Seasoned hospitality trade skilled to give attention to occasion market development at Georgia Worldwide Conference Middle.
ATLANTA – The Georgia Worldwide Conference Middle (GICC), the second-largest conference middle within the state, introduced the appointment of Don E. Simon as gross sales supervisor. Simon brings greater than 30 years of expertise within the hospitality trade to his new position on the GICC. Simon will give attention to the group market and attracting occasions reminiscent of pageants, cheer and dance competitions, ethnic and minority-based gatherings, trend exhibits, client expos, graduations and extra to the thriving conference middle.
“We’re thrilled to welcome such an enthusiastic, skilled and personable chief to our GICC household,” mentioned Mercedes Miller, govt director of the Gateway Middle Campus, which incorporates the GICC, Gateway Middle Enviornment and the Historic School Park Golf Course. “With a protracted historical past in hospitality and years of constructing connections, we’re assured in Don’s capability to showcase our revolutionary choices and appeal to high-quality occasions of all sizes to the conference middle.”
A graduate of DeVry College with a bachelor’s diploma in enterprise operations, Simon gained hospitality and conference expertise working as a market analysis analyst for the GICC within the late Nineteen Nineties. He later went on to serve in IT and gross sales positions at quite a lot of accommodations, increasing his conference expertise in his position as IT supervisor for the Georgia Tech Lodge and Convention Middle. Moreover, Simon spent practically a decade of his profession instructing Delphi, a software program programming product.
The GICC is an award-winning conference middle set on the Gateway Middle Campus, which can also be house to the Gateway Middle Enviornment, the Historic School Park Golf Course and 6 accommodations, all linked to Hartsfield-Jackson Worldwide Airport by the complimentary ATL SkyTrain. The encircling facilities and sources of the GICC additional elevate the general expertise for attendees.
Vicky is the co-founder of TravelDailyNews Media Community the place she is the Editor-in Chief. She can also be answerable for the each day operation and the monetary coverage. She holds a Bachelor’s diploma in Tourism Enterprise Administration from the Technical College of Athens and a Grasp in Enterprise Administration (MBA) from the College of Wales.
She has a few years of each educational and industrial expertise inside the journey trade. She has written/edited quite a few articles in numerous tourism magazines.
