NAJ Summit WEST: February 2-3, 2009, Sheraton Gateway LAX, Los Angeles, CA
NAJ Summit EAST: June 16-17, 2008, Holiday Inn Midtown, New York, NY
NAJ Summit EAST: June 16-17, 2008, Holiday Inn Midtown, New York, NY
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2007/08 PARTICIPANTS:
NAJ Summit EAST, 2008
NAJ Summit WEST, 2008 (past conference)
NAJ SUMMIT EAST 2008 - LIST OF BUYERS
(Subject to change. Last updated 6/13/08)
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Nita Advani | Senior Group Manager |
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Jeanne Baumgarten | Group Manager |
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Lynn Dempsey | Sr. Group Manager |
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Raul Lingan | Group Manager |
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Esther Roth | General Manager - DMC East |
| ALLIEDTPRO NEW YORK | Bernadine Ryan | Group Contracting Manager |
| AMNET USA, INC. | Asami Hotta | Operations |
| AMNET USA, INC. | Shinsuke Imaoka | Supervisor |
| AMNET USA, INC. | Atsuko Yanagihara | Supervisor, Marketing & Planning |
| AMNET USA, INC. | Masaya Yoshimoto | Branch Manager |
| ATI | Eric Hofer | Sr. Mgr., Groups Sales & Incentives |
| ATI | Yves Fore | Sr. Mgr., Special Groups & Incentives |
| BONOTEL EXCLUSIVE TRAVEL | Gerrit De Vos | VP Business Dev. |
| DESTINATION NORTH AMERICA | Dietmar Postl | President |
| EUROUSA TRAVEL | Maia Davitashvili | Sales Manager |
| EUROUSA TRAVEL | Janne Varis | Director of Production |
| FANTASTIC TOURS & TRAVEL | Jordan Marks | |
| FANTASTIC TOURS & TRAVEL | Richard Marks, CTIS | Director of Sales |
| FANTASTIC TOURS & TRAVEL | Gary Gomels | |
| FIVE A INCENTIVE PLANNERS | Magaly Buitrago | General Manager |
| FIVE A INCENTIVE PLANNERS | Alexandra Duenas | Groups |
| FIVE A INCENTIVE PLANNERS | Gloria Foley | FIT Managert |
| GASTALDI USA | Josephine Formato | Contracting/Group Coordinator |
| GITS INC. - GLOBAL INDEPENDENT TRAVEL SERVICES | Chia-Lin Chang | Vice President |
| GITS INC. - GLOBAL INDEPENDENT TRAVEL SERVICES | Carl Schinina | President |
| GTA BY TRAVELPORT | Grace Apostol | |
| GTA BY TRAVELPORT | Yesenia Jimenez | Service Contract Negotiator |
| H.I.S. INTERNATIONAL TOURS | Sachiyo Takeda | Assistant Supervisor |
| JALPAK NY | Eiji Murakami | Regional Manager |
| JTB | Elizabeth Thumann | Hotel Operation & Event Planning Assistant Mgr. |
| JBT | Carol Elk | |
| JTB | Patty Landas | |
| JTB | Rie Sano | |
| JRICKERS TRAVEL CONCEPTS | Mahua Sehgal | Manager, East Coast |
| LIBGO TRAVEL | Julie Houde | Product Manager |
| MAGIC TOURS & TRAVEL | Nellie Muller | Director |
| NEW WORLD TRAVEL | Walter Gallo | Manager, Contracting & Data Processing |
| NEW WORLD TRAVEL | Lisa Witezek | Groups & Incentives Coordinator |
| OPENTOURSUSA | TBD | |
| RAGLIN MEETING AND EVENTS UNLIMITED | Norma Raglin | President |
| RENDEZVOUS TRAVEL | Carolyn Rende | Director of Tour & Travel |
| REIS TOUR & TRAVEL | Marilyn Reis | President |
| SUNSHINE SEVEN NEW YORK | Shinya Habu | Manager |
| SUNSHINE SEVEN NEW YORK | Machiko Posner | Owner |
| TEAMAMERICA | Robin Occhiogrosso | Director of Contracting |
| TEAMAMERICA INC | Kathy Formosa | Product Manager |
| TOURCO | Daira Gereritz | Manager, NY Office |
| TOURICO | Dermot Quigley | |
