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Thursday, July 30th
Technology Breakfast Panel:
8:00am - 10:00am
Tuesday, August 4th Directors of Catering Panel: The Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove, Miami 3300 SW 27th Ave. Miami, FL 8:00am - 10:00am Tuesday, August 11th Members Only Breakfast: Villa Bagatelle 220 21st St. Miami Beach, FL 8:15am - 9:30am Wed., August 19th HSMAI in partnership with GMBHA presents: Top Google Trends for the Hospitality Industry with Pat Mclnerney: Boca Raton Resort & Club 1 East Camino Real Boca Raton, FL 11:30am - 2:00pm Tuesday, Sep 22nd Evening Networker: 1 Hotel South Beach 2341 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, FL 5:30pm - 7:30pm (not all events are displayed) |
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New Hotel Members
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| AC Hotel Miami Beach Hampton Inn Miami
South Beach Hotel Nash Hotel Gaythering Nautilus, a Sixty Hotel Pestana South Beach Shelborne Wyndham Grand South Beach
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Renewed Hotel Members
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| Alexander Hotel
Courtyard by Marriott Coconut Grove
Crescent Resort on South Beach Edgewater Hotel Faena Hotel Miami Beach Holiday Inn Coral Gables Hotel Urbano Kent Hotels Lennox Hotel Miami Marriott Miami Airport Marriott Miami Biscayne Bay Metropolitan by COMO Mondrian South Beach Richmond Hotel The Blue Moon Hotel The Congress Hotel South Beach The Hotel The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour Miami The Ritz-Carlton, Key Biscayne The Setai, Miami Beach |
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New Allied Members
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Absolute Patio Furniture Restoration
Big Bus Tours Miami
Capital Analytics
Circle Care Management, LLC
Edgewater Technologies
Gray Robinson, P.A.
HDSupply
JA Uniforms
Keca International
Oliom
PopUpEvents Group
Soliman Structures, Inc.
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Renewed Allied Members
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3A Worldwide
Academy Bus
Blue Horse Hotel Management
BMS Cat
Cintas Corporation
Coco Lopez, Inc.
Dale Carnegie
Debonair Mechanical
Doctors @ Your Home
Dolphin Limousine Services
Finn Marketing
Gourmet Resources
Green and Flowers Design
Industrial Communications & Electronics
Jungle Island
Kreps DeMaria
Macy's
Miami Children's Hospital
Miami-Dade College
National Immigration Forum
New World Symphony
New World Travel
Orange Bowl Committee
Port Miami-Dade
ShadeFla
Standard Textile
ThyssenKrupp Elevators
Trane
United Screening Services
Vista Convention Center South
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Dear GMBHA Members and Partners,
Wow! What an incredible month of June we had. On May 28th, The National Immigration Forum presented me with the Ambassador Award at the InterContinental Miami. I want to thank Robert Hill, GMBHA Executive Board of Director for hosting the event, Peggy Benua, GMBHA Chair and our Board of Directors, Ali Noorani, Executive Director, NIF and our colleagues at the National Immigration Forum and New American Workforce.
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| Robert Hill, General Manager, InterContinental Miami; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, Greater Miami & The Beaches Hotel Association & Bill Talbert, President & CEO, Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) |
We were thrilled to welcome back our friend Chris Thompson President & CEO, Brand USA and David Whitaker CMO, Brand USA. Chris' presentation is available below.
From Power Women in Hospitality to Florida Green Lodging, Cyber Fraud Alert Panel, and fun networking at the Vagabond Hotel and Z Ocean Hotel, we thank our hosts, sponsors and our members for their participation.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Warmest personal regards,
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GMBHA Summer Luncheon with Keynote Speaker,
Christopher Thompson, President & CEO, Brand USA:
Biltmore Hotel, June 11th, 2015
Christopher Thompson, President & CEO, Brand USA; Matthias Kammerer, General Manager, Biltmore Hotel; Peggy Benua, Chair of the Board, GMBHA; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMBHA; David Whitaker, Chief Marketing Officer, Brand USA & Bill Talbert, President & CEO, GMCVB
To View Chris Thompson's presentation, please click
HERE
Many thanks to our Event Partner Sponsor!
