech 2007 2025 Conference 59

Event Marketer

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The brand launched the My Black is Beautiful platform in 2007 to drive conversations around perceptions of beauty and to showcase diverse representations of beauty in the marketplace and in mainstream media.

2030 312

2030 Sponsorships 2007 Fashion 312

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ley has served in sales and marketing for numerous hospitality brands, including Four Seasons, Auberge and Alila since 2007. As the property undergoes lifestyle renovations and repositions itself as an elite Latin America costal destination, Ley will direct the sales and marketing division to reflect the transformation.

Hospitality 263

Hospitality Food and Beverage 2007 2011 263

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2021

Since 2007, she has run her own sales and business coaching company, which helps sales teams, business leaders, and entrepreneurs improve their strategies for cultivating prospects, building stronger business relationships and closing deals.

Food and Beverage 290

Food and Beverage 2007 2010 Hotels 290

Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Since 2007, Simmons worked at Greyfinch’s sister property, Chatham Wayside Inn, included in her more than two decades of hospitality experience. Pancham has 25 years of hospitality experience, which includes working as general manager at Wyndham Destination Resorts in St. Thomas, U.S. Eumi Koh Koh is general manager for Conrad Nashville.

2012 231

2012 2007 Hotels Hospitality 231

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

From 2007 to 2018, transient room growth increased from 123 million to 173 million rooms, a 50 million room increase. Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 percent in the United States. “We We have never occupied that many rooms ever,” Dominguez emphatically stated.

2019 178

2019 2007 2009 2018 178

Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Company owners – Joe and Joanna Garland – started their sustainability journey in 2007 and since then have saved enough carbon emissions to equate to 8,644 trees being planted. We started our sustainability journey back in 2007 and it gives us great pleasure to see many others in the industry now doing the same.

2007 130

2007 Sustainability Corporate Events 2023 130

Event Industry News

APRIL 15, 2021

We’ve supported live stream , hybrid and virtual events since 2007. Sarah is a virtual event and livestream consultant with 20 years industry experience in digital media, events and broadcasting. The hybrid event model isn’t new to us at Kinura.

2007 52

2007 2020 Tech Consulting 52

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

She began with the Marriott brand in 2007 at Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club and excelled in a number of positions before moving to Tampa Marriott Water Street in 2013. Leslie Bloznalis Ellis Leslie Bloznalis Ellis, The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota Bloznalis Ellis is director of group and catering sales at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota.

Hospitality 264

Hospitality Food and Beverage 2007 2010 264

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The invention of the #hashtag in 2007 made it easy for users to find specific relevant content and communities. (In 2019, only ~13% of Twitter accounts were private.) Whatever you were interested in talking about, Twitter made it easy to discover kindred souls.

2009 245

2009 Social Media 2014 2006 245

Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 20, 2024

Cutty Sark’s main and most modern space is the Dry Berth, built during the refurbishment after a fire in 2007. It is part of the Royal Museums Greenwich, a collection of historical venues that comprise the National Maritime Museum, Queen’s House, Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Peter Harrison Planetarium.

2007 147

2007 Entertainment Venues Corporate Events 147

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Virginia Green Certification Virginia Green was launched in 2007, created to encourage green practices in the state’s tourism industry. Letting them know about the recycling, that we do composting, finding out from them what type of items they’re going to have to make sure that we’re recycling everything….Then

Food and Beverage 263

Food and Beverage Sustainability Retail 2007 263

EventMB

AUGUST 19, 2024

The ideal contracting scenario is when the outsourced meeting planner functions less like a taskmaster and more like a part of the team, said Jen Squeglia, who started her company, RLC Events , in 2007 after working on staff for Fidelity and John Hancock.

Meetings 164

Meetings Contracts Insurance 2007 164

Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2023

Since being founded in 2007 by Ramunda and Derrick Young, Mahogany Books has offered readers access to an immense list of titles focused on the Black experience. Planners can take advantage of an extensive list of Black-owned businesses and restaurants in the D.C.

Meetings 230

Meetings 2003 2007 Banking 230

Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Slow progress, eventually leading to triumph In 2007, something changed. Instead, I felt largely incapable of writing sentences that conveyed what I wanted to say. Yet somehow, I persevered. My struggle lasted two years. There was no blinding flash of insight.

2005 240

2005 2009 2007 Consulting 240

Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 22, 2023

Dan Sherwood, Marketing Director at Santander UK said: “Santander UK shares a proud and successful history with Silverstone dating back to the title sponsorship of the F1 British Grand Prix in 2007. We have a range of initiatives to support them to become more sustainable and we are excited to start rolling these out over the coming months.”

Sustainability 130

Sustainability 2007 Banking Transportation 130

Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Mandy has been a keen beam supporter and was on the events and training committees for over 12 years, involved in the first Code of Conduct and was herself the HBAA Venue Chair in 2007. Mandy has collaborated with a team of the highest quality trainers who are all hospitality industry specialists, offering vast “on the job” experience.

Consulting 147

Consulting 2007 2010 Hospitality 147

Attendease

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These keynotes, referred to as the Stevenote after former CEO Steve Jobs, are where almost every popular Apple product to date has been introduced, including the very first iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007, and — more recently — Apple Music, the Apple M1 Chip, and more.

