Plan Your Meetings

At Your Service Archives

At your service: Mona Petersen
Current: April 2010

At your service: Mona Petersen

Mona Petersen, Director of Sales, Promote Your Message

Describe what Promote Your Message does?
With all the resources that Plan Your Meetings currently offers, we now offer access to the promotional product industry, with one-stop shopping when you’re organizing your event or creating marketing plans for your destinations. We can provide anything that you can put a [...]

More

At your service: Richard Harper

June 22, 2009

Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Vice President of Sales and Marketing Richard Harper says that contrary to popular belief, Las Vegas is not a ghost town. “In terms of occupancy, we’re still running in the mid-90s.”
The misperception, he says, stems from the fact that Las Vegas lost millions of dollars of potential revenue from meeting [...]

At your service: Harris Rosen

April 15, 2009

On June 24, 2009, Rosen Hotels & Resorts will celebrate its 35th birthday. Its success has enabled Rosen to create the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, and provide scholarships for its employees as well as local children. Recently, he spoke with Plan Your Meetings about working for pennies, hitch-hiking and the kindness of motorcoach operators.

At your service: Sally Allen

April 1, 2009

Sally Allen and her husband Tom run The Water Coolers, a corporate entertainment group based in New York City that recently was awarded the 2009 Spotlight Award for Entertainment Ensemble of the Year.

At your service: Erica Qualls

February 9, 2009

Marriott Atlanta Marquis General Manager Erica Qualls is excited about a lot of things. She’s excited MPI’s MeetDifferent conference is in town, she’s excited about the completion of her hotel’s $138 million renovation, and she’s excited about being the host venue for MeetDifferent’s Closing Night Reception.

At your service is an occasional series PYM does to [...]

At your service: Paul Selby

February 8, 2009

He started out as a marine biology major and now he’s manager of leisure sales at the Georgia Aquarium. During MPI MeetDifferent 09’s opening night reception, we had a chance to talk with Selby and see what the Aquarium’s venues are like when a party is in progress.

Hilton University of Houston Hotel weathers storm with service, safety

October 3, 2008

By guest blogger Barrett Goldsmith
Maintenance chief Donnie Rowell battled a 90 mph wind to secure a broken window. Housekeeping supervisor Maria Trevino-Sassa worked two full days without sleeping, without stopping. Food and beverage director Demetre Souras waited tables, folded bed sheets, cooked bacon and vacuum-dried soaked carpet. They never took their eye off the ball, [...]

  • PYM on Facebook
  • PYM on YouTube
  • PYM on linkedin
  • PYM on Twitter
  • PYM on Ning
Sign up for PYM's free subscription.