Questex

NEW YORK (Oct. 10, 2014) ─ Questex Hospitality + Travel has promoted Danielle Cirami-Gillis to vice president of event sales, responsible for leading the company's sales efforts that target the leisure travel market and meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) segment.

Gillis most recently served Questex Hospitality + Travel as global director of events and media, responsible for sales and development of the company's Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges and HSMAI's MEET series of events. Her accomplishments include leading a multimillion-dollar global sales effort that encompassed live events, online advertising and other digital products.

Gillis, who brings nearly 15 years of sales and event management experience to her new role, joined Questex in 2005 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility including regional account manager, group sales manager and director of sales.She has been recognized by Questex on numerous occasions for exceeding company goals and demonstrating excellence in sales leadership and business development.

Earlier in her career, Gillis served in account management positions for CMP Media LLC in New York, where she generated significant trade show revenue during her four-year tenure.

She earned a bachelor of arts degree at Long Island University's LIU Post campus in Brookville, New York.

Gillis is a member of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), Society of International Travel Executives (SITE), Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) and American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA).

About Questex Hospitality + Travel

Questex Hospitality + Travel, the largest multimedia organization in the world dedicated to travel and lodging, drives revenue, productivity and value-creation for these related industries through strategic investment and deal-making forums, powerful lead-generation tools, interactive online business solutions, world-class events and industry-leading publications.

Questex Travel Group, a division of Questex Hospitality + Travel, serves travel marketers globally through its TravelAgentCentral.com, LuxuryTravelAdvisor.com, TravelAgentUniversity and International Meetings Review online portals. It operates the leading luxury travel booking site, FiveStarAlliance.com, publishes Travel Agent and Luxury Travel Advisor magazines and produces leisure events: Luxury Travel Exchange International, ULTRA Luxury Summit, Young Travel Leaders Conference and Hawaii Travel Exchange and MICE events: Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges, HSMAI's MEET and CONFEC conferences.

Questex Hospitality + Travel also provides business development, marketing and training services to national tourism organizations/destination marketing associations, hotel, gaming, resort and cruise companies, online travel agencies and travel advisors worldwide. Questex Hospitality + Travel is a division of Questex, a leading global business information company headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts, with offices throughout the world.

Questex drives business investment, innovation and demand creation in its target markets by bringing investors, buyers, sellers and professionals together through a wide range of business events, informing them through business information and intelligence products and supporting marketers with a comprehensive platform of demand-generation, lead-generation, branding, digital media, events and marketing products and services produced by a professional staff and delivered worldwide.

Evy Apostolatos
RDR PR LLC
973-452-7208

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