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MMHLA OFFICERS & BOARDMMHLA Offices:901-581-56188544 Rankin Branch Rd.Millington, TN [email protected] Ross Administrative Assistant
MMHLA Officers:Wayne Tabor........................ChairmanMary Calorio.........................PresidentBill Spencer..................Vice PresidentDoug Owings.......................TreasurerGhee Alexander...................SecretaryJohn Rucker............Sergeant-at-armsMMHLA Board of Directors:Doug BrowneShawn DankoAnne-Marie FamaletteAngie HinesKevin KaneJimmy KiserPierre Landaiche
Chuck PinkowskiDr. Radesh PalakurthiSam WardTricia Weatherford Rick Zurburg
Holiday Inn Select Downtown
February 13, 2015
MARCH 18 – SHERATON DOWNTOWN!
MMHLA Lodging Industry
Update
MMH&LA - the source for information and education, and the advocacy voice forthe hotel and lodging industry in the metropolitan Memphis area.
MMHLAMMHLAMetropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association
www.mmhla.com
January 2015
Kevin Kane Comes To Speak At MMHLA’s
January Luncheon Meeting!January 21, 2015 • Holiday Inn Downtown • 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
The president is coming! The president is coming!
Kevin Kane that is. President and CEO of the Memphis Conven-tion & Visitors Bureau.
But who better to be the first MMHLA luncheon speaker of the year than the man whose job is to fill our hotels?
Who’s lined up to bring their multitudes to Memphis in 2015? What’s the city got lined up to entice the traveling public to the City of Good Abode, Crossroads of America, Home of Elvis, Tigers & Grizzlies, the Metropolis of the Mississippi, where the Delta begins?
How well is he selling us?
Kevin Kane
Well, he’ll fill you in as much as he can on that stuff, and maybe offer a few hints on cur-rent trends & what we can do to make Memphis a more attractive place for conventioneers, tour-ists & travelers of all description.
So, as always, be there! Wednesday, January 21, at the Holiday Inn Select, downtown, 160 Union Ave. Support the people who supuffs.See you there.port
you & learn what you can in the process. And enjoy lunch. Enjoy the company. But first, make your reservations. Numbers are in the box on the right. See you there.
ACT NOW! DON’T MISS!THE METROPOLITAN MEMPHIS HOTEL & LODGING ASSOCIATION
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The 17th Annual Lodging Industry UpdateHilton Memphis • Friday, February 13, 2015 • 7:30-10:30 a.m.
FEATURINGKeynote Speaker: Greg Marcus, President & CEO, Marcus Hotels & Resorts.Regional Economic Update: Martha Perine-Beard, Regional Executive, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank-Memphis Branch.National Lodging Industry Data: Jeff Higley, Editorial Director, HotelNewsNow.com, based on information from STR.Memphis Lodging Industry Data: Chuck Pinkowski of Pinkowski & Company.Price: MMHLA Members $35 • Guests $50Reservations: www.mmhla.com. Click the 17th Annual Lodging Industry Update link.
7:30-10:30 a.m.Reservations & information:
www.mmhla.comor Call: 901-581-5618
Greg Marcus, Keynote Speaker
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A Very Very, Merry Merry Happy Happy
Holiday Party!ServPro’s Chris
Fava with . . . could it be Jeff Hobbs? It could
be. And it is!
Anne-Marie Famalette & Rick Zurburg, resplendent in their holiday smiles!
Mr. Kane again! This time on stage with MMHLA President Mary Calorio, doing that presidential thing: making an announcement!
Mike & Peggy Callahan show up in time to get their holiday portrait done!
Standard Textile’s Bill Anderson & wife.John Anderson & the Peabody’s Debbie Butterick.
Ghee Alexander, Doubletree Downtown & the Liberty Bowl’s Steve Erhart, wearing a Liberty Bowl pin of course!
Mr. Mayor takes over as Mr. Kane studies his notes.
Everybody arrives, everybody signs in, because it’s not a party without “presence”!