| VIRGIN HOLIDAYS | Kieran O'Shea | Resort Services Supervisor |
| VIRGIN HOLIDAYS | Nicola Maggio | Service Manager - USA |
| VISIT AMERICA INC. | Elvira Arranz | Assistant |
| VISIT AMERICA INC. | Erich Aeschlimann | President |
NAJ SUMMIT EAST 2008 - LIST OF SUPPLIERS
(Subject to change. Last updated 6/05/08)
| ADAM'S MARK BUFFALO NIAGARA | Patrick Keyes | Sales Manager |
| ADVENTURE PHOTO TOURS | Will Tryon | Vice President |
| AMERICA'S PREMIER SHOPPING PLACES | Carolyn Feimster | Tourism Representative |
| ASHEVILLE AREA CVB | Dianna Pierce | Director of Tourism |
| ATLANTA CVB | Brandon Barnes | Director of Tourism |
| BELANGER ASSOCIATES | Skip Belanger | President |
| BF SAUL COMPANY - HOTEL DIVISION | Kelly Graber | Regional Sales Manager |
| BF SAUL COMPANY - HOTEL DIVISION | TBD | |
| BLUE MAN GROUP | Leslie Case | Director of Sales and Marketing |
| CHICAGO CTB | Patrick Steffes | Manager of Tourism Sales and Operations |
| CHICAGO'S ESSEX INN | Mary Twomey | Director of Sales & Marketing |
| CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS | Heather Hughes | Group Sales Manager |
| COURT OF TWO SISTERS | June Fallo | Director of Sales |
| DALLAS CVB | Liliana Rivera | Tourism Sales Coordinator |
| DAYTONA BEACH CVB | Alexandra "Sandy" Lucania | Director of Travel Industry Sales |
| DESTINATION QUEBEC | Erin Levi | Sales & Marketing Coordinator |
| DETROIT (METRO) CVB | Jennifer Petrous | Manager, Tour & Travel Sales |
| ELVIS PRESLEY ENTERPRISES, INC. | Shirley Davis Conner | Sales Manager |
| EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM | Chris Van Meter | Travel Trade Marketing |
| FLORIDA KEYS & KEY WEST | Stacey Mitchell | Director of Sales |
| FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST OFFICE OF TOURISM | Kalina Subido Person | International Sales and Marketing Director |
| FORT MEADE COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT | Mariano Guloy | General Manager |
| GAYLORD HOTELS | Joe Donnelly | Director of National Sales - Travel Industry |
| GAYLORD NATIONAL RESORT AND CONVENTION CENTER | Jean Pierre Dansereau | Director of Leisure Sales |
| GEORGIA TOURISM | Katie Baasen | Senior Sales Manager |
| GETTYSBURG CVB | Jeanne Vice | DOS |
| GRAY LINE OF ALASKA | Brad Zorich | Sales Manager |
| HOUSTON CVB (GREATER) | Ed Dramberger | Tourism Marketing Manager, Emerging Markets |
| LAS VEGAS CVA | Rafael Villanueva | Director of International Sales |
| LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM | Mike Prejean | International Marketing Manager |
| LOUISVILLE CVB (GREATER) | Dineene Bradley | Director of Tourism |
| MACY'S VISITORS SERVICES | Joan Wolff | Senior Manager Visitor Services |
| MARK INTERNATIONAL | Luba Djordjevic | Director of Sales |
| MANHATTAN HELICOPTERS | Victor Samuelsen | |
| MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL & TOURISM | Shoko Hirao | Japanese Marketing Consultant |
| MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CVB | Annette Rand | Manager, Destination Sales |
| NEW MEXICO TOURISM DEPARTMENT | Sharon Maloof | Deputy Cabinet Secretary |
| NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN CVB | Connie Campbell | Senior Tourism Sales Manager |
| NIAGARA USA - TOURISM & CONVENTION CORPORATION | Elizabeth Davis | Director of Sales |
