Jim Grillo, CMP of The Here's Network Interviews Guy Parker, CMP, CCTE, President of The Midwest Business Travel Association.
Midwest BTA Interview At The NBTA Chicago Convention 2006
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The Mexico Tourism Board Interview At The NBTA Convention Chicago 2006
Jim Grillo, CMP of The Here's Network Interviews Eduardo Chaillo, CMP, Regional Director USA & Canada of The Mexico Tourism Board.
Bloomingdale's Opens at Westfield San Francisco Centre
The new Westfield San Francisco Centre will soon be home to the largest Bloomingdale's outside of New York and the second largest Nordstrom in the U.S. Located adjacent to Union Square and Yerba Buena Gardens, the $420 million retail, entertainment and office destination will have entrances on the 800 blocks of both Market and Mission streets. When completed the center will house more than 170 specialty stores and exclusive boutiques – including Abercrombie Kids, Furla, Hollister, John Atencio and Tourneau among others as well as fine dining and an international gourmet marketplace called the Food Emporium. Films will be shown at the nine-screen, state-of-the-art Century Theatres and Cin
Starcite and OnVantage Interviews at NBTA Convention Chicago
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Jim Grillo,CMP of the Here's Network Interviews John Pino, Founder of Star Cite at the NBTA Convention in Chicago.
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Jim Grillo, CMP of the Here's Network Interviews Lisa Palmeri, Director of Consulting Services of OnVantage at the NBTA Convention in Chicago.
Both interviews with StarCite and OnVantage took place at the NBTA Convention in Chicago one month prior to the announcement of their recent merger.
MPI Chicago Area Chapter Boards Get Together At Jay's Amore
On Thursday, August 10th, current and former board members of the MPI Chicago Area Chapter got together for an informal networking event at Jay's Amore Chicago. Each member in attendance provided or is currently providing volunteer services to the benefit of the MPI Chicago Area Chapter membership. The night was a great way to show support for one another's service and dedication to the chapter. A large thank you goes out to Sara Bailey, CMP of The Chicago Blackhawks and former board member, for organizing our gathering.
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Left to Right – Michael Smith, CMP, Drake Hotel Chicago, Denise Mongoven, Omni Hotels, Eric Johnson, CMP Smith Bucklin & Associates, Bill O'Donnell, Source 4 Marketing and Past President of MPI CAC.
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Craig Raughton, One Smooth Stone and President Elect for MPI CAC, Sara Bailey, CMP, Chicago Blackhawks, Bill Grusich, CMP, Hinton and Grusich and Past President of MPI CAC.
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Tom Kraft, CMP of Holiday Inn Northshore and Past President of MPI CAC, Kimberlie Nitz, CMP, Nancy Powell
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Kevin Hinton, Hinton and Grusich and President, MPI CAC and Francine Pepitone, CMP, Francine Marketing and Past President of MPI CAC.
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Laurel McCarthy, CMP, Krisam Group and Mollie Mercado, CMP, Executive Director, MPI CAC.
Top Convention and Visitor's Organizatoin found near Los Angeles
HONORED WITH PRESTIGIOUS 2006 INDUSTRY AWARD
Rancho Mirage, CA _ The
Presented by Meetings & Conventions magazine, one of the top publications of the industry, the award is given on behalf of meeting planners who voted through completely unaided recall for the top convention and meeting organizations worldwide.
“It is a great honor to receive this award, which speaks highly of our commitment to serving the meeting planner,” said Robert Enriquez, CVA Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing. “It reflects not only the dedication of our sales staff but of every CVA Member to provide the best possible service to our clients.”
The M&C Gold Service Award is given annually to top convention and visitors bureaus worldwide for superior service, according to Bernard W. Schraer, publisher of M&C, based in
The award is selected by the magazine's more than 70,000 subscribers, comprised of corporate, incentive and association meeting planners. Selections are based upon overall professionalism and helpfulness of staff, advice on hotels and site inspections, planning assistance with ground transportation, guidance on local attractions and facilities, and liaison performance with local businesses and services.
The Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority is a Joint
Powers Authority that serves as a coordinating agency for sales, marketing and promotional efforts aimed at potential tourism, corporate, incentive and convention group markets.
The CVA is dedicated to a program of work to benefit and promote the hospitality industry in the member cities in
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New Group tour offered at Disneyland.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at the
The garden has attracted more than 120,000 architecture enthusiasts to take a tour since 2003. The garden offers various tours: a self-guided audio tour, lunch-time guided tour and matinee day guided tours. The tour is offered on select days at 12:45 p.m. The tickets are $15. Group tours and evening events are available by reservation too. For more information visit CommunityGarden
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The Here's Network First to Video NBTA
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George H.W. Bush, Speaks at the NBTA International Convention, Chicago, Il
The Here's Network became the first media media company to provide videotape coverage on the exhibit floor at the National Business Travel Association's International Convention & Exposition at Chicago's McCormick Place, July 16-19, 2006.
The Here's Network and Hereschicago.com announced the first ever video taping of exhibitor interviews and general sessions which will be posted shortly. Videos to be posted (please check back soon for all videos!) include:
President George H.W Bush (41st) talking about life on Airforce One
Guy Parker, CMP, CCTE, President of Midwest BTA
Eduardo Chaillo, CMP, Regional Director USA & Canada, Mexico Tourism Board
John Pino, Executive Chairman & Founder of Starcite
Anil Punyapu, Director of Business Development of CVENT
Lisa Palmeri, Director of Consulting, OnVantage, Inc.
“Our main goal is to provide an inside look into venues and services in Chicago with our videos on www.hereschicago.com as well as to be the first online media company to provide video coverage at meetings, travel and hospitality industry conventions” said Jim Grillo, CMP, Founder of Hereschicago.com and the Here's Network.
The Here's Network is a network of 25 markets, region specific which provide meeting planners and travel managers with destination specific news and updates, tips from the pros, video and podcast interviews. If you are interested in sponsoring a page on The Here's Network, email our sales team at sales@heresnetwork.com
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