One event covering the biggest design engineering trends

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex and the Fierce Technology Group announced today Sensors Converge 2021, a live, in-person experience, June 22-24, 2021 at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, where the design engineering community can come together safely, to network, share ideas, discover technologies, and define the future roadmap for the sensors and electronics industry. From sensors and chips to the cloud, Sensors Converge will cover the technologies and applications driving innovation today.

Karen Field, Group Content Director, Fierce Electronics and Sensors Converge said, “Over the years, our event has expanded and diversified to include the electronics technologies and embedded systems that work hand-in-hand with sensors, as well as new and emerging application areas such as IoT, Connectivity, Autonomous Vehicles, and more. This convergence has led to a focus on the challenges and opportunities in product design, showcasing a community of design engineers with real-world experience sharing their best practices, strategies for success and the technologies used to make it all happen. We’re excited to carry that same focus to Sensors Coverage 2021, where we will reunite the sensors and electronics community. If you’re part of the design engineering community, we hope you’ll join us.”

Key highlights of Sensors Converge 2021:

• Immersive Education: a dynamic educational experience comprised of technical sessions and tutorials conducted by subject matter experts and speakers with practical experience. Featuring engineers sharing real stories and technology applications, the program will cover tracks including Embedded Technology, Autonomous Technologies, Industrial & Environmental Sensing, Intelligent Sensing, IoT & Wireless, 5G, Energy Harvesting, Interoperability, COVID-19 Technologies, IIoT, MedTech, and Smart Buildings & Cities.
• Live Training Workshops: training sessions offering deep dives into specific technologies presented by speakers and trainers with technical expertise.
• Newest Tech & Innovations: 200+ confirmed exhibitors showcasing hundreds of the latest sensor technologies in action.
• Interactive Tech Zones & Demos: expo floor areas offering an exclusive focus on Sensors, Autonomous, Embedded, IoT & Wireless, MEMS, and Emerging Technologies, as well as live demos of new and innovative products.
• Theater of Touchless Technology: see some of the newest and never before seen touchless tech on display.
• In-Person Networking: Catch up with colleagues and make new contacts through safe networking opportunities, including roundtables, outdoor lunches, meetups, and more.

The call for speakers and panels is now open through Friday, February 26. To apply today, click here. Registration for Sensors Converge 2021 opens soon. To learn more, visit: sensorsexpo.com.

“We’re excited to curate this live, in-person experience for the design engineering community in 2021,” said Charlene Soucy, Senior Marketing & Event Director, Sensors. “Our top priority is keeping our community safe. We’ve been working closely with Team San Jose from the McEnery Convention Center and plan to take every step available to create a safe and secure show experience so exhibitors, sponsors, attendees, and speakers can interact, conduct meetings, and form meaningful relationships.”

Following federal and local guidelines, Questex has crafted unique protocols for each event experience, which includes on-site COVID-19 testing, event-specific health and safety initiatives for every event as well as on-site health and safety guidelines. For more details on the health and safety protocols, please visit https://questex.com/event-safety/.

Stay connected with Sensors Converge on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Ashley Secondini
Senior Marketing Manager
T: 617 219 8358 
E: [email protected]

NEW YORK, Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Questex Hospitality & Travel group today announced that its 2021 Luxury Travel Advisor’s ULTRA Summit will be held at the La Cantera Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas, July 25-27. The event brings together pre-qualified, leading luxury travel agency owners and managers with leading luxury travel suppliers for three days of one-to-one meetings, interactive networking and educational programming. 

This year’s theme, ‘Navigating the New Luxury Landscape,’ has been chosen to reflect how hotels, tourism boards, DMC’s and luxury travel advisors have coped as a result of Covid-19 and the opportunities that have presented themselves as a new way of doing business. The event’s mission has always been to help suppliers and buyers find a clear path to success not only with its extensive educational programming but also with its exclusive one-to-one meetings. 

