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Meetings Quest Programming Lineup Features a Who's Who in the Meetings
and Events Industry
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Meetings Quest, the
nation's longest-running series of educational and networking events
for association and corporate meeting planners, will be relaunched May
6-7 in Mesa, Arizona, with a programming lineup that includes leaders
in the travel and tourism industry and several other notable
presenters.
Hosted by Visit Mesa, Meetings Quest has been scheduled to coincide
with the U.S. Travel Association's National Travel and Tourism Week
and will begin the evening of Tuesday, May 6, with an opening
celebration at the Mesa Arts Center. The opening celebration, which
will feature a "Taste of Mesa" culinary and cultural experience, tours
of the arts center and a welcome from Mesa Mayor Alex Finter, will
also serve as Arizona's Travel Rally Day.
To mark National Travel and Tourism Week, Association News publisher
Timothy Schneider will host a panel discussion featuring Marc Garcia,
president and CEO of Visit Mesa; Sherry Henry, director of the Arizona
Office of Tourism; Debbie Johnson, president and CEO of the Arizona
Lodging & Tourism Association; and Martha Sheridan, chairperson of
Destination Marketing Association International. The session will be
held on the main stage of the Mesa Arts Center, the 1,571-seat Ikeda
Theater.
On the morning of Wednesday, May 7, Meetings Quest will offer two
Learning Lab sessions centered on meeting-planning technology and
social media strategies for event organizers. The innovative
meetings-industry training will be facilitated by Steven Hacker,
former president of the International Association of Exhibitions and
Events, who now serves as "The Association Doctor" columnist for
Association News. Expert presenters include LinkedIn co-founder Eric
Ly, founder and CEO of Presdo.com; Michelle Wyatt, partner at Cadmium
CD; Michael Barnett, CEO of InGO; and Jake Zatkin, marketing manager
in charge of digital strategies for the National Association of
Broadcasters.
Also on Wednesday, May 7, a soul-stirring keynote address will feature
Chris Waddell, the most decorated male skier in Paralympic history.
Waddell hosted NBC's coverage of the 2014 Paralympic Games from Sochi,
Russia, and has won SportsTravel magazine's Humanitarian of the Year
award for his work through the One Revolution Foundation, which he
founded.
Click here to read more.
Media Contact: Ann Shepphird
Phone number: (310) 577-3700
Read more news from Meetings Quest.
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