The HSMAI Adrian Awards honor creative brilliance and best practices in hospitality, travel, and tourism-related marketing. In its 54th year, the competition has evolved into the world's most renowned and prestigious advertising, public relations, and digital marketing competition specifically tailored for the hospitality, travel, and tourism industries. Entry Opens: July 12
Early Deadline: August 27
Final Deadline: September 10
Adrian Awards Gala: January 31, 2011 CLICK HERE for 10 Tips for Entering Your Bright Ideas in the 2010 Adrian Awards Competition HSMAI is also accepting nominations for the 2010 HSMAI Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in Sales & Marketing and entries for the new "Leader in Sustainable Tourism Award" in conjunction with National Georgraphic Traveler.
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.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Hello everyone, It is a pleasure to extend greetings to you as I begin my term as president of HSMAI Boston Chapter. I am very excited to start this journey with HSMAI, and I’m looking forward to a brilliant future with wonderful programming and social events in the next year. As your new president, I’ll present some personal challenges that I would like to see our Board achieve in the coming year. These objectives include upholding HSMAI’s mission Statement which is to be the leading source for sales and marketing information, knowledge, business development, and networking for professionals in tourism, travel, and hospitality. Ultimately, our goal is to have members walking away with the ability to face their everyday challenges with more confidence and coming back for more. By banding together each one of us will grow in our profession and become effective in the increasingly demanding industry of Hospitality Sales and Marketing. I encourage all of you to attend our monthly meetings and events. We will work hard at planning speakers on hot topics, arranging networking opportunities, and exploring avenues to foster personal and economic development. We continue to seek new memberships, and cherish our current membership. Membership will be the key to the success of our chapter, I challenge all our members to bring in a new member and allow them to share in our love of hospitality, creativity and professionalism. Did I mention fun? Oh, yes, lots of fun as well. As the in-coming president, I see one of my major roles is as a facilitator of the members’ needs. This being noted, we are very open to listening to our members and what their needs are. This will help further our organization and its upcoming programs. Please know that I’m hoping that each and every one of you will send us your ideas, thoughts, and suggestions for improvement for the organization. We are always looking for members to help fill certain key positions on our existing committees. I’m hoping that if you are interested and have a great vision for the organization, you’ll contact me and based on your passion and expertise, we’ll help you find a great position. This is a terrific way to meet other members, but more importantly, help shape the path of the HSMAI organization. I look forward to personally meeting all our members and welcoming our new members at these exciting upcoming events. I would like to thank each of you for allowing me the honor of serving as HSMAI Boston’s president this upcoming year. I hope to make you all proud of your selection.
Best Regards,
Lisa Tiernan
Welcome to HSMAI Boston! Whether you are new to HSMAI or a seasoned member, the Boston Chapter website is here to serve you! If you have any questions about our association or need additional information, please contact Julie Parent, our Chapter Administrator at (888) 792-9770 or at BostonHSMAI@JewelComp.com. Founded in 1927, HSMAI is an individual membership organization comprised of nearly 7,000 members from 35 countries and 60 chapters worldwide. With strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry champion in identifying and communication trends I the hospitality industry while operating as a leading voice for hospitality, sales, marketing, and management disciplines. Mission Statement 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. Boston images provided by FayFoto |