“Through our publication, Luxury Travel Advisor and our virtual event series, Pivoting Back to Travel, we have been able to keep our fingers on the pulse of the global luxury travel industry since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Ruthanne Terrero, vice president of the Questex Travel Group. “We believe we are in a premium position to share our knowledge of how the industry has been able to navigate the new landscape of luxury travel and look forward to sharing this information with our attendees.”  

The 2021 format will include mutually requested one-to-one appointments that allow participants time to conduct business and discover how they can best fit each other’s needs. Global luxury and premium suppliers in attendance will include hotels, resorts, airlines, cruise lines, ground transportation operators, tour operators, passenger railroads, travel insurers and vacation/villa rental companies. 

All this takes place in the sophisticated but relaxed setting of La Cantera Resort and Spa. One of the premier luxury resorts in San Antonio, La Cantera reimagines its ranch roots through 496 rooms, 34 boutique-style Villas, and an exclusive adults-only floor, overlooking 550 acres of The Texas Hill Country. 

Following federal and local guidelines, Questex has crafted unique protocols for each event experience which includes event specific health and safety initiatives, response team identified for every event and on-site health and safety guidelines. For more details on the company’s health and safety protocols, please visit https://questex.com/event-safety/. 

For those interested in becoming a supplier at this year’s ULTRA Summit, please complete this inquiry form.

To learn more about The ULTRA summit, please visit our website. 
You may also follow us on our Luxury Travel Advisor LinkedIn page.

About Questex  
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.
  
MEDIA CONTACT:  
Andrea Hutchinson  
[email protected]  
212-895-8283  

NEW YORK, Feb. 03, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s 15th Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (GMITE), which connects the largest selection of meeting and incentive travel buyers with global suppliers, will take place at the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona, May 10 – May 13, 2021. 

GMITE has historically brought fully hosted, high-volume North American incentive buyers and meeting planners who have a combined purchasing power of $1.5 billion, together with global suppliers for two and a half days of exclusive networking opportunities and pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings in private, luxury suites.

Questex is committed to the MICE community – GMITE has become a ‘must attend’ event for hotels and destinations serving the industry and the meeting and inventive buyers who source them. 

“We are thrilled to bring GMITE to the meeting and incentive community,” said Ruthanne Terrero, vice president of the Questex Travel Group. “This event has been a cornerstone of our group’s event division and has year over year realized a return on investment for our buyers and suppliers.” 

The event program includes an industry keynote and networking events designed to not only educate but also to create a space where attendees are able to foster relationships and do business. The one-on-one meetings in private suites is a unique element of the GMITE experience. The organizers chose the Arizona Grand Resort & Spa for its all-suite design and its location situated on the doorstep of 17,000 acres of South Mountain Preserve, the largest municipal park in the world. 

“This is the best show for the meetings industry in the Americas. Excellent service, organization, concept, qualified buyers and lots of leads in my business bag,” said Ninoslav Vidovic, Cluster Director of Sales, Hilton Prague. 

Following federal and local guidelines, Questex has crafted unique protocols for each event experience, which includes event specific health and safety initiatives, response team identified for every event and on-site health and safety guidelines. For more details on the on the company’s health and safety protocols, please visit https://questex.com/event-safety/.

For those interested in becoming a supplier at this year’s GMITE, please complete the inquiry form. For those interested in being considered for a hosted buyer position, please complete the application form. 

To learn more about GMITE visit www.gmiteevent.com
Follow us on Facebook and visit our GMITE LinkedIn page

About Questex 
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.  

MEDIA CONTACT: 
Andrea Hutchinson
[email protected] 
212-895-8283

NEW YORK, Feb. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex appoints Mary Malloy Global Event Director for the 2021 editions of the renowned Hotec events portfolio. The portfolio includes Hotec North America, a new event experience combining Hotec Design and Hotec Operations, which will be held at the J.W. Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura, Florida from June 27-30, 2021, Hotec Europe which will be held at the Anantara Vilamoura Algarve in Portugal from October 26-29, 2021 and Hotec Global, which was held as a virtual event in November 2020. 

