HSMAI is pleased to present an exciting Member Benefit that will help members FUEL SALES!! Through a new partnership with The Salesman's Guide, qualified* HSMAI members receive a complimentary personalized search of at least 100 meeting planners per year. Also, all HSMAI members and exhibitors at HSMAI's Affordable Meetings events will receive a 10 percent discount on additional searches and on all Salesman's Guide products and services. HSMAI has partnered with The Salesman's Guide® to co-brand www.MeetingPlannerLists.com - the largest online source of qualified meeting and event buyers. Hospitality sales and marketing professionals visiting the site can search a database of more than 50,000 meeting planner contacts online to create a customized list. Qualified planners can be segmented by: Geographic Location, Meeting Location, Group Size, Type of Facilities Required, and Speakers/Entertainers Hired. The database is segmented four ways, allowing sales and marketing executives to target the market that most satisfies their needs. Meeting planners listed are categorized by corporations, associations, medical groups, and religious organizations, and are guaranteed to be accurate. The Salesman's Guide® editorial staff conducts extensive research to confirm every listing, including mailing address verification, Internet research, third-party databases, and confirmation calls to the listees. The listings are verified for deliverability at least once every three months, and postal deliverability is guaranteed. To take advantage of these new member benefits, follow these steps: 1. Go to www.MeetingPlannerLists.com
2. Search the database of more than 50,000 qualified meeting planners.
3. In the shopping cart, sign in using your member number as your password to receive your free listings and/or your 10% discount on any purchase. *All new, renewing or current members paying $350 or auto-renewal rates are eligible for the 100 free listings annually. Primary member for multiple memberships and corporate memberships receive additional listings based on number of memberships in their account.
HSMAI SOUTHERN COLORADO AWARDED THE FRANK W. BERKMAN CHAPTER AWARD FOR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING The Annual HSMAI Frank W. Berkman Chapter Awards were presented at the 2010 HSMAI Leadership Conference held at the Ritz-Carlton Clayton Plaza in St. Louis, MO. The Frank W. Berkman Chapter Award recognizes the "Best-of-the-Best" in chapter practices. The awards dinner presentation on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 was held at CityWide in St. Louis. Competition for the 2009 calendar year awarded first place winners in ten categories, recognizing large, medium and small chapters. 
(Tammy Knox, Chapter President - Nicole Barnes, Chapter VP of Finance - David Atkins, HSMAI Americas Board Chairman
Tammy Page, Chapter Immediate Past President - Julie Parent, Managing Director)
HSMAI is the hospitality industry's source for knowledge, community and recognition for leaders committed to professional development, sales growth, revenue optimization, marketing, and branding. Hospitality Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is a global organization of sales and marketing professionals representing all segments of the hospitality industry. HSMAI Southern Colorado Chapter with a strong focus on education, has become an industry leader in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry while operating as a leading voice for both hospitality and sales and marketing management disciplines, as well as connecting its members with customers in Southern Colorado. In keeping with its overall objective to create relevance for all members, HSMAI has created a body of knowledge regarding specific disciplines within sales and marketing called Special Interest Groups that include: 1) Travel Internet Marketing, 2) Resort Marketing, 3) Revenue Management, 4) Hotel Director of Sales and 5) Marketing and Hospitality Sales & Marketing Faculty. HSMAI also has special memberships for Hospitality Students, Corporation's and Hospitality Executives. Members also consist of organizations that markets its products and services to the hospitality industry. HSMAI Colorado Springs Chapter was Founded in 1997. We changed our name and geographic territory to Southern Colorado Chapter in 2007. HSMAI was Founded in 1927, HSMAI is an individual membership organization comprised of nearly 7,000 members from 35 countries and chapters worldwide. 
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