Additional Sponsors
For additional photos from the Summer Luncheon, please click
HERE
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Women in Hospitality Leadership, Presented by GMBHA & HSMAI:
EPIC Miami, a Kimpton Hotel, June 24th, 2015
Jeishy Zerpa, PHR/Director of Human Resources, JW Marriott Marquis Miami/Hotel Beaux Arts Miami; Silvia Camarota, President, HSMAI South Florida & Director, Market Management, Expedia; Josie Llado, AVP, Advertising & Digital Marketing, GMCVB; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMCVB; Dana Hagendorf, Founder & Principal, Gallant Media Group; Shivani Joshi, Director, Career Services/Corporate Relations, FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management - Global; Ericka Nelson, General Manager, EPIC Miami - a Kimpton Hotel; Peggy Benua, Chair of the Board, GMCVB and Sara Pastor, Manager - Global Strategic Accounts & Media, LivingSocial Escapes
For additional photos from the Women in Hospitality Leadership panel, please click
HERE
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Evening Networker:
Z Ocean Hotel South Beach, June 23rd, 2015
Peggy Benua, Chair of the Board, GMBHA, Ramon Antelo, General Manager, Z Ocean Hotel South Beach; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMBHA & Jason Hagopian, AIA, LEED AP, TSAO Design Group
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Florida Green Lodging Certification Workshop:
The Palms Hotel & Spa, June 18th, 2015
Nancy Scanlon PhD CHE, Associate Professor, FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; Gabriole van Bryce, GMBHA Sustainable Hospitality Council Co-Chair; Jeff Oris, Director, Economic Development Division, City of Miami Beach; Sheena Chin-Greene, Coordinator, Florida Green Lodging Program, Office of Environmental Education and Sustainable Initiatives, Florida Department of Environmental Protection; Peggy Benua, Chair, & Sustainable Hospitality Council Co-Chair, GMBHA; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO & Elizabeth Wheaton, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, Assistant Building Director, Office of the City Manager, Environment & Sustainability Division, City of Miami Beach
To download the Florida Green Lodging Program PowerPoint Presentation please click HERE
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Credit Card Fraud Panel - A Growing Problem for Hotels:
JW Marriott Marquis Miami, June 18th, 2015
Robert Villanueve, U.S. Secret Service; Mike Sanchez, COO, Enterprise Risk; Pat Roth, Director of Business Development, Enterprise Risk Management, Inc; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMBHA; Peggy Benua, Chair, GMBHA & Jason Doebrich, Director of Information Technology & Telecommunications, Mandarin Oriental Miami
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Hotel & Allied Upgrade Exclusive Evening Networker:
The Vagabond Hotel 6.16.2015
Nancy Scanlon PhD CHE, Associate Professor, FIU Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management; Wendy Kallergis, President & CEO, GMBHA; Tim Nardi, Vice President Hotel Operations, MENIN Hospitality; May Mallouh, Chief Operating Officer, MIMO Hospitality Services
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GMBHA Presents: Technology Breakfast Panel
07.30.2015
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GMBHA Members Only Breakfast: Villa Bagatelle
8.11.2015
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HSMAI in partnership with GMBHA presents:
Top Google Trends for the Hospitality Industry with Pat Mclnerney
08.19.15
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New Allied Upgrade Members
Renewed Allied Upgrade Members
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The Envelope Please Initiative
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The GMBHA in partnership with the GMCVB Supports "The Envelope Please" initiative, recently launched by Maria Shriver and A Woman's Nation, is an economic empowerment initiative to encourage hotel guests to tip the housekeepers who clean their rooms. This is accomplished by leaving marked envelopes in hotel rooms that serve as a polite reminder to hotel guests. More information about the initiative is available at http://awomansnation.org/the-envelope-please/
Hotels that want to participate should contact Dixie Noonan, Senior Director of Partnerships and Initiatives for A Woman's Nation, at (415) 601-7234 or at [email protected], for information and guidance.
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Sustainable Hospitality Council News
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Congratulations to Hyatt Regency Coral Gables for being Awarded Florida Department of Environmental Protection The Green Lodging Program First Four Palm Designation 
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection awarded the
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables the Florida
Green Lodging Program's Four Palm Designation for its remarkable conservation efforts. The hotel is the first in the program's 11-year history to receive a Four Palm Designation, the highest level possible.
Please click HERE to read the Press Release
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"Sustainability in Lodging: Why Measure Carbon Emissions"
Driving sustainability practices in lodging companies is the two-fold need to reduce operating costs and the impact of resource use on the communities in which hotels and resorts operate. From Los Angeles to Miami, hotels need to reduce water and energy use. In New York, Chicago and San Francisco city wide efforts to reduce carbon emissions is causing hotels to search for methods to measure and report. The corporate responsibility reports of major lodging companies publish company-wide carbon emissions goals and reductions as well as the results of waste, water and energy conservation. For many hotels and lodging companies measuring carbon emissions can be a new challenge.
Please click
HERE to continue reading the article
This article was published in the Hotel Business Review and written by Sustainable Hospitality Council member Nancy Loman Scanlon, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Florida International University
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Miami Dade College's Hospitality Institute Job Fair
August 7, 2015
For further information or to register for the Job Fair, please call The Hospitality Institute at 305-329-2845 or complete the Job Fair Registration form and email it to [email protected]
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Miami Begins with Me
Customer Service Champion Program
Greater Miami and The Beaches needs YOU to keep our visitors happy and our tourism economy strong!
Sign up for the Miami Begins with Me Customer Service Champion Program here. The program consists of a 3-hour class, offered at NO COST.
The 3-hour class highlights the following topics:
Economic Importance of Tourism & Key Events
Miami's Amazing Attractions
Miami Heritage and Neighborhoods
Customer Service Refresher
For further information, please click
HERE
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TSAO Design Group
TSAO Design Group's most recently designed retail store in the
Miami Design District is now open. As highlighted in the June 12th Miami Herald's
INDULGE magazine's
'The Local Launching Now' section ,
Jason of Beverly Hills joins other high-end jewelry boutiques in the Palm Court plaza. This is the fourth location for this up and coming retailer, whose clients include international dignitaries, sports greats and movie stars.
The boutique is designed to showcase the incredible jewelry created by the company founder, Jason Arasheben. Like the jewelry being sold, the boutique is designed to be luxurious, edgy, and one of a kind.
For more information regarding our design services, please contact Principal Jason Hagopian at [email protected]
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Berger Singerman
Berger Singerman, Florida's business law firm, is pleased to announce that it has once again been ranked among the top Florida law firms in the
Chambers USA 2015 America's Leading Business Lawyers for Business annual publication. Five of the firm's practice teams and 16 attorneys were listed, and this marks the twelfth consecutive year that Berger Singerman has been included in the rankings.
To read the Press Release please click
HERE
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