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HSMAI Honors Chapters with Frank W. Berkman Better of the Greatest Awards – Picture Credit score HSMAI
The Hospitality Gross sales and Advertising and marketing Affiliation Worldwide (HSMAI) introduced the recipients of the Frank W. Berkman “Better of the Greatest” Awards on January 29, 2025, on the HSMAI Mike Leven Management Convention in Orlando, FL. Named the Better of the Greatest in chapter management and operations, the chapter’s packages and accomplishments function greatest practices for all chapters as they proceed to gasoline gross sales, encourage advertising, and optimize income for HSMAI members on the native degree.
HSMAI chapter leaders within the Americas Area gathered on the Mike Leven Management Convention on Jan. 29 and 30, to rejoice excellence in communication, membership, partnership, particular occasions, and training. By means of a mixture of keynote audio system, collaborative working classes, and roundtable discussions, chapter leaders had the chance to study and focus on greatest practices throughout the hospitality business. This yr’s knowledgeable and motivational audio system embody Lee Cockerell, a former govt vp of operations for the Walt Disney World® Resort, Lovell Casiero, senior vp of economic technique at PM Resort Group, and Summer time Jelinek, skilled keynote speaker and management knowledgeable.
The HSMAI Chapter Award Program is known as after Frank W. Berkman, who was appointed HSMAI’s govt director within the Sixties and served till his retirement in 1981. Annually HSMAI acknowledges the perfect of the perfect in honor of Frank W. Berkman.
The 2024 Frank W. Berkman Better of the Greatest winners are:
Communication:
- Small Chapter: Puerto Rico
- Medium Chapter: Arizona
- Massive Chapter: Larger New York
Membership:
- Small Chapter: Ontario
- Medium Chapter: Central Florida; Larger Denver
- Massive Chapter: South Florida; Washington D.C.
Partnership:
- Small Chapter: British Columbia
- Medium Chapter: Arizona
- Massive Chapter: Larger New York
Particular Occasions:
- Small Chapter: Mid-South; Austin
- Medium Chapter: Hawaii; Central Florida
- Massive Chapter: Larger New York
Schooling:
- Small Chapter: Ontario
- Medium Chapter: Central Florida
- Massive Chapter: Las Vegas; Larger New York
The convention was renamed the HSMAI Mike Leven Management Convention following a beneficiant donation from the Mike and Andrea Leven Basis in 2013. This yr’s convention was made doable by Resort Landy and HHM Resorts.
For added data on the HSMAI Mike Leven Management Convention and the HSMAI Frank W. Berkman Better of the Greatest Awards, go to americas.hsmai.org/hsmai-mike-leven-leadership-conference.