Malloy has had a long career at Questex, starting as an inside sales representative and working her way up in the sales department to her strategic role as Associate Publisher, HOTEL DESIGN to Publisher, and then as Event Director for the Hotec North America/Hotec Design brands, creating a sought-after one-to-one meetings forum for the industry’s leading designers, architects, procurement agents and specifiers to meet with innovative suppliers.   

Amy Vaxman, Vice President & Market Leader, Questex Travel & Hospitality, said, “Mary is passionate about the hospitality design space, which was evident in her role of launching HOTEL DESIGN Magazine and building an engaged audience with high retention and significantly growing both top and bottom revenue. She has also formed lucrative partnerships in the design community both domestically and internationally. Mary has been described as ‘passionate,’ ‘dedicated,’ ‘diligent,’ and ‘customer-oriented,’ and is known in the hospitality design community as one who tirelessly delivers a personable experience. We are lucky to have her on our team.”   

“Building relationships is what this industry is about. There are many great one-to-one hosted buyer events in the industry, but it takes a surgical approach to build personal relationships with each and every client, hear first-hand how they define success, and execute a plan that will elevate their business,” added Malloy. “This could mean an order, a year-long project, a five-year project, or even a lifetime of business. I personally ensure the industry’s most active and senior buyers are in attendance at our events, and pair them with the right suppliers they need to meet to secure new business. And what’s better, Hotec events have historically been known to be fun, buttoned-down, and conducive to business-discussion while allowing our guests to enjoy their 5-star surroundings. I could not be more excited, after the year our industry has faced, to bring our guests to the stunning Anantara Vilamoura Algarve, Portugal for Hotec Europe and continue to build on the excitement this event has come to embody.”  

Hotec Europe will bring together new buyers and suppliers from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa for three days of business-critical networking via one-to-one meetings. Supplier and buyer applications will open soon. Visit www.hoteceu.com for further details and to follow announcements on LinkedIn with hashtag #Hoteceu21. Malloy can answer any questions personally via email at [email protected].  

Questex Hospitality & Travel Group is the producer  of the industry’s largest and most successful live and virtual events, including The Annual Hotel Conference which brings together over 1,000 leading UK hoteliers, investors and suppliers each year in Manchester, The Resort & Residential Hospitality Investment Forum which attracts investors and developers from the leisure sector, and will be co-located with Hotec Europe this year with a combined networking reception, and its flagship event which is in nearly every global hotel chain CEO’s calendar as well as The International Hospitality Investment Forum, which connects over 2,500 senior hospitality and tourism leaders each year in Berlin. Questex’s global presence and relationships with buyers and suppliers from over 90 countries sets it apart in the industry.  
  
About Questex  
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.  

Media Contact   
Alexandra Aldridge  
Marketing Director, Hospitality & Travel  
[email protected]  
212-895-8284  

Next Stop on the Six-Month Virtual Event is Austin, Texas January 13 and January 26, 2021

NEW YORK, Jan. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Bar & Restaurant group, owners of Nightclub & Bar Show, VIBE Conference, and Evolve, a six-month sales, education and networking program that keeps bar and restaurant owners, operators, investors and suppliers engaged with sales and marketing programs, skills development, staff retention tools and networking opportunities, today unveils the Top 5 Takeaways for the bar, restaurant and hospitality industry.

The Top 5 Takeaways include:

1. On optimizing yield from beverages, first, start with selling all extra inventory. Then, talk to distributors and learn about their closeout sales. Base drinks off of the closeout sale products to ensure that every drink is as profitable as possible.
2. Stop promoting third-party delivery. Third-party delivery services are not promoting bars and restaurants. Once the third-party delivery services have guests hooked, they will continue to strengthen their relationship with them. Focus on first-party delivery or delivery alternatives, rather than paying the major delivery companies.
3. Survival should be looked at on a day-to-day basis. There will be mental highs and lows, but owners should find what optimism they can each day. Continue to be strong for your team for if they see you break, they’ll follow suit.
4. The industry will develop strength through the pandemic and if it’s possible to learn how to survive in this challenging market with less than 50% of revenues, and keep that mentality when business returns to full capacity next year, the industry collectively be so much smarter.
5. Technology is rarely implemented as easily as sales reps makes it out to be. For every ten hours of onboarding, there should be another 1-2 hours spent interviewing other operators who have already implemented it.

