Sourcing Tip of the Month: April

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Sourcing Trend: Top Sourced Cities for Q1 were:

  1. San Diego
  2. Orlando
  3. Chicago
  4. Phoenix / Scottsdale
  5. Dallas

Total RFPs sourced are up 12% from last year’s Q1!

Date flexibility continues to be key. If you can look at a flexible pattern within the week and/or the weeks prior or after, this may help open availability and provide more options. Even if you want to select one set of dates, we suggest allowing for hotels to offer alternate dates, just to see what comes back. This is a huge timesaver on short term leads, which we have seen a big increase this year!

Talk to your HPN Global Associate about this and we will be happy to help guide you!


Courtney Tate:
Senior Sourcing Specialist
ctate@hpnglobal.com


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Desi Whitney Recognized as a 40 Under 40 by Connect

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Desi Whitney, senior vice president of sourcing operations and industry relations at HPN Global, was recognized as a member of Connect Corporate magazine’s “40 Under 40.” The honor highlights the top young professionals in the events industry. Connect Corporate is a national, B2B magazine that provides resources and ideas to professionals and planners in the meetings and events industry. 

Peers in the events world nominated Whitney. Nominations were received from across the country, then reviewed and evaluated by the Connect staff based on references, industry involvement and other resources. 

Congrats Desi!

For the full description of Whitney’s accomplishments, click here.

The entire list of recognized honorees and individual profiles can be found here.

ABOUT CONNECT

Connect is a leader in the meetings, events, travel and tourism industry. Specializing in destination marketing, the company produces digital programs, online and mobile solutions, meetings business and travel magazines, trade shows and consumer events, travel guides for newspapers and leisure magazines, and destination information which is distributed through broadcast and custom programs. Connect, formerly known as Collinson Media & Events, introduced the popular Marketplace format to the meetings industry and now produces national shows for meeting planners in the Corporate, Expo, Sports, Diversity, Association and Faith sectors as well as other state- and region- specific meetings- and hospitality-focused events. More information about the company’s brands and services is available at connectmeetings.com.  

Global Meetings Industry Day GMID19

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Join us on GMID 2019 as we celebrate this industry and what it means to HPN Global and our associates. We will be Premiering live a video of our associates sharing what this industry means to them. Thank you to all our industry partners and friends for making this industry so special.