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Elite
Meetings International Announces Dates for 2016 Conferences
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Elite
Meeting Alliances to gather the industry’s
top
corporate and association planners with leading luxury hotels
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Santa
Barbara, CA – December 2015 / Newsmaker Alert / Elite
Meetings International (EMI), a leading provider of integrated solutions
to enhance the performance of meeting and hospitality professionals, today
announced the dates and locations for its 2016 Elite Meeting Alliances
(EMAs). All hotels were selected among EMI’s certified Platinum Collection.
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January
24 - 26, 2016 - Salamander Resort & Spa, Middleburg, VA
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March
20 - 22, 2016 - The Ballantyne - A Luxury Collection Hotel, Charlotte,
NC
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April
3-5, 2016 - The Island Hotel Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA
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September
25-27, 2016 - Paradisus Playa Del Carmen, Playa del Carmen, Mexico
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November
6-8, 2016 - Pasea Hotel & Spa, Huntington Beach, CA
“We think
the lineup of the hotels hosting our 2016 EMAs is tremendous. All present
our planner attendees with incredible prospects for future group needs,”
said Kelly Foy, vice president of sales at Elite Meetings International.
“As experts in the luxury hotel space, we strive to provide our attendees
with outstanding experiences as they convene at our premier direct buyer–supplier
events. Plus, we consistently raise the bar in providing invaluable education
and networking opportunities for both planners and hoteliers.”
Attendees
who participate in education sessions are eligible for CMP credits. In
addition, networking opportunities round out the EMAs agendas that focus
on strategic business discussions. Each invitation-only event brings together
roughly 200 of the industry’s top corporate and association buyers, hotel
suppliers, sponsors and speakers.
All
attending hotels must be certified as Gold or Platinum by the Elite Meetings
Advisory Board, and qualifications for buyers include a booking history
of, and future need for, above-average room rates and spending for food
and beverage.
Registration
for the January 2016 Elite Meetings Alliance at Salamander Resort &
Spa is now open at: www.EliteMeetingsAlliance.com.
About
Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA)
The
EMA is a three-day, invitation-only event that brings together prequalified
corporate and association planners with leaders in the luxury hotel industry
to cultivate relationships and build business. It centers on private, personalized
business development meetings, continuing education breakout sessions for
CMP credit, and unique networking activities.
About
Elite Meetings International
Based
in Santa Barbara, California, Elite Meetings International (EMI), a subsidiary
of Cvent, provides integrated solutions to enhance the performance of meeting
and hospitality professionals. EMI supports this community through a combination
of innovative technologies, direct sales support, customized marketing
programs, face-to-face business-building events, and an annual publication,
Elite Meetings magazine. Additionally, www.EliteMeetings.com
serves as a commission-free RFP-generating tool and a comprehensive vehicle
for sourcing luxury, upper-upscale and upscale properties. EMI’s innovations
include SpeedRFP™ (www.SpeedRFP.com),
a time-saving product for creating, submitting, and managing RFPs online.
For additional information, please visit www.EliteMeetings.com
or call 805-730-1000.
About
Cvent
Cvent,
Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management
platform, with more than 14,000 customers worldwide. Cvent offers software
solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection,
event management, mobile apps for events, e-mail marketing and web surveys.
Cvent provides hoteliers with an integrated platform, enabling properties
to increase group business demand through targeted advertising and improve
conversion through proprietary demand management and business intelligence
solutions. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value chain
and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands
of meetings and events. For more information, please visit Cvent.com,
or connect with us on Facebook,
Twitter
or LinkedIn.
For
more information on the Elite Meetings Alliance, contact EMATeam@EliteMeetings.com
or call 805-879-4485.
Media
Contact:
Karen
Cahill
805-879-4488
Elite
Meetings International
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