Restaurant, bar, and food service professionals interested in attending the Evolve Austin, Texas virtual event on January 13 and January 26, 2021 can register here for a complimentary pass. The educational focus is “Reinventing Marketing Under New Rules.” Key speakers include: Heather Potts, Owner & Operator of Cedar Door Patio Bar & Grill; Mariam Parker, Austin Food Wine Alliance; Cody Cowan, Red River Cultural District; and Sarah Heard, Co-Owner, Foreign & Domestic.

“We chose Austin as the third stop on our tour because of its importance to the bar and restaurant industry in the US. Austin has historically served as a haven for small businesses and startups, and offers a high amount of venture capital investment, even during this turbulent time, so business owners there know a thing or two about creating buy-in,” said Tim McLucas, Vice President, Bar & Restaurant, Questex. “We’ve gathered leading voices in the bar and restaurant industry to hear how they are managing the circumstances around the pandemic and we hope that their insight will help other operators learn how to create new opportunities for their businesses. If you’re an owner, operator, manager, director, investor, supplier or chef in the foodservice industry, please join us on this journey.”

Evolve attendees have found the sales, education, and networking program extremely beneficial. Here’s what some had to say:

• “Great tips that are very relevant during this critical time in our industry.” – Bar Owner
• “All speakers provided practical solutions and strategies for thriving in this current pandemic market.” – President, Consulting Business
• “Evolve was very timely considering the current day challenges of working in the industry.” – General Manager/Dean, Community College
• “The speakers were personable and had relevant content for business owners and bar staff during these times of uncertainty.” – Marketing Director, Events Company
• “Applicable, timely, and open to all aspects of the business.” – Chef, University

Evolve sponsors include: 2 Touch POS, Barventory, Bbot, d’marie, Dry Botanical Bubbly, El Yucateco, Fresh Origins, Global Outdoor Concepts, Hoshizaki, MTI, Mirage Vision, Nextera, Padilla Imports, Techmedix, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Truly Hard Seltzer, White Claw Hard Seltzer, Xtreme Music Bingo and YVVER. Association and media partners include: Nevada Restaurant Association, Foodservice Equipment Magazine as the Official Foodservice Equipment Media Partner, In the Mix Magazine, PMQ Pizza Magazine and Texas Bar & Nightclub Alliance.

To learn more and register to attend Evolve as an operator for free, visit https://events.barandrestaurantexpo.com/. All virtual event air dates will be available to relive on demand.

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Jamie Schroeder at [email protected] or Veronica Gonnello at [email protected].

Stay connected with Evolve on Facebook and Instagram @nightclubbar and follow #evolve.

Questex’s Bar & Restaurant group will bring the industry together at VIBE Conference, June 7-9, 2021 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, CA and at the Nightclub & Bar Show, June 28-30, 2021 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Michelle Osborne
Questex
[email protected]
617.219.8305

NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Fierce JPM Week 2021, the premier event for leading experts and executives in the biopharma and healthcare industry, is scheduled to take place January 11–13, 2021. The three-day virtual event will deliver CEO interviews, panel discussions and company presentations exploring biopharma’s ongoing work to combat COVID-19 and the world’s other diseases. Register here.

“Normally in January, the biopharma world would descend on San Francisco for the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. But as we all know, that world is a long way away and virtual is our new reality,” says Rebecca Willumson, Vice President & Publisher, Fierce Pharma. “We created Fierce JPM Week to continue our industry coverage through a virtual event that will bring you a more in depth perspective from the leaders of the biopharma world.”

