S1E1 - The Meetings & Events Industry Landscape During COVID-19

Teneo's President Mike Schugt and a panel of event industry experts discuss how meeting professionals and hoteliers can navigate through this unprecedented time.   Panelists:    James Daniels is President and CEO of The Meeting Designers.  Joan Orentlicher has worked for LIMRA and LOMA for 22 years as the AVP of Meetings, Conferences and Travel. Cheryl Williams is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Highgate in Hawaii with oversight of 7 hotels including the ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach.  Lisa S. Messina is Caesars Entertainment’s Vice President of Sales in Las Vegas, who is responsible for leading Caesars Entertainment sales strategy for meetings and events globally.    Host:  Mike Schugt is the President of the Teneo Hospitality Group and founder of Leading North. As a hospitality industry leader within the sales and marketing arena for over 30 years, Mike has been invited to conduct speaking engagements to major brands of global buyers such as Coca-Cola, Hewlett Packard, and Home Depot. As the former Vice President of Sales & Marketing with Hilton Worldwide, where he served for over 10 years, Mike had direct oversight of the Hilton Owned and Managed hotel sales operations for the hotels in the Southeast US, Latin America, and Caribbean. As a graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, Mike delivered the commencement speech to the December 2015 graduating class at the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.