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Welcome Aboard
NEW BUSINESS + NEW FACES
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| A big hello to our new hires. We are excited to have you with us at MMGY Global! Welcome to MMGY EMEA: Guilherme Zampronio, Graphic Designer; Nicole Pacitto, Campaign Account Manager. To Grifco: Samantha Cuthbert, Vice Associate; Tiffany Eaton, Account Executive; Georgia Harris, Account Executive; Havana Hutton, Junior Account Manager. To Hills Balfour: Izzy Bos, PR Account Executive; Jemma Plastow, PR Senior Account Executive; Tilly Grace, IM Account Executive; Zoe A Jones, PR Senior Account Director; Rafaela Bannerman, PR Account Executive. |
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First Class
individual + team achievements |
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| We are excited to share that Mira Whang has been promoted to Senior Account Executive and is officially moving to Denver, Colorado, this spring. If you see her, please congratulate her on this big move and on her promotion! |
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| Congratulations to the following for their recent promotions – Kelly Fitzpatrick to Senior Media Activation Strategist, Chelsea Staatz to Media Activation Strategist and Rachel Carder to Media Activation Strategist. |
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| Congratulations to the Visit Corpus Christi creative and media teams for taking home a Gold Addy Award (AAFCC) for the 2021 Coast Like a Texan campaign! |
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| Dallas Galleria saw 90K visitors during Presidents' Day activation weekend where we had a 20-foot replica of Mount Rushmore on the ice skating rink for the month of February. The South Dakota team along with MMGY and MMGY NJF teams handed out branded swag, 210 South Dakota travel guides and 1,586 entries to our sweepstakes over a 5-day period. Consumers spent more than 22,700 hours watching the video content, which breaks down to 947 days or 3 years! Dallas is definitely "Sold on South Dakota"! |
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| In partnership with CAMP, MMGY NJF worked with Visit California to bring Golden State sunshine and an all-new, immersive experience to the store's flagship location on 5th Avenue in NYC. |
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| Visit Costa Rica sponsored "The Next Stage" at SXSW, which featured presentations and performances. One of the discussions that was hosted called "Visions of Sustainable Panel," highlighted the country's key sustainability initiatives, particularly as they relate to travel and tourism.
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| Los Angeles–area residents and visitors enjoyed a glimpse of the dark skies of Texas at a weekend long, pop-up event at Santa Monica Place. The immersive, multisensory experience hosted by Travel Texas transported participants to a rural Texas night beneath star-filled skies. |
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Travel is back and MMGY NJF is celebrating all month long. From handling PR for the Travel & Adventure Shows in Boston, LA, and NYC to Margot Kravchuk, Olivia Shaefers and Diana Piktel landing a home run feature in the Boston Globe with Andrew McCarthy. Next, in LA, Sara Gorgon was our broadcast wizard, landing TV segments on every major station in town - kudos! Finally, in NYC, Chris Davidson shared research, Julie Freeman led an agency-arranged panel discussion "The Changing Media Landscape: Diversity & Identity" and Lauren Kaufman moderated the celebrity panel with Peter Greenberg, Samantha Brown and Pauline Frommer.
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| Lauren Kaufman was honored to be profiled by PRSA-NY in their Member Spotlight feature this month. Click here to read the feature. |
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
birthdays + Milestones
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Kim Lenox – 3/2, Mia Wise – 3/2, Brandon Sanders – 3/4, Emma Grossman – 3/5, Chris Luckey – 3/6, Brittney Diehm – 3/7, Austin Jacobs – 3/7, Brooke Burge – 3/10, Brett McAtee – 3/11, Emmy Bost – 3/12, Klein Lee – 3/12, Maggie LaCasse – 3/15, Erica Miller – 3/19, Chelsea Beaven – 3/20, Brandy Quinlan – 3/23, Kasi Yalon – 3/23, Elizabeth Heavey – 3/25, Ines Cano – 3/25, Catherine Brown – 3/26, Lisa Graves – 3/26, Lauren Read – 3/28, Natalia Colon – 3/28, Kipp Simmons – 3/29, Mikaela Papageorgiou – 3/31
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Natalia Colon – 1 year, Angela Mason – 1 year, Laura Amores – 9 years, Megan Conway – 1 year, Karlie Broders – 1 year, Merrick Vinke – 1 year, Brittni Deardeuff – 2 years, Brandon Layland – 4 years, Katie Murawski – 8 years, Brendan Carpenter – 3 years, Kendyl Vincent – 1 year, Chris Ruder – 3 years, Leanne Hill – 6 years
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| Congratulations to Loren Teachey! |
| Loren got married on Saturday, March 12, to his wonderful fiancee, Sydney! We are so excited for him! |
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Travel Itinerary
Access to all business opportunities
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Q2 All Company Meeting
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MMGY Global: Case Study Showcase
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| 3:00 – 3:55 p.m. CT |
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Q3 All Company Meeting
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Prepare for Takeoff
Strategy + Travel Insights
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The crisis in Ukraine has led to worldwide support and numerous travel impacts. |
| Earlier in the year, some anticipated international travel to Europe was predicted to overshadow domestic travel plans, but now the war in Ukraine is twice as likely as COVID-19 to impact Americans’ vacation plans to Europe. According to a pulse survey conducted by MMGY Travel Intelligence, about half of Americans who are considering planning a European vacation are currently in a wait-and-see mode. This has created a hesitancy around European travel. It's clear Americans have concerns about booking and traveling to Europe right now. What’s unclear is how long the hesitancy will last. Study findings can be found here. |
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While the COVID-19 crisis is nearing endemic levels, its impact is long from over. |
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Although traveler comfort has returned to pre-Omicron levels and, in many areas, it is approaching or even reaching pandemic-era highs. Concerns around personal finances – and even why and how people travel – are still being impacted. And while some travel behaviors, like taking shorter but more frequent trips, have swung back to pre-pandemic levels, other behaviors around workcations and celebratory travel are still in flux.
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The Exit Row
Interesting + Fun + TWICE THE LEG ROOM
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| Congratulations to our very own Clayton Reid who was honored with a HSMAI's Lifetime Achievement Award. Known as the Albert E. Koehl Award for Hospitality Marketing, the honor will be presented to Reid at HSMAI’s Adrian Awards 2021 Celebration that will be held March 30 in Boca Raton, FL. Read more here.
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