Kevin Kane has a word with Mayor Mark Luttrell as the party gets under way.
Beautiful music for beautiful people. Because during the
holidays, everybody’s beautiful!
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Liberty Bowl Gala!December 28, at the Peabody Hotel – the blow-out party of the year!December 28, at the Peabody Hotel – the blow-out party of the year! Country duo Big & Rich
lived up to their name with a sumptuous set of down-home, foot-stomping rhythm & rhymes! Opening the show, who else but Memphis’ own Andy Childs!
Miss AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 2014, Cathryn Ellis, with none other than Key Magazine’s John Rucker.
Doug & Debra Owings.
Emily & Jason Smith.
Bob Lanier & Lisa Rucker!
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Kiser, US Foods!
Kathy & Dale Menkel. Hemmy & Rick Patel.
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Bellanti, I believe. John & Lisa
Rucker!
The Dankos, from Kooky Kanuck: Shawn, Lana & daughter!
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Happy New Year Everyone!! It seems that everyone that I have
spoken to has been sick or one of their families has been sick this holiday. Well, my family was no exception. This is as sick as I have been for some time. I tend to blame the girls for bringing home germs from school, but as you know, hotel employees are exposed to a host of germs at the hotel from our guests from everywhere! Enough about this flu season!! I hope that each of you enjoyed
2015 is here! Find out what it holds for Memphians & MMHLA members (& what you can do to help your Association meet the challenges of the New Year) at this month’s luncheon meeting!
Mary CalorioPresident, MMHLA
Mary
the holidays and that you had loved ones to cherish, great food, happy times, and excellent health to enjoy all of it. My wish for each of you is a fantastic 2015 with lots of heads in beds!
This does promise to be a great year for Memphis. But you do not have to believe me, the Obie Wan of Hospitality, Kevin Kane, will be the featured speaker at our January meeting. He will share his wisdom, forecast, and all that the future holds for Memphis this year. So please bring a co-worker or potential member to the January Membership Luncheon on the 21st at the Holiday Inn Downtown on Union and enjoy Kevin’s words of wisdom! Also in January, we put together MMHLA’s Committees. The chairman of each
committee as well as its members will be appointed from our members who volun-teer. If you would like to volunteer for a committee, please email me ([email protected]) or Deanna Ross ([email protected]).
Regardless of your talent, we can find a place for you on one of our many com-mittees. We need volunteers to continue to grow and make our Association strong. Make us your New Year’s resolution—volunteer today. I would like to thank everyone who con-
tributed to our annual Christmas Holiday Party. Excellent venue, great food, lively spirits, good band, friends, coworkers, holiday merriment—what more could you ask for. The evening was enjoyed by everyone! What an ideal way to finish out 2014—hospitality at its finest! So till next month, same time, same
place,
Start boning up on all things trivial, becauseTrivia Night Is Coming! This year’s celebration of brain-busting puzzlers happens March 20. Watch this newsletter & mmhla.com, keep up with your email & attend the luncheon meetings for more details. And exer-cise your brain. Read an encyclopedia or something!
Trivia Night Is Com-ing! Trivia Night Is Coming!
MMHLA8544 Rankin Branch Rd.
Millington, TN 380532015 CALENDAR
Jan. 21 – MMHLA Luncheon Meeting; Kevin Kane, Holiday Inn Select Downtown, 160 Union Ave.Feb. 3 – Board Meeting; Hilton Memphis.Feb. 13 – 17th Annual Lodging Industry Update; 7:30 a.m., Hilton Memphis.Mar. 3 – Board Meeting; Peabody.Mar. 4, 2015 –TnHTA Day on the Hill; Nashville, TN.Mar. 18 – Luncheon Meeting; Sheraton Downtown.Mar. 20 – Trivia Night.
Dates & locations subject to change. (*Indicates change from normal 3rd Wed. of month)All 2014 luncheon programs and locations are not yet set. If you would like to volunteer a venue or present a luncheon program please contact Deanna Ross. Her numbers are in the Upcoming Events box on the cover.
