The company formed a global meetings and events organization in mid-2012 to help companies better manage their worldwide programs, with Floyd Widener at the helm as senior vice president, CWT Global Program Solutions and Meetings & Events. While companies based outside the U.S., such as CWT Meetings & Events, must qualify for the CMI 25 list based on meetings planned and executed out of the U.S., it’s worth noting that the North American numbers reported above are a fraction of the 35,000 meetings and events CWT Meetings & Events planned around the globe in 2012.
CWT Meetings & Events
Minnetonka, Minn.
www.carlsonwagonlit.com/meetings_and_events
FOUNDED: 1994
LEADERSHIP: Tony Wagner, vice president, CWT Meetings & Events, Americas; Cathy Voss, EVP, CWT Global Program Solutions and Meetings & Events
TOP CUSTOMER MARKETS: pharmaceutical, computers/software/electronics
AT A GLANCE: The company formed a global meetings and events organization in mid-2012 to help companies better manage their worldwide programs, with Floyd Widener at the helm as senior vice president, CWT Global Program Solutions and Meetings & Events. While companies based outside the U.S., such as CWT Meetings & Events, must qualify for the CMI 25 list based on meetings planned and executed out of the U.S., it’s worth noting that the North American numbers reported above are a fraction of the 35,000 meetings and events CWT Meetings & Events planned around the globe in 2012.
BY THE NUMBERS:
- Corporate meetings in 2012: 2,050 (North America)
- Incentive travel programs in 2012: 345 (North America)
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Meeting and incentive travel programs held outside
the U.S.: 7% - Room nights booked for meetings and incentives: 164,427
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Revenue from planning and executing meetings and
incentives: 42% - Full-time employees: 235 (U.S.)
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 Tony Wagner, vice president, CWT Meetings & Events, Americas |