Fierce JPM Week will feature interviews and presentations from the following thought leaders:

• Samit Hirawat, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Bristol Myers Squibb
• Stéphane Bancel, CEO, Moderna
• Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer, Roche and Genentech 
• Rick Gates, Senior Vice President – Pharmacy and Healthcare, Walgreens
• Ruud Dobber, EVP and President, BioPharmaceuticals Business Unit, AstraZeneca 
• David Feinberg, M.D., Vice President, Google Health
• Mariola Fotin-Mleczek, Ph.D., Chief Technology Officer, CureVac
• Alexander Hardy, CEO, Genentech 
• Daphne Koller, CEO and Founder, insitro 
• Ann Leen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, AlloVir 
• Heather Zenk, SVP of Strategic Global Sourcing, AmerisourceBergen 
• Halee Fischer-Wright, M.D., President and CEO, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 

The event will offer several panel discussions including:

• In-development COVID-19 therapeutics 
• “Second-wave” COVID-19 vaccines 
• The last mile: How will a COVID-19 vaccine make it from plant to patients? 

A special thanks to our sponsors: Bayer, Catalent Biologics, Clarivate Analytics, Elligo Health Research, FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, Google Chrome Enterprise, Honeywell, Komodo Health, Lore IO, Medable, Molecular Health GmbH, PhRMA, RxE2, Takeda, TD2, Thermo Fisher and Wacker Biotech GmbH.

Learn more about Fierce JPM Week here. To register to attend Fierce JPM Week, click here. The event is free for biopharma and healthcare organizations.

For sponsorship opportunities, contact Angelique Alcover at [email protected].

Stay connected with Fierce JPM Week on LinkedIn and Twitter.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Emily Schriver
Marketing Manager
Questex
[email protected]

 

The 10^th CIO Leadership Forum Brought Tech Leaders from Hong Kong and China Together to Discuss Accelerating the Adoption of Technologies through Partnerships

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex hosted the 10^th CIO Leadership Forum, a hybrid event on December 3 at the Cordis Hotel in Hong Kong. The event brought together CIOs, IT Heads and Directors, IT Infrastructure in Hong Kong and China to discuss accelerating the adoption of technologies through partnerships. The Questex Asia team ensured that speakers had the option of attending the event in-person or digitally.

“In this time of uncertainty our communities want to connect with each other now more than ever. Our team collaborated to create an innovative hybrid program that brought the community together in a way that allowed exhibitors, sponsors and attendees to safely learn and network. With guidance from the Hong Kong government as well as incorporating the Questex Event Directive approach, the CIO Leadership Forum took place successfully earlier this month,” said Paul Miller, CEO, Questex. “The pandemic has changed the event industry for the foreseeable future and potentially forever. We are reimagining events with unique solutions that support each of our communities. After eight months of digital only events, it is great to see professionals gathering live at events again. I am very proud of the Questex Asia team as they have continued to explore and experiment with event formats to benefit the communities that they serve.”
  
The CIO Leadership Forum offered practical insights from leading CIOs on critical industry topics:

• 5G and its impact on enterprise architecture: the role of CIO
• Prioritizing technology investments: choosing optimal partnerships
• Managing compliance and privacy challenges
• AI Blackbox
• Commercializing Blockchain

Nearly 20 speakers discussed technology, skills and resource planning and integration including

• Ted Suen, CIO, MTR Corporation
• Aaron Lee, Group CIO, United Asia Finance Limited
• Steven S. H. Yau, Vice President, APAC CIO, Estee Lauder
• Elvie Lahournère, Digital and Innovation Director – APAC, Natixis Bank
• Daniel Lai, CIO, Esquel Group
• Andy Chun, Regional Director, Technology Innovation, Prudential
• Micky Lo, Managing Director, Chief Information Risk Officer APAC, BNY Mellon
• David Chan, Chief Information Security Officer, Hang Seng Bank Limited

The event also included an Exhibit Hall as well as one-on-one meetings.
  
On-Talent, eG Innovations and Micro Focus were the sponsors of the 10^th annual of CIO Leadership Forum.

To learn more about Questex, visit questex.com.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Kate Spellman
Chief Marketing Officer
Questex
[email protected]
212 895 8488‬

Virtual Event Targeted to Autonomous Tech Engineering Professionals Interested in Innovations and Solutions

NEW YORK, Dec. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Next week, December 14-16, engineering professionals will gather virtually at Questex’s AutonomousTech Innovation Week to learn about the latest innovations in the autonomous tech industry. Register here.