| NORTH CAROLINA DIVISON OF TOURISM FILM & SPORTS | Heidi Walters | Director, International Marketing |
| NORTHEAST PA CVB | Morgan Christopher | Director of Sales |
| PAPILLON GRAND CANYON HELICOPTERS | Robert Graff | Vice President, Marketing |
| PAPILLON GRAND CANYON HELICOPTERS | Irit Langness | Vice President, Sales |
| PHILADELPHIA CVB | Adeline Abdesaken | Tourism Service Manager |
| PISMO BEACH CVB | Suzen Brasile | Executive Director |
| PORT OF SEATTLE | B.J. Stokey | Senior manager, Int'l. Tourism Dev. |
| SAN ANTONIO CVB | Salvador J. Garza | Interim Director |
| SAN ANTONIO CVB | Dorah Putney | Director of Tourism |
| SANTA FE CVB | Christine Madden | Director of Sales |
| SEATTLE'S CVB | Michael Kurtz | Director, Tourism Development-Asia |
| SOUTH CAROLINA TOURISM | Dolly Chewning | International Sales Manager |
| SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS CVB | Alicia Erickson | International Marketing Manager |
| TOMMY GUNS GARAGE DINNER THEATER | Chris Adams | Director of Sales & Marketing |
| TRAVEL OREGON | Petra Nahr | European Sales Manager |
| TRAVEL OREGON | Teresa O'Neill | Director of Travel Trade |
| TRAVEL PORTLAND | Karen Viehoever | Tourism Sales Manager, Europe |
| VANTAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC. | Judy Di Pietro | Vice President, Travel Industry Sales |
| VISION HOLIDAYS | Richard Nielson | Vice President |
NAJ SUMMIT WEST 2008 - LIST OF REGISTERED TOUR OPERATORS
(Subject to change, last updated 2/8/08)
| ALL AMERICAN TOURS | Edie Behler | Director of Sales |
| ALLIED TPRO | Bodana Voicu | Escorted Tours |
| ALLIED TPRO | Maria Ciccarelli | Escorted Tours |
| ALLIED TPRO | Harumi "Ruby"Senoo | Group Manager |
| ALLIED TPRO | Gina Jackson | Groups Manager & VIP Services |
| ALLIED TPRO | Gerseli Strelniek | Group Manager |
| ALLIED TPRO | Tina Thompson | Group Operator |
| AMERICA 4 YOU L.L.C. | Marita Ross | Owner/Product Manager |
| AMERICA 4 YOU L.L.C. | Katrin Simbeck | Intern |
| AMERICABOUND TOURS | Mark Goldberg | President |
| AMERICABOUND TOURS | Donald Meldrum | Vice President |
| AMERICAN RING TRAVEL | Anne Schmidt | Vice President |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Sue Ann Bunnag | Manager, Operations and Sales, China Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Emily Xue | China Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Aminta Vasquez-Billot | Director of Special Groups & Incentives |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Alexandra Grundeman | AAA Group Sales Manager |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Jason Hill | Special Groups Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Elaine Golanco | Special Groups Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Graham Bendelow | Product Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Daen Christensen | Product Dept. |
| AMERICANTOURS INTERNATIONAL | Eduardo Monroy | Product Dept. |
| ANA HALLO TOURS | Kana Hasegawa | Corporate Planning |
| BEIKOKU TRAVEL | Akemi Yamada | Assistant Manager |
| BEIKOKU TRAVEL | Miki Okamoto | Assistant Manager |
| BEIKOKU TRAVEL | Hiroko Toda | Supervisor |
| BEIKOKU TRAVEL | Chie Sano | Group Operation Staff |
| BEIKOKU TRAVEL | Maya Watanabe | Group Operation Staff |
| CALIFORNIA TOURS | William Kim | General Manager |
