CHICAGO, Illinois, USA – PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat today announced changes to the organization’s leadership structure aimed at continuing the transformation of PCMA from a legacy meeting industry association into a global leader in the business events industry. The changes further reflect PCMA’s commitment to delivering solutions, through PCMA products and services, to
Citing the business events industry’s vast potential for taking care of people and communities, PCMA President and CEO Sherrif Karamat today announced a pan-industry initiative to raise $250,000 to help those affected by the bushfires in Australia and the earthquakes in Puerto Rico.
Gregory A. O’Dell, chair of PCMA’s Board of Directors, today announced Oscar Cerezales of MCI as the recipient of the 2019 Chairman’s Award.
PCMA, the world’s largest platform for business events professionals, and Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak), by Sarawak Convention Bureau, signed today a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a partnership that provides education, business development opportunities and increases awareness of the transformative power of business events.
PCMA, the world's largest platform for business events professionals, and the Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA), a premier global community of corporate event marketers, announced today a strategic alliance that will introduce each organization to new audiences.
Ben Goedegebuure, vice president and global general manager at Maritz Global Events; Bill Grusich, CMP, FASAE, senior vice president at Associated Luxury Hotels International and Lisa Delpy Neirotti, director MS in Sport Management program at George Washington University will be honored as Lifetime Achievement award recipients at PCMA Visionary Awards 2020, an annual event celebrating the best in the business events industry.
A proposal to create an annual convention for home share and vacation rental owners was selected as the winner of PCMA’s North American Student Competition 2019. Chrissy Baur, Morgan Cutter, Luke Haley, Courtney Frickman and Olivia Larsen represented California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo in the December competition. They were advised by Kevin
Business events professionals from around the world seeking insights and innovations to help lead their organisations to success were encouraged to embrace a “learn and apply” principle during PCMA’s third Asia Pacific Annual Conference in Macau.
The PCMA Leadership Committee has elected its PCMA Foundation 2020 Board of Trustees. Officers and trustees will take office immediately following PCMA’s Convening Leaders annual meeting Jan. 5-8 in San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
Education meets exhibition in Destinations International, PCMA enhanced event
PCMA has named Marco Bloemendaal as global vice president of business development. He will join the organization on Dec. 2 and report to Chief Business Officer Mona Cotton.
PCMA, the world’s largest platform for business events professionals, announced today that its flagship Convening Leaders event will be hosted by Caesars Entertainment at CAESARS FORUM in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2022 and by Columbus, Ohio in 2023.