January 7, 2022
Sales Manager, Galveston Island CVB
Galveston, Texas
Describe your job.
As the social, military, education, religious, fraternal (SMERF) sales manager, I promote and sell Galveston Island. I strategically sell the destination to clients and organizations to increase visitor business, generate overnight stays, and maximize the economic impact …
January 7, 2022
Senior Sales Manager, Associations, Sheraton Panama City Beach Golf & Spa Resort
Panama City Beach, Fla.
Describe your job.
In my role as a senior sales manager specializing in association groups at the Sheraton Panama City Beach Golf & Spa Resort, I bid on large conventions, …
January 7, 2022
Senior Sales Manager, St. Tammany Parish Tourist and Convention Commission
Mandeville, La.
Describe your job.
I am responsible for promoting St. Tammany Parish as a tourist destination for the corporate, association, and SMERF markets. I work to generate new sales leads, maintain existing customer relationships, and …
October 21, 2021
Throughout the South, new and renovated venues have been making a splash as more conferences, conventions, meetings, and special events take place in person.
October 7, 2021
In addition to the winners of RCA awards, we received a number of write-in recommendations for this year’s ConventionSouth Readers’ Choice Awards.
While we receive write-in votes every year, the properties listed below received multiple write-in votes, which qualified them for our Honorable Mention recognition.
The Following Are State-by-State 2021 Honorable Mentions:
ALABAMA
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October 6, 2021
The editor’s picks are in for ConventionSouth’s Annual Top New or Renovated Awards for 2022.After hundreds of nominations and an editorial review, this is our elite list of the top 54 new or renovated meeting sites and destinations in the South.
Congratulations to our winners and remember to look …
October 5, 2021
The results are in for ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
After more than 8,000 readers and fans voted, this is our elite list of the top 415 meeting sites and destinations in the South.
Congratulations to our winners and remember to look for them within our 2021 December Annual Awards …
September 7, 2021
ConventionSouth Magazine Releases Its 2021 List Of
“Small Towns With Big Sound”
Based on Reader & Fan Votes
GULF SHORES, Ala. (Sept. 7, 2021) – This August, ConventionSouth magazine, a national print and digital resource for organizers who plan events the South, asked …
March 23, 2021
The results are in for ConventionSouth’s list of Revitalizing Resorts. In February, our editors compiled a Facebook ballot with a list of 74 resorts that offer opportunities to recharge and revitalize. From those resorts, ConventionSouth readers and Facebook fans were asked to vote for their top picks.
December 3, 2020
Zondra White Jones, Senior Sales Manager
Louisiana Northshore/ St Tammany Parish Tourist Commission
Mandeville, La.
Can you provide some of your background as a meeting professional?
I started working in tourism as a front desk clerk at the Holiday Inn Covington in 1995. Immediately I felt like …
