SmartMeetings

MARCH 12, 2018

Jane, in Chicago, appointed Emily Cornelious director of sales and marketing. Gaccetta has served as vice president, client services for One10 marketing. Aretha Kelly Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), in Washington D.C., Davis is a certified meeting planner and a certified tourism ambassador.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Creating meeting environments where every individual feels valued, accepted, and connected. “As Bryant, PhD, in a message to members about the theme of APA 2023, the association’s annual meeting. “As Bryant’s theme reflects the direction where many think meetings are headed. APA 2023’s theme is ‘You belong here.’”

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 25, 2017

John Reyes John Reyes joined Visit Sacramento as the chief operating officer, where he will enhance sales and marketing strategies and oversee the convention center expansion project. Photo Credit: Visit Sacramento Mark Huntley Fairmont Washington, D.C., Photo Credit: The Fairmont Washington, D.C. Lafayette Square.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Director of sales and marketing. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Internal marketing manager at a five-start resort in the Red Sea, Egypt. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

His experience spans more than 30 years of growing sales in competitive hotel markets. His most recent position was the director of sales and marketing at Hilton Arlington in Virginia. Her most recent position was director of operations, The Westin Georgetown, Washington D.C. The National Conference Center. Tiffany Cook.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Lead associate for events and strategic market development. What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. After college, I started as a conference concierge at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2018

Ileana Acosta Kimpton Ink48 Hotel in New York City has named Ileana Acosta its new director of sales and marketing. Acosta will be tasked with increasing the Manhattan hotel’s occupancy and revenue, as well as generating bookings for the 6,000-square-foot meetings and event space. Mayberry Multimedia.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Virginia and Maryland to draw large meetings to Indianapolis, which was named the number one convention city in the U.S. Photo Credit: Visit Indy Cindy Zimmerman Le Pavillon Hotel in New Orleans hired Cindy Zimmerman as director of sales and marketing. Her background is in nightlife marketing. by USA Today.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Paul Totah Pan Pacific Seattle appointed Paul Totah as the director of sales and marketing. Previously, he was with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts for six years, with stints at Hyatt Regency Bellevue in Washington and Hyatt Regency Morristown in New Jersey. of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. Phillip Johnson.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 29, 2018

The reality is the market will dictate whether Marriott overstepped its bounds in dropping third-party rates from 10 percent to seven percent, effective in late March. With great power comes the ability to dictate the market. Sterenson has two small children and is looking to buy a house in the Washington, D.C.,

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 23, 2017

He first joined Hyatt Hotels and Resorts in 1996 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. Cindy Runchman Cindy Ruchman has been named the director of sales and marketing at the brand-new Marriott Marquis Chicago. The new hotel, which is scheduled to open next month, will have more than 90,000-square-feet of meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 30, 2017

Inject a jolt of variety into your roster of meeting venues to keep attendees engaged and excited before, during and after the event. Pike Place Market, Seattle. Distinctive locations make for memorable events, and in the Pacific Northwest, no site is more iconic than Pike Place Market. Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Louis Escoto Washington Park Hotel in Miami appoints Louis Escoto director of sales and marketing to maintain relationships locally and regionally, drive guestroom sales for the leisure and corporate markets and manage the property’s amenity partnerships. Do you have an announcement about a new executive-level job appointment?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Director of sales and marketing. What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. First job: Internal marketing manager at a five-start resort in the Red Sea, Egypt. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 1, 2017

And this means an abundance of new options coming soon for meeting planners. In the United States, Marriott will add 1,301 hotels and 167,641 rooms, according to a report from Lodging Econometrics. . * Another 125 projects are in the early-planning stage. 1 appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 19, 2017

He will be responsible for the group’s executive vice presidents and the operational division heads of food and beverage, sales, marketing, rooms, engineering, security and quality improvement. He will focus on meetings involving business trade associations, engineering, science, the environment, and medical and pharmaceutical matters.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2018

Your destination’s convention and visitors bureau (CVB) is ready to serve as an official point of contact for meeting and convention planners — offering a more streamlined way to plan any size event. Here are just a few ways a CVB can help you (free of charge) to overcome challenges and make your meeting planning easier.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

She’ll focus on booking meetings for Washington, D.C., Richter-Piraino most recently worked as sales manager for group meetings and events at the Westin New York at Times Square. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. She’ll oversee sales planning for group, catering and banquets and help the revenue team meet sales goals.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This position was developed to expand VisitPITTSBURGH’s strategic efforts to promote the region to international markets. Prior to this role, Bueno has overseen culinary teams at renowned restaurants in Washington D.C., VisitPITTSBURGH David Bueno The Jefferson Hotel appointed David Bueno general manager.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

I am able to travel to Washington, D.C., This gives me the opportunity to grow professionally and personally through attending the various workshops and meeting so many different types of people. Sometimes we want to make things more complicated than they need to be, or we have meetings about meetings. Lydia Blanchard.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2017

Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) in California has hired Laura Manriquez as the new director of sales and marketing. She brings more than eight years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and will focus on management of sales and marketing programs for group travel. Jim Koutsky. John Kurtzweil. Robert Dorr.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

rely on industry observations, international travel, discussions with industry leaders, meetings with hotel and restaurant clients, industry conferences, media interactions and thousands of hours of research in hotels and restaurants around the country to compile their 2017 hospitality trends. . Freeman and his team at AF&Co.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. He was the guest speaker for the HT Brand Studio special on “Emergence of Vernacular Marketing” Where to Find him? Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Robert is the Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at multiple universities.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales. He was the guest speaker for the HT Brand Studio special on “Emergence of Vernacular Marketing” Where to Find him? Nir is an expert on product marketing and development. Robert is the Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at multiple universities.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Lead associate for events and strategic market development. What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. After college, I started as a conference concierge at The Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

How do you become an independent meeting planner? Annette Suriani, CMP AMS Meetings Solutions Fairfax, Virginia Time as an independent planner: 5 years. I’m using my strongest skills in meeting and event planning, so I kind of took a winding route, but it’s a really, really great fit for me.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Add a heap o’ meeting space—34,000 sq. A multi-million-dollar transformation added a fresh design scheme, all-new plush furnishings and tech in the 802 guest rooms, and enhancements to its 38 versatile meeting and functions rooms. of indoor meeting space. The new meeting and event space offers 37,500 sq. of meeting space.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

Because the meeting and event professionals who are honored are rather young and already quite accomplished. Director of Communications and Member Services Washington State Association of Counties Olympia, Washington, USA. I am pushed to find creative solutions to keep our meetings fresh and engaging for all of those who attend.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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