Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) | provided by Hsyndicate Copyright 1995-2010 Hsyndicate http://www.hsyndicate.org/organization/17001014.html Latest news, events, photos and more from Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:44:43 +0100 cs@hsyndicate.com (Hsyndicate) info@hsyndicate.com (Hsyndicate) Hsyndicate RSS FeedGenerator 5 HSMAI Offers Guaranteed Leads During Affordable Meetings® Mid-america http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045704.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045704.html Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:12:15 +0200 The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) will guarantee leads for exhibitors attending HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings® Mid-America, April 14-15 at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Each exhibitor will receive a customized report of 25 qualified meeting and event planner buyers before the first day of exhibits. HSMAI Honors Chapter Excellence at Annual Leadership Conference http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001803.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001803.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:37:38 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030553.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>HSMAI conference attendees hold up a new bicycle built through Impact4Good’s Build-A-Bike program – one of many later donated to the children of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri. HSMAI Honors Chapter Excellence at Annual Leadership Conference http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001802.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001802.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:37:24 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030546.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>Leaders of HSMAI’s Greater New York Chapter accept the chapter of the year award from HSMAI Americas Chair David Atkins. HSMAI Honors Chapter Excellence at Annual Leadership Conference http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045597.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045597.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:10:24 +0200 The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) honored 17 of its chapters with "Chapter Best of the Best Awards" during the 2010 Frank W. Berkman Chapter Awards Program at the Annual HSMAI Leadership Conference held at the Ritz-Carlton in St. Louis, Mo., February 9-11, 2010. HSMAI Holds First Lodging Chief Marketing Officer Roundtable http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001767.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001767.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:03:37 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030435.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>Jeffrey E. Garten, professor at Yale School of Management, delivers keynote at HSMAI’s Lodging CMO HSMAI Holds First Lodging Chief Marketing Officer Roundtable http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045447.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045447.html Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:34:27 +0200 The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) hosted its first Lodging Chief Marketing Officer Roundtable in conjunction with American Express on Feb. 1 in New York City. The invitation-only event engaged participants in an intimate forum about “the new normal in lodging.” HSMAI Announces Day-long Meeting Planners’ “Boot Camp” http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045383.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045383.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:51:44 +0200 Acknowledged for its high quality educational programs, the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s (HSMAI) Affordable Meetings® will host a “Meeting Planning Boot Camp” on Tuesday, April 13 in Navy Pier, Chicago, Ill., prior to HSMAI’s Affordable Meetings Mid-America exhibition and conference, April 14-15. Flickr - 2010 HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala http://www.hsyndicate.org/organization/17001014.html#flickr http://www.hsyndicate.org/organization/.html#flickr Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:16:44 +0200 A new Flickr Photo Feed has been added: '2010 HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala ' Adrian Awards 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001719.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001719.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:12:07 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030309.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>TripAdvisor’s Travelers' Choice Best Hotel Brand Award was presented to Ritz-Carlton at the 2010 HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala. Ritz-Carlton lifetime achievement award honoree Vivian Deuschl accepted the award along with Ritz-Carlton President Simon Cooper. Adrian Awards 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001718.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001718.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:07:18 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030308.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>TRAVELCLICK paid tribute to the best integrated eMarketing program in the hotel industry with the eMarketer of the Year award, presented to Joie de Vivre Hospitality, at the 2010 HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images) Adrian Awards 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001717.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001717.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:04:53 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030307.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>HSMAI recognized the winners of the 2009 Top 25 Extraoridinary Minds in Sales & Marketing on-stage at the 2010 HSMAI Adrian Awards Gala. Prior to the gala, the Top 25 recipients gathered for a reception co-hosted by Expedia Media Solutions (Thos Robinson/Getty Images) Adrian Awards 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001716.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001716.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:03:18 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030306.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>“I've been in this business for 45 years, and I've loved every day of it,” said Sol Kerzner, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Kerzner International Holdings Limited, during his acceptance speech of HSMAI's annual Albert E. Koehl Award for advertising and marketing at the HSMAI 2010 Adrian Awards Gala. “It makes the world spin around.” (Thos Robinson/Getty Images) USA TODAY reporter Barbara De Lollis opened the 2010 Adrian Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001707.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/photo/73001707.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:21:45 +0200 <center><img src="/picture/465_thumb_153030257.jpg" style="border: solid 1px #e9e9e9;"/></center><br/>Feb. 1, 2010 in New York City. (Thos Robinson/Getty Images) HSMAI Honors Travel Marketing Excellence At Adrian Awards http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045250.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045250.html Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:20:49 +0200 The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) presented the winners of its 53rd annual Adrian Awards at the New York Marriott Marquis on Monday night. The Adrian Awards honor the top companies and individuals in hospitality, travel and tourism advertising, public relations and web marketing. The evening also featured specialty awards from DEPARTURES Magazine, Google, TRAVELCLICK, and TripAdvisor. HSMAI Resort Business Summit & Customer Connection ( 3 - 5 May 2010) http://www.hsyndicate.org/event/3002470.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/event/3002470.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:02:43 +0200 The HSMAI Resort Business Summit & Customer Connection is brought to you by the thought leaders of emerging resort marketing best practices – the HSMAI Resort Marketing Advisory Board. HSMAI Names Americas Board Of Directors For 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045180.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045180.html Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:34:14 +0200 The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) announces its 2010 Americas Board of Directors. David Atkins, principal at Digital DNA Infusion will serve as the board’s new chairman. USA TODAY reporter BARBARA DE LOLLIS TO OPEN 2010 adrian awards GALA http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045126.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045126.html Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:50:08 +0200 The Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) announces USA TODAY reporter Barbara De Lollis as opening presenter of its 20th annual Adrian Awards Gala on Feb. 1, 2010, at the New York Marriott Marquis. HSMAI’s Adrian Awards honor outstanding achievements in public relations, advertising and web marketing in the travel/hospitality industry. 8 Strategies for Turning the Slow Economy into a Successfull Selling Period | By George Ludwig (Adobe PDF Document) /file/152004121.pdf /file/152004121.pdf Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:49:54 +0200 Financial experts say that the economy is in a period of recovery, but no one is promising that an era of prosperity will soon be at hand, given the high rate of unemployment that has affected the nation’s workforce. Therefore, hospitality salespeople and marketers must continue to be diligent in this time of economic uncertainty. Expedia Media Solutions Partners With HSMAI For 2010 Adrian Awards http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045023.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4045023.html Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:35:47 +0200 Expedia® Media Solutions will partner with HSMAI to host a private awards ceremony preceding the Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International’s (HSMAI) Adrian Awards Gala to recognize winners of HSMAI’s Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing on Feb. 1, 2010, at the New York Marriott Marquis. Expedia Media Solutions will also partner with HSMAI to host the Adrian Awards pre-gala “Gold Gallery” reception that pays tribute to the Adrian Gold winners and offers attendees further opportunities to network with industry peers. Top 10 Revenue Management Opportunities for 2010 http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044991.html http://www.hsyndicate.org/news/154000320/4044991.html Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:14:18 +0200 Revenue management professionals have an opportunity to shine in 2010, adding value to their organizations and the economy as the industry recovers its lost momentum. The following strategies and tactics should help position your revenue management efforts for success in 2010.