Questex

NEW YORK – Questex Travel Group has named Eric Edmunds business development manager, responsible for growing its Global Meetings and Incentive Travel Exchanges (GMITE) events portfolio across the western United States, western Canada, Mexico, Latin America and South Pacific.

"Eric Edmunds comes to the GMITE team with an extensive background in the hospitality and travel industries and great energy and enthusiasm to impact the brand, procure new partnerships and develop relationship-based selling strategies," said Danielle Cirami-Gillis, Questex vice president of event sales and Edmunds' supervisor. "He will be a tremendous asset in driving measureable results for our growing portfolio."

GMITE's flagship 10th anniversary Incentive Travel Exchange (ITE) event will be held March 18-21 at The Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay. GMITE also produces the Caribbean Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (CMITE), Latin America Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (LAMITE), Asia Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchange (AMITE) and ITE at Sea.

Prior to joining Questex, Edmunds spent three years as West Coast regional director of sales for Palace Resorts of Doral, Florida, which operates all-inclusive luxury resorts along the Caribbean coast of Mexico and in Jamaica. He focused on the chain's meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions division. Previously, Edmunds spent two years in a similar role with Edmunds Direct Inc, a media and hotel marketing representation firm based in Fountain Valley, California.

Edmunds studied at Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, California, where he was a member of the basketball team, and the University of Phoenix. He resides in Orange County, California.

Global Meeting & Incentive Travel Exchanges, owned and managed by Questex LLC, bring together qualified buyers and travel suppliers in key locations to provide a powerful platform for productive one-to-one meetings in private suites tailored to each attendee's business objectives. The appointment-based events cater exclusively to the meetings, incentives, conferences and events market. More information is available at GlobalTravelExchanges.com.

About Questex Hospitality + Travel

The Questex Hospitality + Travel Group of Questex LLC serves the worldwide hospitality, travel and related industries that together contribute over $6 trillion to the global gross domestic product. Through an innovative platform of targeted solutions, the group serves the sector's entire ecosystem, from tourism and hotel development and investment to hotel design, purchasing, management and operations.

The Questex Hospitality + Travel Group serves every B2B segment of the industry, from investment and development to management operations, sales and marketing of hospitality and travel products to destination development and marketing, via proven demand generation, learning, loyalty and rewards solutions as well as a network of live events. This division of Questex is aligned around three broad market segments – hospitality, travel and meetings – and supported by its Digital Media staff.

Additional information is available at questex.com/markets/hospitality-travel.

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