Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

However, with the chaotic state of staffing in the hospitality industry, the 140th year of celebrating labor unions merits a second look. Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

IHG Hotels & Resorts has teamed up with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Morehouse College (MC) and Clark Atlanta University (CAU) for a mutually beneficial collaboration through their early career recruitment program. IHG Diversifies. IHG is excited to work with HBCUs and train future professionals.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. We need to support hotels while they get staffed up,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. We need to support hotels while they get staffed up,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

It turns out hiring back thousands of hotel employees, from chefs and bartenders to housekeepers and salespeople, is even harder than doing mass layoffs. Now, convention hotels are competing with newly launched properties, Amazon fulfillment centers, alternate careers and full-time parenting duties. Retraining Required.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

The destination brought together 340 members of the local hospitality community at Hyatt Regency New Orleans to talk about why meetings matter and how to better tell our story to decision makers at all levels. At AGU, Parr connects the scientific community with local schools to inspire them to go into scientific careers.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Similarly, The American Hotel and Lodgings Association established Sept. 1 as National Hotel Employee Day in the National Day Calendar, recognizing the contributions of hotel employees, which are crucial in supporting the meetings, tourism and travel industries. “As The post AHLA Announces National Hotel Employee Day as Dept.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Staffing shortages and ensuing issues have become commonplace in the hospitality and tourism industries and a stark reality meeting professionals must now grapple with at nearly every turn. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are Driving Career Development. Building Employment Pipelines through Education.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. Academic Access to Events and Hospitality Grows. Events Is Taking Interns.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Career aptitude tests pointed her towards hospitality. “I Who knows what I would have initially majored in in college, but I feel in my heart of hearts, it would’ve eventually led me to this wonderful industry and career.” She worked in hotel and DMO sales for 7.5 She worked in hotel and DMO sales for 7.5

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The urgent call to restaff hotels and events teams and engage discriminating audiences will include many unimaginable trials, learning new skills and, ultimately, a reinvention of ourselves and the industry. The Rebirth of Staffing Hotels and destinations from Puerto Rico to Washington, D.C. Peckinpaugh acknowledged it won’t be easy.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Event professionals can start their career paths in almost any job or industry. This is something the Brew Crew knows well, as today’s hosts share a combined 82 years of industry experience with a wide range of event jobs that led them to where they are today. She begins the story of her career path in California. “I

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In fact, the multifaceted endeavor is being embraced throughout the hospitality industry at every level. In addition, Bronstein suggests that planners take a proactive approach to identify hospitality partners that are onboard with the effort of food rescue. “I The George R.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

In her new position as director of hotel sales at Visit Houston after 15 years in the hotel industry, Melinda Mintz spoke with Smart Meetings about her personal and professional journey. When I first started in hospitality, I knew I wanted to work with people and I wanted to be able to help accommodate people in their requests.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

All too often we attempt to glean some semblance of an explanation or understanding when confronted with an understaffed hotel or event venue and you have probably strategized about all the ways you would “fix” the situation if you were in charge. Read More : The Great Hospitality Restart. “ Stemming the Tide of Turnover.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 5, 2019

The hospitality industry is brimming with hard-working, courageous women who give their all to make sure every guest has an exceptional experience. Smart Meetings asked five of them to share how they found this career, what inspires them and their vision for the future. At every level of my career, hospitality has remained my passion.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He attended Texas Tech University to earn a degree in Hospitality in RHIM (Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management). Earning His CMP He began his career in hospitality sales and learned of EIC’s CMP program after joining his local Meeting Professionals International (MPI) chapter, Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright demonstrated the elements of an authentic event by hosting the 2023 Northern California Extraordinary Experience at Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey Bay with top meeting professionals from all over the country. Hospitality sales consultant Steven J. Don’t take our word for it.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2023

Encore, the world’s largest event solutions provider, has just launched Women in Audio Visual Technology (WAVE), a program focused on generating career opportunities for women in the event production industry. Throughout my career, I have always offered to take on projects or help fix problems, even when they were outside my role.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2023

He attended Texas Tech University to earn a degree in Hospitality in RHIM (Restaurant, Hotel & Institutional Management). Earning his CMP He began his career in hospitality sales and learned of EIC’s CMP program after joining his local Meeting Professionals International (MPI) chapter, Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2019

The hospitality industry is filled with brilliant women who give their all to make sure every guest has an exceptional experience. To mark International Women’s Day , Smart Meetings has been asking some of these powerful ladies to share how they found this career, what inspires them and their vision for the future. It is in my DNA!