Each day the virtual event will feature keynotes, tech talks and panels across main topic areas.

• December 14: Innovations in Autonomous Technologies: Sensors and Beyond
• December 15: Vehicle Awareness to Exterior Sensing: Innovations in LiDAR, Radar, and Cameras
• December 16: The Drive for Secure, Safe, 100% Reliable Connectivity

More than 20 speakers will share the applications, success stories and challenges driving the autonomous world including:

• Dr. Misty Davies, Deputy Project Manager, NASA Airspace Operations and Safety Program  
• Dan Leibfried, Director, Automation and Autonomy – Intelligent Solutions Group, John Deere  
• Roger Melen, Senior Advisor, Toyota InfoTech Labs  
• Steve Povolny, Head of Advanced Threat Research, McAfee 
• Bill Taylor, Managing Director – Functional Safety, kVA by UL  
• Xiaoling Han, Director of Sensors and Vehicle Control, TuSimple   

To learn more and register to attend the free AutonomousTech Innovation Week, visit https://www.autonomoustechconf.com.

ams AG, Bluetooth SIG, Murata, Rohde & Schwarz, Metawave, morpheusTEK, OLEI, Autotech Council, and Connected Vehicle Trade Association are the sponsors of AutonomousTech Innovation Week.

Stay connected with AutonomousTech Innovation Week on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contact
Ashley Secondini
Senior Marketing Manager
T: 617 219 8358 
E: [email protected]

Showcases the Most Dedicated and Driven General Managers in the Hotel Industry

NEW YORK, Nov. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Questex’s Hotel Management announces the 2020 “GMs to Watch” list, showcasing the most dedicated and driven general managers in the hotel industry. 

Each year, Hotel Management opens up its call for nominations to the greater industry in search of general managers making a true impact not only in the success of their hotel, but in the lives and careers of the talent they lead. This year, nearly 200 nominations were received and 31 professionals were chosen by Hotel Management’s senior editorial staff for their outstanding achievements and superb leadership and hospitality skills. They are:

1. Derek Baum, GM, Rosen Plaza Hotel, Orlando
2. Androse Bell, GM, Hard Rock Hotel Daytona Beach (Fla.)
3. Chris Bryant, GM, Courtyard by Marriott Sarasota (Fla.) Bradenton Airport
4. Kelly Cain, GM, Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Indianapolis Carmel (Ind.)
5. Janessa Corpuz, GM, Element St. Louis Midtown
6. Renata Darriba, GM, Best Western Estacion Central, Santiago, Chile
7. Neil Deguia, GM, Hyatt Regency Deerfield (Ill.)
8. Zachary Donofrio, GM, Holiday Inn Indianapolis Airport
9. Patrick Fiat, GM and chief experience officer, Royal Plaza on Scotts Singapore
10. Lauren Forland, GM, Homewood Suites by Hilton Wilmington (Del.) Downtown
11. Scott Gladney, GM, SpringHill Suites Denver Downtown
12. Jigar Govan, GM, Sleep Inn Chattanooga (Tenn.)
13. Benjamin Gray, GM, The Bellmoor Inn and Spa, Rehoboth Beach, Del.
14. Daniel Harrison, GM, Hampton Inn & Suites North Port (Fla.)
15. Matt Huss, GM, Margaritaville Resort Palm Springs (Calif.)
16. Shawn Jervis, GM, Yotel Washington DC
17. Shannon Johnson, GM, Courtyard by Marriott Medford (Ore.) Airport
18. Jessica Keisling, GM, Aloft Phoenix Airport
19. Lindsey Maurer, Dual GM, Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville (Fla.)/Homewood Suites by Hilton Gainesville
20. Christine Menzel, GM, The Camby, An Autograph Collection Hotel, Phoenix
21. Chris Mueller, GM, Hilton Orlando
22. Mark Namdar, Area GM, Moxy Downtown DC/AC Hotel Washington DC Convention Center
23. Andrew Pike, GM, The Milestone Hotel and Residences, London
24. Josh Reichert, Area GM, Embassy Suites by Hilton Dulles North Loudoun, Ashburn, Va.
25. Olivia Richli, GM, Heckfield Place, Hampshire, England
26. Paula Schronce, GM, Candlewood Suites Fayetteville (N.C.) Fort Bragg
27. Tracy Stoltz, GM, Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel
28. Leanne Stults, Residence Inn by Marriott Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Plantation
29. Tamas Vago, GM, Hilton Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) Beach Resort
30. Cristina Velez, GM, Hampton Inn & Suites Rockville Centre (N.Y.)
31. Angela Wedemeyer, GM, Embassy Suites by Hilton Baltimore at BWI Airport, Linthicum, Md.

