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Featured
Meetings & Events
Coming Up In
South
Florida
(Updated
January 3, 2009)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Organizing Your Speaking Business" plus "First Annual FSA Auction!!"
Presented by the Florida Speakers Association (a chapter of the National Speakers Association) on Saturday, January 10th at the Westin Hotel, on Cypress Creek Road, one block east of I-95. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Morning program “The Productive Speaker: Running an Organized, Efficient Office” will be presented by Laura Stack, CSP, MBA; and afternoon program will be "First Annual FSA Auction!!". Breakfast and lunch included. For more information and to register Click Here.
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Global Travel Management ~ with FBTA
Presented by the Florida Business Travel Association (an affiliate of the National Business Travel Association) on Wednesday, January 14th at The Westin Fort Lauderdale, 400 Corporate Drive, Fort Lauderdale. 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM Luncheon and Program: Mrs. Cindy Heston, Global Travel Manager, Thomson Corporation will present "Global Travel Management working with Regional travel managers/partners". There will be another session for just "buyers" at no additional charge at 10:00 AM. For more information and to RSVP Click Here.
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International Tourism Trends & Installation of Officers ~ with HSMAI
Presented by the HSMAI South Florida Chapter on Wednesday, January 21st at the Renaissance Plantation Hotel, 1230 South Pine Island Road, Plantation (adjacent to 595, on the north side). 11:30 AM Networking; Noon Luncheon, Installation, and Program: Alfredo Gonzalez, Vice President of International Tourism for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, will discuss international tourism trends for 2009. For more information and to RSVP Click Here.
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Resolution Evolution: Setting Goals that Work for You ~ with MPI
Presented by the MPI South Florida Chapter on Tuesday, February 3rd at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, 501 East Camino Real, Boca Raton. (This meeting was originally scheduled for January 27th.) 11:00 AM Networking; 11:45 AM Lunch; 12:30 PM Program; 1:45 PM Property tour (including the new Baech Club). Program: Adrienne Percival will discuss "Resolution Evolution: Setting Goals that Work for You". In addition to using the time to work on one of your goals, you will leave with tools and worksheets to create ongoing goals. For more information and to RSVP Click Here.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
The MPI (Meeting Professionals International) South Florida Chapter offers opportunities for sponsorship of various events throughout the year, including monthly Educational Chapter Meetings. These are opportunities to market your business to their 500+ members and other industry leaders. For information Click Here.
The HSMAI (Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International) South Florida Chapter has sponsorships available for HSMAI’s monthly educational programs, reaching Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Naples/Marco area. For information, contact Sandy Edwards, Jungle Island, sedwards@jungleisland.com.
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The
Meetings & Hospitality Alliance
of South
Florida
ProNews.Net
is
facilitating this
cooperative alliance among
South Florida organizations in the Meetings
& Hospitality industry.
For more information about The
Alliance
Click
Here.
For the minutes of the most recent
meeting of The
Alliance
Click
Here.
The
leaders of the organizations listed below are meeting to discuss ways of
working together for the mutual benefit of
all of their
members.
FAME Florida
Association of Meetings and Events Professionals
FBTA Florida
Business Travel Association - Gold Coast Chapter
an affiliation of NBTA
(National Business
Travel Association)
FRLA Florida Restaurant
& Lodging Association
an affiliation of NRA
(National
Restaurant
Association)
and AHLA
(American Hotel & Lodging
Association)
Broward
Chapter
Collier
Chapter
Lee/Charlotte
Chapter
Marco Island
Chapter
Miami-Dade
Chapter
Monroe
Chapter
Palm Beach
Chapter
Treasure Coast
Chapter
FSA Florida
Speakers Association
South Florida chapter of NSA (National
Speakers Association)
GFLCVB Greater Fort
Lauderdale Convention &
Visitors Bureau
HSMAI South
Florida Chapter
a chapter of HSMAI (Hospitality Sales
& Marketing Association International)
ISES South
Florida/Caribbean
Chapter
a chapter of ISES (International Special
Events Society)
MPI South Florida
Chapter (SFMPI)
a chapter of MPI (Meeting Professionals
International)
NACE South
Florida Chapter
a chapter of NACE (National Association of
Catering Executives)
SITE Florida
Chapter
a chapter of SITE (Society of
Incentive & Travel Executives)