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

President and CEO of Best Western Hotels & Resorts David Kong will retire at the end of 2021. Under Kong’s leadership, BWH Hotel Group, Best Western’s parent company, grew from one to 18 brands, covering nearly every segment, including boutique, lifestyle and extended stay. David Kong. I’m an immigrant,” Kong said. “I

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2022

Hiltebrand has spent more than 25 years in travel, marketing and hospitality leadership. s 2019 Concierge of the Year, joined The Stafford London as executive head concierge after 13 years as head concierge at The Berkeley Hotel in London. Diano is director of sales at Hotel Citrine, Palo Alto, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Convene recently spoke with Pesquera via email about the high points of his 50-plus years in hospitality, the lessons he’s learned, and what he’s looking forward to in retirement. “I As you look back on your career, what stands out to you? What stands out is how fortunate I have been to have chosen a career in hospitality.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 29, 2022

Several major hotel firms have announced new partnerships and substantial financial contributions to combat trafficking on their premises. First, IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with two major anti-trafficking organizations, ECPAT-USA and Polaris, to bring better training to IHG employees at its 3,850 U.S. properties.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

“How did you incorporate that entrepreneurial spirit throughout your career,” Sarah asks. “I have been in events since 2007 and in hospitality since 2000. Additionally, she worked for a hotel in high school, so she knows the venue side of event planning. Entrepreneurial Spirit: What Does It Mean?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Generation Z is entering the workforce, and its eyes are on the hospitality industry, according to a new study by American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation. The top three characteristics Gen Z and young millennials believe are most important in qualifying for a job are a good attitude (67 percent), confidence and team work.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2021

I remember a period of time where I didn’t know if our career was legitimate. If what we did was illegal, what did that mean for my job?”. Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism Management. Corinne Youngholm had found her forever job. Now this veteran meeting professional is looking forward. “We

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2023

2 destination for meetings in North America, and one can imagine our event spaces and hotel services at JW Marriott Nashville see great demand being that we are in the heart of the happenings. Unfortunately, this can lead to lack of clarity, unclear expectations and a soured experience. Recently, Nashville was named the No.

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inVOYAGE

MARCH 14, 2024

Beyond the emblematic façade of Rosewood Villa Magna lies a story of elevated hospitality, luxury refinement and unwavering dedication from a renowned team. So, join us as we reveal the secrets of the transformation of Rosewood Villa Magna into the remarkable hotel it is today. My career in hospitality started quite unexpectedly.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

When you bring a group to a hotel for an event, you usually just want to know that someone will be at the front desk to check them in, get the room ready and carry their bag upstairs. The company is offering more job shares that include some level of benefits. “In It is getting easier to find applicants,” Robinson said.

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Travel Daily News

MARCH 28, 2023

Greene brings over 30 years of financial experience, including over a decade of EB-5 industry expertise, and has managed over $600 million of EB-5 investments during his career. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to facilitate job-creating EB-5 investments. workers are eligible to apply for permanent residency in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

A lot has changed since Conrad Hilton’s parents turned their general store into a hotel for traveling salespeople in San Antonio, New Mexico, in 1919. Today, the global hospitality company boasts 570 properties under flags as diverse as Curio, Tapestry and Canopy, with another 90 on the way in the next three years.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Think about your entire network as a source of potential talent—hotel contacts, industry organizations such as Meeting Professionals International, industry events like IMEX, former colleagues, and friends. A support network or even one friend at work can help people enjoy their job instead of watching the clock.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

On getting her start: While in high school, attending a senior assembly, the guest speaker spoke about careers in the hospitality, travel, and tourism industry. My first job in the industry was a ticketing agent for Florida Express Airlines. My first job in the industry was a ticketing agent for Florida Express Airlines.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Hilina Ajakaiye draws on her experience as an immigrant — and conference organizer — to invite everyone to the table in the Boston hospitality and events industry. which he did, “while driving cabs and working overnight in hotels,” Ajakaiye said. “My Ajakaiye is the founder and executive director of the R.I.S.E.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

” Dzidra Junior had a tentative start — as a temp in the sales department at the Las Vegas Hilton — to what has turned out to be a long and successful career in the hospitality and events industry. “I This is a great job.’”. I like to talk to customers all the time, and I certainly love to eat.

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