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Inside the 2010 HelmsBriscoe Annual Business Conference

HelmsBriscoe has become a driving force in the meetings industry, with its 1,200 worldwide associates booking some $500 million worth of group business in 2009. We were on the scene at this year’s Annual Business Conference, held at the just-opened Aria Resort & Casino at CityCenter, Las Vegas.

HelmsBriscoe CEO Roger Helms (left) and Chuck Bowling, EVP, MGM Mirage, make the rounds of the Partner Fair during HB’s Annual Business Conference

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HelmsBriscoe CEO Roger Helms (left) and Chuck Bowling, EVP, MGM Mirage, make the rounds of the Partner Fair during HB’s Annual Business Conference

HelmsBriscoe EVP Peter Shelly and some of HB’s Charlotte, N.C.–based Resource One meeting logistics team stand ready to get down to business at the Partner Fair during HB’s Annual Business Conference in Las Vegas. From left, Corinne Connor, JoAnn Roth, ShHelmsBriscoe CEO Roger Helms (left) and Chuck Bowling, EVP, MGM Mirage, make the rounds of the Partner Fair during HB’s Annual Business ConferenceFrom left: Steve Conklin, Director of Sales & Marketing, JW Marriott Chicago; Mike Satterfield, HB Regional Vice President, Scottsdale; Bill Briscoe, HB Chief Industry Relations Officer; and Jason Johnson, HB Vice President of Corporate DevelopmentHelmsBriscoe’s first-ever associate, Marisa Crame, HB Senior Director of Global Accounts, Scottsdale (left) and her son, Christopher Crame, Regional Manager, Scottsdale, meet with Olga Sanchez Rock, Director of Sales, Hyatt International.Linda Muir, HB Regional Director, North Vancouver (left), connects with Cherryl Brazier, Global Director of Group and Incentive Sales, Millennium Hotels & Resorts.From left: Bridget Plank, HB Regional Manager, Chula Vista, Calif.; Melinda Johnson, Senior Sales Manager, Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort, Santa Barbara, Calif.; and Janet Caine, HB Regional Manager, San Diego.
Francis Rivera, HB Manager, Global Accounts, Las Vegas (left), and Nicole Tanguay, National Sales Manager, Fairmont Olympic Hotel, SeattleReggie Aggarwal, Chairman & CEO, Cvent, and Alison Hall, MeetingsNetHB’s Bill Briscoe, Chief Industry Relations Officer, greets Vickie Corder, CMP, HB Manager, Global Accounts (left), and Cindy Tilton, HB Regional Manager, both of Jacksonville, Fla.Some of the HelmsBriscoe corporate office attendees at HB’s Annual Business Conference (from left): David Bowler, Director of IT; Lisa Sagstad, Manager of Communications; Stuart Carson, Director of Finance; and Kirsten Grebel, Director of DevelopmentAttending the HB Annual Business Conference from Minneapolis were Michael Bergman, HB Managing Director, and Sarah Williamson, Administrative Assistant.Talking business at the Partner Fair (from left): Constance Hoffman, Account Manager, Marriott Individual Incentives; Steve Conklin, Director of Sales & Marketing, JW Marriott Chicago; and Christine Quah, HB Regional Manager, Phoenix
Representating the Mexico Tourism Board at this year’s HB Annual Business Conference were Jose Barquin, Deputy Director, Los Angeles, and Virginia Arana, Meetings Industry Partnerships, Washington, D.C.Sandy Graves, CMP, HB Senior Director, Global Accounts, Mooresville, N.C., (center) meets with Keith Hensley, Director of Sales & Marketing, and Cathy Stewart, Senior Account Executive, Marriott Atlanta MarquisStanding out in the crowd with his prop from the famous Christmas Story was Dennis Crider, Sales Manager, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, shown here chatting with Stacey Wiederin, HB Manager, Global Accounts, Carmel, Ind.Juliet Martin-Lee (left) and Jennifer Webster-Baker of the Renaissance Houston Hotel Gateway PlazaDon Weintraub, Director of Group Sales, Hayes Mansion/Dolce Hotels & Resorts (left), catches up with Mark Scheller, HB Regional Director, Oro Valley, Ariz.Gail Henkin, HB Vice President, Lawrenceville, Ga., meets with Aaron Watz, Sales Manager, Grand Hotel Marriott Resort, Golf Club & Spa, Point Clear, Ala.
International HB associates in attendance at this year’s Annual Business Conference included (from left): Hartwig Pohlmann of Germany; Montse Joseph, Barcelona, Spain; and Brian Carraher of France.Alison Hall, MeetingsNet, with HelmsBriscoe’s David Peckinpaugh, CMP, Vice President of Business DevelopmentHB associates Marjaneh Majarwitz, Manager, Global Accounts, Jacksonville, Fla., and Sam Pollack, Manager, Global Accounts, OrlandoMark Flint, CMP, HB Manager, Global Accounts, Clermont, Fla., meets with Kathy Masterson, Director of Sales, The Plaza Resort & Spa, Daytona BeachTina Sampson, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, for Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, Md., invites HelmsBriscoe associates to experience the two-year-old resort and its half-million square feet of meeting space at the HB Annual Business Confere

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