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.
THE OFFICERS AND BOARD OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER OF HSMAI WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE THANKS to everyone who donated to our 2009 charity. Because of your generosity we were able to make a donation of $1,000.00 in the Chapter’s name to the
Sunshine Foundation®
The Original Wish Granting Organization Sunshine Foundation's sole purpose is to answer the dreams of chronically ill, seriously ill, physically challenged and abused children ages three to eighteen, whose families cannot fulfill their requests due to the financial strain that the child's illness may cause.
To learn more about our charity, or to make a personal donation please go to:
www.SunshineFoundation.org
HSMAI GREATER PHILADELPHIA 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. 
(Sue Geyer, Chapter President - Rachel Wolkiewicz, Temple University Collegiate Chapter President
David Atkins, HSMAI Americas Board Chairman - 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. Founded in 1927, HSMAI is an individual membership organization comprised of nearly 7,000 members from 35 countries and 60 chapters worldwide. With a strong focus on education, HSMAI has become the industry champion in identifying and communicating trends in the hospitality industry, and bringing together customers and members.
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