| COLORFUL TOURS | Jennifer Chen | Director |
| COLORFUL TOURS | Virginia Leung | Director |
| EURO USA | Vivian Dapal | Operations Manager |
| FTI NORTH AMERICA INC. | Kenneth Schwartz | Product Manager, Western Region |
| GO WEST TOURS | Gregory Pollet | FIT Specialist |
| GTA BY TRAVELPORT | Sevil Arnavutoglu-le | Market Manager |
| GTA BY TRAVELPORT | Ketty Celifie | Market Manager |
| GTA BY TRAVELPORT | Andrew Stanley | Market Manager |
| H.I.S. TOURS USA INC. | Bobby Valenciano | Purchasing Manager |
| H.I.S. TOURS USA INC. | Kazumi Ohashi | Planning Supervisor |
| HARVEST TOURS | Jasper Pang | Director of Sales & Marketing |
| HOTELBEDS ACCOMMODATION AND DESTIONATION SERVICES | Penny McNamara | Product Manager, West Coast USA & Alaska |
| IACE TRAVEL CO. LTD | Seigo Odaka | Branch Manager |
| IACE TRAVEL CO. LTD. | Aya Mori | |
| JALPAK | Tom Katsumata | Mgr. Inbound Group Operations |
| JALPAK | Takeshi Sakakibara | Hotel Contracting |
| JBS GROUP INC. | Barbara Ansel | VP |
| JBS GROUP INC. | Sarah Gao | VP of Int'l. Relations Division |
| JBS GROUP INC. | Juliann Meng | VP of Int'l Relations |
| JTB INTERNATIONAL | Ken Hasunuma | Manager, Group Sales and Operations |
| JTB INTERNATIONAL | Ken Masui | Manager, Purchasing |
| JTB INTERNATIONAL | Chisato Ochoa | Package Planning |
| JTB INTERNATIONAL | Maki Miyazaki | Tour Coordinator |
| KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL | Milton King | |
| KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL | Robert Ito | Business Support Department |
| KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL | Seiji Koyama | |
| KINTETSU INTERNATIONAL | Haruaki Shinozaki | |
| LION TOURS USA | Tina Yang | Sales Manager |
| LION TOURS USA | Kourtny Mao | Tour Coordinator |
| NEW WORLD TRAVEL INC. | Katja Treuter | Manager, Group Department |
| NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY AMERICA | Romeo Dubliin | Deputy General Manager |
| NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY AMERICA . | Mariko Brause | Marketing Specialist |
| R&C TOURS USA | Eiji Yamagata | General Manager |
| SKYLINE VACATION | John Wong | Marketing Manager |
| SKYLINE VACATION | Sam Zhang | Senior Officer |
| TERRES INDIENNES INC. | Cloe Conton | Operations Manager |
| TOURICO HOLIDAYS | Kelly Brady | Product Dev. - Southwest & Mountain West US |
| TOUR AMERICA INC | Gloria Lan | General Manager / Executive Director |
NAJ SUMMIT WEST 2008 - LIST OF REGISTERED SUPPLIERS
(Subject to change, last updated 1/29/08)
| ADVENTURE PHOTO TOURS | Donna Tryon | President |
| ADVENTURE PHOTO TOURS | Will Tryon | Vice President |
| AMERICAN WEST HERITAGE CENTER | Matt Dahl | Marketing Director |
| AMERICAN WEST HERITAGE CENTER | Steve DeLong | Executive Director |
| AMERICA'S PREMIER SHOPPING PLACES | Carolyn Feimster | Tourism Representative |
| ANTELOPE CANYON TOURS | Carolene Ekis | Owner |
| ARIZONA OFFICE OF TOURISM | Hylton Fothergill | Manager of Travel Industry Marketing |
| BEST WESTERN | Lisa Cully | Regional Sales Manager |
| BLUE MAN GROUP | Cory Brooks Malmstrom | Sales Manager |
| CARMEL HOTEL ENTERPRISES, INC. | Angela Rogers | Group Sales Coordinator |
| CASABLANCA/OASIS/VIRGIN RIVER RESORTS | Petra Jones | Tour and Travel Sales Manager |
| CHICAGO'S ESSEX INN | Mary Twomey | Director of Sales & Marketing |