“General managers are the backbone of every successful hotel, probably more so in 2020 than ever before,” said Elaine Simon, Senior Managing Editor with Questex Hospitality and Hotel Management. “This year’s nearly 200 nominations from around the world offer deep insight into what it takes to helm a property through a pandemic and downturn—in some cases virtually single-handedly. We congratulate our winners for their hard work, creativity and grace under pressure.”

The 2020 GMs to Watch winners are featured in the November print issue of Hotel Management. Visit www.hotelmanagement.net to learn more.

About Hotel Management, a Division of Questex Hospitality Group
Hotel Management is a leading B2B centralized print and online source for the latest news, trends and analysis across the hospitality industry. Stay up-to-date on breaking news in global and local investment, development, technology, operations, food & beverage and design.

About Questex
Questex helps people live better and longer. Questex brings people together in the markets that help people live better: travel, hospitality and wellness; the industries that help people live longer: life science and healthcare; and the technologies that enable and fuel these new experiences. We live in the experience economy – connecting our ecosystem through live events, surrounded by data insights and digital communities. We deliver experience and real results. It happens here.

Media Contacts
Elaine Simon
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Showcases the Year’s Best Innovations, Technologies, Teams and Individuals in the Sensors Industry

NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today at an awards ceremony during Questex’s Sensors Innovation Week Fall, a three-day virtual event that will offer a deep dive into the sensors industry to define, discuss and understand design challenges and sensor solutions, the Best of Sensors 2020 Awards winners were announced.

The awards program was created to spotlight the year’s best innovations, technologies, teams and individuals in the sensors industry.

The 2020 Innovative Product of the Year Award winners 

• AI/Machine Learning: Maxim Integrated – MAX78000 Neural Network Accelerator Chip
• Automotive/Autonomous: Wells Vehicle Electronics – Rotary Position Sensor
• COVID-19: TDK InvenSense – Ultrasonic Social Distancing Reference Design Dev Kit
• Data Acquisition & Analytics: IFOS Inc. – I*Sense distributed fiber-optic sensing interrogators
• IIoT: Applied Physics Systems – ACCEL Model 40 Nanoacc
• Industrial: Texas Instruments – TMCS1100 and TMCS1101 zero-drift Hall-effect current sensors
• IoT: TDK InvenSense – TDK ICS‐40800
• Medical: Fujitsu Components America – 24GHz Doppler Radar Sensor Module
• MEMS: Menlo Micro – The Ideal Switch
• Mobile Devices: SWIR Vision Systems Inc. – Acuros CQD SWIR Sensor
• Wearables: Shimmer Research Ltd – Verisense

Additional Best of Sensors Award winners

• Startup of the Year: Perceive Corporation
• Woman of the Year: Jennifer Zhao, ams AG

Submissions were judged based on the value to the marketplace, the impact of the problems it solves or issues it addresses and the uniqueness of the design. The judges for the Best of Sensors awards were Karen Field, Group Content Director – Fierce Electronics and Sensors, Matt Hamblen, Editor, Fierce Electronics and Sensors, Roger Grace, Roger Grace Associates and Randy Frank, Randy Frank Associates.

“We were impressed by the high quality of the entries this year, which I think is a reflection of the rapid rate of innovation that is happening in the sensor ecosystem today,” said Field. “Choosing one winner from each category out of so many great entries was truly a difficult task. Congratulations to all of the winners.”
  
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