From left: Amber Heintz, vice president, program operations, Bishop-McCann; Shawn Pierce, president, strategic events, meetings & incentives, MCI USA; and Justin Myers, vice president, client development & marketing, Bishop-McCann, dressed for the SITE Nite 70s party.

Sue Hatch (right), content director at MeetingsNet, welcomes CMI 25 company executives to the reception alongside Reina Herschdorfer, director of marketing, national meetings & events at Caesars Entertainment, the event’s platinum sponsor and host.

Creative Group executives Melissa Van Dyke (left), senior vice president, integrated marketing & innovation, and Glenn Darlington, executive vice president, business development, strike up a conversation with Jackie Fennelly, Destination Concepts.

From left: Natalie Spacco, CMP, manager, event sourcing, and Ashley Krueger, senior manager, incentives & engagement, from Meetings & Incentives Worldwide, spend some time with Etherio’s Lisa Burton, senior vice president, and Eric Altschul, CEO.

The night before the opening of the IMEX America trade show, IMEX Group’s Lottie Elson (center), head of marketing operations, and Gillian Heath (right), event marketing manager, join MeetingsNet’s Melissa Fromento, managing director for Informa Connect Meetings & Catersource Group, at the CMI 25 reception.

Ana Reilly, vice president of sales & marketing at Destination Concepts, shows off a mini light-up disco ball she provided to attendees for the SITE Nite 70s-themed party that followed the CMI 25 reception.

Read about all the independent meeting planning companies that made the CMI 25 list in 2023 on MeetingsNet, here.