Chris White, chairman & CEO, Global Events Partners and Krisam Group (left), with Tim Cietek, CEO, Empire Meeting Solutions
Dave D'Eletto, managing partner, Meeting Alliance (left), and Tom Tolve, associate director, meetings management, Novo Nordisk
Robert LeValley, executive vice president and managing partner, McVeigh Associates; Florence Shalloo, meeting planner, MetLife (center); and Karen Lovell, vice president of sales, Global Event Partners
Julie White, director, Cain Meetings & Incentives (left), with Connie Rae, events coordinator, Golden Considerations Inc.
David Rome, CMP, DMCP, director of sales at New Orleans-based BBC Destination Management, the host DMC for the 2012 GEP Summit, with Anne Volkmann, conference coordinator for Tastefully Simple, Alexandria, Minn.
Morgan Plecenik, sourcing and account services coordinator, Gray Consulting Inc. (left), with Sheridan Doherty, account manager, Empire Force Events, a DMC serving the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area
Dee Kirby, vice president of sales, Global Events Partners and Krisam Group (left), with Dawn Bugalski, meeting planner, Gant Meetings
GEP Summit guests strolled through the eccentric Mardi Gras World warehouse, home of enormous parade floats and the gigantic paper mache and plaster creations created for them. The group enjoyed a reception at the adjacent Grand Oaks, an indoor replica of an antebellum mansion, complete with faux moss-draped oaks and starry sky.
Go West Cerbelli's partner and president, Michael Cerbelli (left), and CEO, David Fischette, enjoy a walk through the warehouse at Mardi Gras World.
Julie Krueger, corporate meeting planner at Land O'Lakes Inc., with New Orleans cooking icon Paul Prudhomme. Prudhomme was on hand during an evening event at the GEP Summit signing his book, Kitchen Expedition.
Ola Kastensson, managing director of Russian-based DMC Russkie Prostori, with Wayne Eldevik, senior vice president, global events & hospitality, Octagon
Chris White, chairman & CEO, Global Events Partners and Krisam Group, hits a high note at the GEP Summit in New Orleans.
Sesilia Alonso, team manager, American Express Meetings & Events, Frankfurt, Germany (left), enjoys time with a U.K.-based colleague, Johanna Summers, U.K. Events team leader, American Express
Robert Lee, director of sales for Creatur DMC, Spain, meets with Suzanne Rivers, Event Travel Management, during the client-partner appointment sessions at the GEP Summit.
Dan Egan, director of sales and marketing for the InterContinental Chicago, one of the sponsors of the 2012 GEP Summit, with Jana Lipari, senior planner, Meetings & Incentives
BBC Destination Management and GEP organized a final evening of music and fun, which began with an over-the-top parade escort to the event at Bourbon Vieux.
