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Karen Cahill Named EMI’s COO

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Read all about it here or scroll down and read below. We are so happy and honored that Karen has come to Elite. She brings a wealth of knowledge and an attitude that can’t be beat. WELCOME TO THE TEAM KAREN! Elite Meetings International (EMI) Appoints Karen Cahill Chief Operating Officer The appointment of Cahill is part of Elite’s plans for significant growth this year. Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) April [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 23, 2012

Tuesday, 4/24 Daily Digest

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Hello Elite Meetings Alliance-ers! We hope you had a productive and inspiring day yesterday. If you missed any of the speaker sessions, you can find them online. Did you know that the speakers were broadcasted live to viewers at home? Pretty neat little feature if I do say so myself. Big thank you to SonicFoundry for making that possible. I won’t go too deep in the speaker sessions [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 23, 2012

Monday 4/23 – Daily Digest

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Welcome to the Elite Meeting’s Alliance everyone! My name is Alina and if we have yet to meet, stop by the hospitably desk to say hello. I’ll be taking you through recaps of the days ahead through the Daily Digest posts which can be found on your QuickMobile app and also on the EliteMeetings.com blog page. I hope you have as much fun reading these as I do writing them. [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 22, 2012

REVEL Books Major Music Performances

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The last Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA) of 2012 will be held in August at the brand new REVEL in Atlantic City. If you’re dying to get a peek before the EMA and you’re a fan of Maroon 5, The Black Keys, Beyonce, Sugar Ray, Seal & Macy Gray, they are all performing at REVEL before we converge on this great new meeting hotel! You can buy tickets for all of [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 12, 2012

The Road to the EMA: Theme Night Announced

When you think of Dallas, what do you imagine? Would it be something along the lines of cattle ranches, BBQ, and tall buildings? If that’s the case then the Elite Meetings Alliance is going to change your mind (maybe not about the BBQ). Dallas has been in the stages of a major physical and emotional transformation – its very Texas image is about to be reinvented. With the new Trinity [...]

by Alina Itkin on April 10, 2012

The Road to the EMA: Keynote Speaker Announced for Dallas

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The Road to the EMA – Dallas Planning is well under way for the April Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA) at the Omni Dallas Hotel. As we’re strapping our boots and fastening our stirrups, we wanted to give you a glimpse into the wild world of EMA creation. Margaret Holsinger, our EMA event manager – and all around planning guru – has been busy booking speakers for the event. Speakers for [...]

by Alina Itkin on March 21, 2012

PHGMeetings.com integrates with SpeedRFP 2.0

Preferred Hotel Group has recently launched PHGmeetings.com, an online RFP system integrated through SpeedRFP 2.0. Read the entire press release below and check out the all new SpeedRFP 2.0 with new wedding, social and updated meeting forms. Preferred Hotel Group™ launches PHG Meetings Preferred Hotel Group™, a leading provider of sales and marketing support to independent hotels around the world, announced the launch of PHG Meetings (www.PHGMeetings.com). A comprehensive online [...]

by Alina Itkin on February 23, 2012

Over 150lbs of Soap Saved From Dump

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Saving the World … One Amenity at a Time They always say you have to start somewhere before you start saving the entire world. Thankfully, there’s a non-profit called Clean the World that makes it that much easier. We were lucky enough to partner with Clean the World for our Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA) held at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa in Rancho Mirage in January. During the [...]

by Alina Itkin on February 17, 2012

SpeedRFP Gets Major Facelift

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SpeedRFP 2.0 arrives tomorrow, February 17th, 2012! Please note, to take advantage of the updated meeting form no action is required on your behalf, as all upgrades happen automatically. BUT, If you wish to activate the Wedding or Special Event forms on your site, we’ve provided the simple instructions for adding new RFP Types and Button Customization on page 6, here. NEW FORMS *Updated meeting form will upgrade automatically. To [...]

by Alina Itkin on February 16, 2012

Elite Meetings Alliance Press Release

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The latest press release about our most recent EMA at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa is now live and available for viewing! To read the full version, visit the link here. Don’t know what the Elite Meetings Alliance is? The EMA is a three-day, invitation-only event that brings together prequalified corporate and association planners with leaders in the luxury hotel industry to cultivate relationships and build business. Featured are [...]

by Alina Itkin on February 14, 2012

Elite Meetings Alliance Daily Digest – Tuesday 1/31

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It’s hard to imagine never having been to an Elite Meetings Alliance before this. Maybe I’m a changed person, maybe I’m enlightened, maybe I’m a little exhausted, but mostly – I am so utterly grateful to be with a company that enjoys what it does as much as it appreciates the people that make the company what it is. Thank you all for coming, for participating, and for creating a [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 31, 2012

Elite Meetings Alliance Daily Digest – Monday 1/30

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Hello again everyone! We hope you had another fabulous day at the Rancho Las Palmas. The sessions were jam packed and full of information. Thank you to Laura Schwartz, Midori Connolly, Daren Martin, & Shawn Seipler! To get the details on them, visit our Michelle Thornton’s blog at the link here. Big appreciative THANK YOU for blogging about us, Michelle! The Trick shot clinic got quite fancy with those shots [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 30, 2012

Elite Meetings Alliance Daily Digest – Sunday 1/29

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Where to start with the yesterday? Well for one, thank you all for coming to the hospitality desk to Shameka & I to check in. You made the process extremely easy and it was great to finally put a face to the all the names we see. If you haven’t already received your name badge, stop on by the hospitality desk today! We’ll be there from 8am-6pm in the Ballroom [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 29, 2012

Broadcasting LIVE Hybrid Sessions from EMA

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Participate in the EMA from Home! We’re here in the desert getting ready to kick off the January Elite Meetings Alliance at Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa and it’s shaping up to be an amazing event! For those of you who weren’t able to be here in person, you’re invited to join us for our Educational Sessions via a live webcast! This will not be your average webcast. Our [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 27, 2012

Inside Scoop to the Elite Meetings Alliance

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Elite Meetings Alliance Details Happy New Year! We hear it’s cold out there, but we’re starting to feel the desert heat as we prepare for the Elite Meetings Alliance (EMA)! If you haven’t already heard, Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa is hosting the EMA January 29-31st in the desert oasis of Rancho Mirage (Palm Springs), California. We have some exciting insider details we’d like to share before you step [...]

by Alina Itkin on January 10, 2012

EliteMeetings.com 4.0 Goes Members Only

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Do you want to be rich, famous, and glamorous? Ride around in a stretch hummer limo and dance the night away with A-list movie stars?! Ah, well …. for that you would have to pay a lot of money and know some good people but great thing you know us here at Elite Meetings! We may not be able to get you into top-secret nightclubs, but we might have something [...]

by Alina Itkin on December 15, 2011

The Road to the EMA: Keynote Speaker Announced

In our last blog post we told you about Margaret, our resident event planner who is responsible for the planning and execution of the Elite Meetings Alliance at Ranchos Las Palmas Resort & Spa. Since then, our little Margie (don’t tell her we called her that!) has been bustling about signing contracts, locking down speakers, and doing a site visit to Rancho Las Palmas. During her visit, Margaret had the [...]

by Alina Itkin on November 30, 2011

The Road to the EMA: Meet Margaret

Here at Elite Meetings our focus is on changing the event planning industry through innovative technologies that understand the market and how it works. The people behind Elite Meetings are passionate, friendly, and majorly quirky. This is where our beloved Event Planner, Margaret Holsinger comes in. With this series of blog posts, we will take you through the journey of bringing to life an Elite Meeting’s Alliance. You’ll gain [...]

by Alina Itkin on October 28, 2011