Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Scott Kawasaki Scott Kawasaki, Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa Renaissance Honolulu Hotel & Spa appoints Kawasaki as director of sales and marketing. Christy Loy Christy Loy, Meet Minneapolis Loy takes on the role of senior vice president of destination sales at Meet Minneapolis. Before joining Play Social Inc.,

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

The sustainability program is designed to assist guests and meeting planners in developing a deeper understanding of their carbon footprint while traveling. Read More: Smart Moves: Access Appoints Three Female Co-CEOs The post Smart Moves: Marriott Marquis Washington, DC Appoints Sustainability Concierge appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He will help Thompson Hotels to enter the Texas market with a band, and to establish the hotel as a stylish destination. Hudson joins Thompson Houston as director of sales and marketing. She will help to further the Thompson brand legacy and introduce the new hotel to the Texas market.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2024

In 2015, he launched his own full-service event management agency, Sync Meeting Management. Alan Love Alan Love, ALHI Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) welcomes Love to the role of regional vice president of sales for the international market.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Niederschulte is general manager and Summerall is area director of sales and marketing for C. Summerall was previously corporate director of sales and acquisition marketing for property technology start-up Sentral. Summerall was a board member of Houston First’s marketing committee in 2015-2019. Baldwin in Houston.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2024

Gardner has more than 13 years working in hospitality sales and marketing—specifically with independent hotels—most recently as regional vice president of sales for Oxford Collection Hotels. Chris White Fairmont Scottsdale Princess has named White director of sales and marketing. based in Bellevue, Washington.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2023

Carlos Lopez and Stephanie Tablada Carlos Lopez (left) and Stephanie Tablada (right) Lopez is general manager and Tablada is director of sales and marketing for Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort & Spa in Honduras. Lopez comes from Grand Roatan Caribbean Resort in Honduras, where he worked as general manager since 2015.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2024

She served as the property’s director of rooms from 2010-2015 and was awarded “Director of Rooms of the Year.” Hillary Francis Hillary Francis, Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort Kona Village, A Rosewood Resort , names Francis as director of sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Dela Fuente rejoined The Hollywood Roosevelt as director of sales and marketing. Between 2012 and 2015, Fuente moved from senior sales manager to director of entertainment group sales. She was most recently director of sales and marketing at Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood. Nina Dela Fuente. Joe Hirsch. Jessica Johnson.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 19, 2022

“The UN SDGs (United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals) were created in 2015 as ‘blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.’ Archibald’s primary job is leading the associations, sectors and marketing departments of VisitScotland and he will maintain this position while running New Intent.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MAY 21, 2021

Venues of Excellence, the leading UK consortium for conferences, training, meetings and events, have taken a strategic decision to sell the business to Mandy Jennings, Director of Paje Consultancy Ltd.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

In fact, most saw continued stability and growth for their events — and many also blamed the strong economy — which in turn creates a seller’s market — for making their job more challenging. continued to lose market share, with overseas travel to the U.S. The economic verdict in Davos, according to Bloomberg ? 30 — is that the U.S.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 25, 2021

NYCC, produced by ReedPOP, is always rife with panels, meet-and-greets and screenings. And while they all differed, the jackpot was ultimately revealed to be an autographed and authenticated Stan Lee Collectibles series 2015 Comikaze Funko Pop! While some speculated that the pared-down show, this year Oct. Photo credit: HBO Max.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 22, 2024

Dringham enters as director of marketing. She most recently served as director of marketing at Davidson Hospitality Group, where she provided both on-property and task force marketing leadership to numerous properties. Throughout her career, she has held multiple strategic marketing positions. Pete/Clearwater.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

In 2015, the top entrants in the awards included mostly apps, allowing for easier networking, real-time communication or streamlined translation. More : 6 Free Apps to Keep Meeting Planners Organized. CadmiumCD –a meeting room scheduling, resource management system and event logistic management platform.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Smart Meetings talked to Scott Schoeneberger, managing partner at Bluewater Technologies Group Inc., Odyssey , an expansive, in-world virtual meeting platform, is hosting large-scale, entirely virtual conferences within an entirely virtual reality. Read More: Create Experiential Moments That Bring Your Meetings to Life.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

Danielle Phippen Danielle Phippen Phippen began her career at an advertising agency in 1999, after earning a degree in business with a specialty in marketing. In this role, she developed a passion for event design, art direction and marketing. It became part of Access in 2015, and afterwards, grew from Colorado to Tennessee.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

