WINS 2008 BEST CHAPTER OF THE YEAR AWARD!
Fourteen Chapters took home 34 awards from the awards dinner presentation on Wednesday, April 14, 2009 at the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association’s annual Leadership Conference held this year in Washington, DC.
The South Florida Chapter was honored as “Chapter of the Year” in the Best of the Best Awards – the highest category awarded. The national organization currently has about 30 Chapters world-wide so competition was pretty stiff.
In addition to the top award, the South Florida Chapter also won four other awards. In the “large” Chapter division (this is based on number of members), we won awards for our Website, Membership Development, Communications, and for Partnerships. Stacie Faulds, 2009 Chapter President, and Julie Wernick, South Florida Chapter Managing Director, were on hand at the Conference to accept the awards on behalf of the Chapter.
Thank you to Stacie Faulds and to Gabriele Gannaway (current VP Communications) for their efforts in preparing the award winning entries. Most of all Fernando Harb (our 2008 President and our current Immediate Past President) deserves kudos for his outstanding efforts in guiding our association last year along with the members of the 2008 Board. And to you wonderful active members:thank you for enabling us to achieve this major accomplishment.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
“Table of Eight” –
HSMAI Meeting April 3, 2009 – Holiday Inn Ft. Myers Airport at the Town Center.
Or a “West Coast Thank You”
As you know by now, our “Table of Eight” column is an occasional recap of our monthly meetings. This month, I’m changing format by sharing with you our Chapter President’s recent email. This is what Stacie Faulds had to say about the event:
“A special thank you to Beth (Rice) for coordinating a very successful meeting planner panel in Ft Myers today. And thank you to Julie (Wernick) for attending and handling registration.
It was a great turnout (55+ attendees), with an interesting mix of hotel salespeople and CVBs. In fact, there were 5 CVBs represented, including Jack Wert, Exec Dir of the Naples/Marco Island CVB. The brand new Holiday Inn was fantastic and the panel and moderator (Sal Dickinson) were fab. Everyone was impressed that Bill Briscoe participated. Time flew quickly and Sal only got through half his questions...so a sequel is a definite. I think this could be an annual event easily. I think that Bill Briscoe and the CVBs (Lee County, Collier County, Charlotte County, Broward County and Palm Beach) gave the luncheon, and our HSMAI chapter, major credibility. There is strong potential for membership growth on the west coast.
Beth is tallying the survey results, so we will soon see how it was received by our attendees. Until then, hats off to her for all her hard work."
Or a “West Coast Thank You”
As you know by now, our “Table of Eight” column is an occasional recap of our monthly meetings. This month, I’m changing format by sharing with you our Chapter President’s recent email. This is what Stacie Faulds had to say about the event:
“A special thank you to Beth (Rice) for coordinating a very successful meeting planner panel in Ft Myers today. And thank you to Julie (Wernick) for attending and handling registration.
It was a great turnout (55+ attendees), with an interesting mix of hotel salespeople and CVBs. In fact, there were 5 CVBs represented, including Jack Wert, Exec Dir of the Naples/Marco Island CVB. The brand new Holiday Inn was fantastic and the panel and moderator (Sal Dickinson) were fab. Everyone was impressed that Bill Briscoe participated. Time flew quickly and Sal only got through half his questions...so a sequel is a definite. I think this could be an annual event easily. I think that Bill Briscoe and the CVBs (Lee County, Collier County, Charlotte County, Broward County and Palm Beach) gave the luncheon, and our HSMAI chapter, major credibility. There is strong potential for membership growth on the west coast.
Beth is tallying the survey results, so we will soon see how it was received by our attendees. Until then, hats off to her for all her hard work."
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