Think Tank Just for Women Debuts

In mid-March, 31 women in the meeting and hospitality industry gathered at the Chaminade Conference Resort in Santa Cruz, Calif., to participate in a pilot program designed to do no less than start a revolution in this industry. Dubbed the First Annual W2W Invitational, the idea for the meeting began with Joan Eisenstodt, chief strategist, Eisenstodt Associates LLC, Conference Consulting, Facilitation & Training, Washington, D.C., and Vanessa Vlay, chief marketing officer with San