Founder & President
CurrentHandling the full travel management & meeting planning of company reward group, meeting & incentive convention programs from inception sourcing through to contracting, on-site management to close out accounting. I apply my hotel background, legal training, international experience as well as airline knowledge across domestic and international boundaries in the best interest to my clients. I continue to grow in the ever changing AV technology for creating out of the box production events as I am only as good as my last creative idea to wow clients and attendees who have operated conventions for two (2) decades.Examples of success include:- Procuring a beach destination that saw highest qualification numbers for insurance company- Theming an Awards Banquet in Beverly Hills that was the best Awards Banquet in the history the Program- Ensuring client fully protected when NYC Hotel announced refurbishment after contract signed. Client through my legal clause negotiations had option to cancel or receive extensive concessions- Knowing and exploiting traditional lower occupancy trends to meet hotel guest sleeping room budgets e.g. August in London and last week in September in Washington DC- Utilizing years of contacts to engage tourism and convention bureaus to assist adding value for end user client to bring their business to specific destinations e.g. Canada 2013- Having in place knowledge of the cruise industry to charter a Ship that end user client would not have been able to do based on budget- Benefit of extensive F&B knowledge & AV experience to control variable costs within budget through timely negotiations avoiding last minute add on expenses- Procuring top quality DMC companies' in international destinations- Managing budgets from inception to close-out actualization wherein industry expertise of variable costs such as air and liquor were in line with budget & anticipated costs