Trade Shows 195

Trade Shows 2001 2007 Automotive 195

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2018

He’s been part of the staff since the hotel opened in 2007, initially serving as assistant rooms division manager. Nicholas Remes AHC&Hospitality and JW Marriott Grand Rapids in Michigan promoted Nicholas Remes from assistant general manager to general manager.

Hospitality 138

Hospitality 2007 Hotels Management 138

Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Together with his husband, renowned fashion photographer Carlos Lumiere, Stephan founded the Lumiere collection in 2007 and has curated the illustrious Embassy venue on Grosvenor Place over the past 12 months into a stylish set of event spaces, hot on interior design.

Venues 124

Venues 2007 Fashion 2019 124

Event Industry News

JUNE 7, 2019

Offering his audience some context, William described his first online event back in 2007, which cost viewers the same amount as it did to physically attend. Many companies today still experience these concerns just as he did in 2007. Starting with one event in 2007, William now runs several online events.

2007 79

2007 Event Tech Tech 2019 79

Attendease

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These keynotes, referred to as the Stevenote after former CEO Steve Jobs, are where almost every popular Apple product to date has been introduced, including the very first iPod in 2001, the iPhone in 2007, and — more recently — Apple Music, the Apple M1 Chip, and more.

Trade Shows 363

Trade Shows Social Media Automotive Fashion 363

Social Tables

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

It has been listed as a Top Ten Independent Planner by the Houston Business Journal since 2007. This event planning firm prides itself in “eclectic creativity” and creates stunning events with an emphasis on design. Soiréebliss! An award winning boutique event planning firm that provides a modern, creative approach to event production.

2007 97

2007 Event Planning Events 97

BizBash

JUNE 12, 2018

Principal Roland Rom Colthoff founded RAW (@rawdesignto) in late 2007 “to have a working culture that matched my personal and.

2007 80

2007 Event Design 2018 Events 80

Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Since launching in 2007, the festival has showcased bands across multiple venues in Leeds city centre on the May bank holiday weekend. Live At Leeds has announced a new outdoor edition for 2022. This year’s event was pushed back to October due to the coronavirus pandemic.

2022 102

2022 2007 2021 Banking 102

PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

Moving on to a broader analysis, throughout the survey results you will see, there are more than a dozen places where we’ve included Annual Meetings Market Survey results from 2007 (published in the 2008 March issue of Convene ) up to present-day results from the survey conducted in late 2018.

Marketing 102

Marketing 2007 Meetings 2017 102

BizBash

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In one of his incredibly valuable articles, Gary Vaynerchuk recently said, “My biggest problem right now, in general, is that I feel that the far majority of people in business organizations and media companies all across the board are storytelling in 2017 like it’s 2007.” We’ll paraphrase his idea and say: Our biggest worry is […].

2007 81

2007 2017 Event Management Management 81

PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The Fortress Resort and Spa has sold only two of its Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence desserts since 2007. But don’t worry if you can’t meet the price; the resort has sold just two of them since introducing the Fortress Stilt Fisherman Indulgence in 2007, Ruwanthika said. But it may be too rich for the average sweet tooth.

2007 80

2007 Travel Hotels Meetings 80

Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The Cross – the nightlife institution in York Way Goods Yard, King’s Cross between 1993 and 2007 – is back. Known across London for progressive house music, long-standing promoter residencies and well-dressed, beautiful people, The Cross has opened its doors again at last. The Cross 2.0

2007 100

2007 Venues Management Event Planning 100

Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 21, 2023

A partner since 2007, Heritage Portfolio provides catering and hospitality to guests all year round based on its ‘made from scratch’ philosophy. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is a world-leading centre of excellence in plant science, conservation horticulture and education – and one of Scotland’s most famous five-star attractions.

2007 130

2007 2013 Hospitality Sustainability 130

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Kisskeys has worked with the organization since 2007, when she joined as office administrator. Kisskeys has been promoted to president of Associations North, a nonprofit association organization based in the upper Midwest United States. She was later promoted to marketing and communications manager in 2010, and later, co-director in 2017.

Food and Beverage 130

Food and Beverage 2007 2010 Hotels 130

Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 5, 2022

As the first arena in the world to achieve the certification, the team at AGF also view today’s announcement as a milestone and catalyst for ongoing industry-wide progress and change.

2030 130

2030 2007 Sustainability Entertainment 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Costa served on the board of directors of Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) Northern California chapter from 2006 to 2007 and remains an active member of MPI. David Silva, Chris Lawing and Jessie Valdez. Silva (left), Lawing (center) and Valdez (right).

Hospitality 130

Hospitality Food and Beverage 2006 2007 130

Event Industry News

MARCH 7, 2023

First initiated in 2007, the B Corp Certification process assesses the entirety of businesses’ operations and covers five key impact areas of governance, workers, community, environment and customers.

2007 72

2007 Government Corporate Events Event Design 72

Endless Events

MAY 11, 2020

It was 2007 when the iPhone was released, but it takes a little while before people start using it. It's been really fun to watch over the years all the change that has happened. Click To Tweet. I was able to see, through this optical engineering society, an entry-way into a lot of technology well before we saw it broadly.

Event Tech 106

Event Tech Tech 2007 2010 106

Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

First issued in 2007, the eGuide is an event industry-specific guide incorporating a wide range of topics related to event operation and management and an essential resource for UK venue, organiser, exhibitor and supplier companies. The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has published the 2024 edition of the eGuide.

2024 64

2024 2007 Venues Management 64