When we invited event professionals to participate in this Annual Meetings Market Survey in November, the U.S. and those that travel to international markets. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 11, 2023

He will lead the resort’s pastry programs at their signature restaurant Olivella, as well as The Oak, Libbey’s Market, Jimmy’s Pub and in-room dining. Padilla became certified as a sommelier in 2015 and earned the Level Three Advanced Sommelier award in wines in 2022.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. The post 7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Eventmobi

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

As with any event or marketing campaign, you will spend time promoting your CSR initiative through PR, social media, email marketing and other channels. . As part of its CSR program, Cisco helped the charity Stop Hunger Now package more than 100,000 meals for the hungry during its Cisco Live Event in 2015. What’s Next?

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Eventinterface

JULY 12, 2017

She has won the International Live Events Association awards in Marketing Design in 2014,15 and 16 for her design suites for Baldwin & Lyons Race Weekend. Julia has combined a love of events with a passion for the environment, and in 2015 began to offer sustainability consulting services to the events industry. LISTEN TO THE SHOW.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

This region of the Tarheel State also offers meeting planners a plethora of activities perfect for any season from wading out into a cool stream for fly fishing to shooting dice in a state-of-the-art casino. Meet at the Gateway to the Great Smokey Mountains Harrah’s Cherokee Exhibit Hall. of pre-function space.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

The result was that I wrote two supplements to the book that I published in 2013 and 2015. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. industry education ).

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Get ready for the most comprehensive list of event marketing statistics, event management statistics and event planning statistics on the internet for 2019 and beyond! Plus, we've added industry-specific insights into live event marketing for 2019. Event Marketing Budgets and Trends. the average marketing budget on live events.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2017

The 26th Annual Meetings Market Survey collected information about the number, size, revenue, and budgets for meetings industry during 2015, as well as information about site visits, booking windows, housing, and other topics: . On average, respondents’ use of virtual meetings and events went up nearly 0.3

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

Trish McClean Visit Baltimore has named McClean its director of brand marketing. Prior to L’Auberge, she served as senior sales manager for Austin Marriott South and worked with the opening team of The Westin Austin Downtown in 2015. He’s served as president of the Greater New York Chapter for Meetings Professional International.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus. The video below is part of the Hotel Effie’s virtual tour.). Virtual Site Visits. Leslie Zeck.

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GEVME

JUNE 20, 2021

It has changed the way people connect online through events, meetings, live chat, video chat, and other elements that ensure maximum engagement with the attendees. . Specifically, the engagement blocks create a personal touch to events and live meetings. Quick Time-To-Market.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Las Vegas, New York City, Paris and other perennial favorites were among the world’s top meetings destinations in 2016, but several other locations significantly enhanced their appeal largely due to major expansion and renovation projects. Here are 15 of the leading meetings cities in 2016. of event space. It features 2.6 million sq.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 5, 2017

Luxury hotels are enjoying a growing demand for rooms among tourists and business travelers, according to a Luxury Hotel Market Report released by Research and Markets, a Dublin-based market research provider. The global luxury hotel market was valued at $15.5 billion in 2015 and is projected to reach $20.4

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 7, 2017

We will learn what non-traditional event venues can offer planners, and how meeting and event planners should prepare for and manage an event in a non-traditional venue. Listen to show host Al Wynant and guest PS Ives discuss the following: The benefit and opportunity for a meeting or event planner in exploring non-traditional event venues.

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Plan Your Meetings

AUGUST 31, 2016

For some time now, there has been a lot of discussion on social media channels about the effectiveness of business-to-business (B2B) social media marketing. The key question has been: Can the results that have been generated through business-to-consumer marketing (B2C) be replicated when marketing to businesses? The numbers.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa named Baer director of sales and marketing. Before joining Hyatt Regency Maui, Baer was director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort and Spa in California. Catherine is director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Centric Old Town Alexandria in Virginia. Jason Baer.

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GEVME

JUNE 20, 2021

It has changed the way people connect online through events, meetings, live chat, video chat, and other elements that ensure maximum engagement with the attendees. . Specifically, the engagement blocks create a personal touch to events and live meetings. Quick Time-To-Market.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 1, 2019

Eighty-eight percent of respondents to Convene’s 28th Annual Meetings Market Survey said that it was more difficult for potential event registrants to obtain visas in 2018 than in 2017. The graphics below illustrate other results from the survey relating to international meetings and attendees. All material © 2019 by PCMA.

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