| CITYPASS, INC. | Kathleen Plourde | Director, Tourism Sales & Marketing |
| CHICAGO CTB | Patrick Steffes | Manager, Tourism Sales & Operations |
| COLORADO TOURISM OFFICE | Amy Kaplan | International Tourism Representative |
| CROWNE PLAZA VENTURA BEACH | Monty Criss | Director of Sales and Marketing |
| DENVER METRO CVB | Jayne Buck | Vice President of Tourism |
| FLORIDA'S SPACE COAST OFFICE OF TOURISM | Robert Varley | Executive Director |
| FOREVER RESORTS | Michelle Kien | Sales & Marketing Manager |
| FOX RENT A CAR | Jose Giraldo | VP of International Tour |
| FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT PRESERVATION TRUST | Marlene Vitek | Director of Tour Administration |
| FUTURE OF FLIGHT AVIATION CENTER & BOEING TOUR | Sandy Ward | Director of Marketing |
| GRAND CANYON WEST/GRAND CANYON SKYWALK | Allison Raskansky | President & CEO |
| HORNBLOWER CRUISES & EVENTS | Estelle Miller | Business Development Manager |
| HOUSTON CVB (GREATER) | Ed Dramberger | Tourism Marketing Manager |
| IDAHO TOURISM DEVELOPMENT | Nancy Richardson | International Tourism Specialist |
| INN AT JACKSON HOLE-TERRA RESORT GROUP | Justin Bird | Corporate Director of Leisure Sales |
| LA INC. | Tamy Ly | Manager, Travel Industry Sales & Marketing |
| LAS CRUCES CVB | RoseMarie Sutton Holt | |
| LAS VEGAS CVA | Rafael Villanueva | Dir. International Sales |
| LAS VEGAS MONORAIL COMPANY | Jennifer Gachui | Director of Sales |
| LAUGHLIN VISITORS BUREAU | Cherie Westbrook | Sales Rep. |
| LONG BEACH AREA CVB | Marilyn Dear | National Sales Director |
| LONG BEACH AREA CVB | Nicole Davis | Travel Sales Manager |
| LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM | Mike Prejean | International Marketing Manager |
| MADAME TUSSAUDS LAS VEGAS | Jacinta Jose | |
| MARK INTERNATIONAL | Luba Djordjevic | Director of Sales |
| MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF TRAVEL & TOURISM | Shoko Hirao | Japanese Marketing Consultant |
| MESQUITE NV CVB | Gina Mann | Sales Executive |
| MONTANA TOURISM DIVISION | Pam Gosink | Marketing & Overseas Program Manager |
| MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM | Lisa Shipley | Regional Sales Manager |
| MONTEREY COUNTY CVB | Anne Auburn | Account Executive |
| NEW MEXICO TOURISM DEPARTMENT | Sharon Maloof | Deputy Cabinet Secretary |
| NEW ORLEANS METROPOLITAN CVB | Martha Martinez | Tourism Sales Manager |
| NORTH DAKOTA TOURISM | Deanne Felchle | Group Travel Marketing Director |
| PALM SPRINGS AERIAL TRAMWAY | Nancy Nichols | Vice President, Sales & Marketing |
| PALM SPRINGS BUREAU OF TOURISM | Howard Jacobs | Director of Sales |
| PAPILLON GRAND CANYON HELICOPTERS | Irit Langness | Vice President, Sales |
| PAPILLON GRAND CANYON HELICOPTERS | Robert Graff | Vice President, Marketing |
| PHOENIX CVB (GREATER) | Ryan Monroe | Director of Travel Industry Sales |
| PIER 39 | Jodi Cumming | Manager, Travel Industry Sales |
| PLANET HOLLYWOOD RESORT & CASINO | Ivar Hottentot | International Leisure Sales Manager |
| TRAVEL PORTLAND | Jeffrey Hammerly | Manager International Tourism |
| TRAVEL PORTLAND | Karen Viehoever | Tourism Sales Manager, Europe |
| RAPID CITY CVB | Michelle Thomson | Tourism Director |
| SACRAMENTO CVB | Kristi French | Tourism Sales Manager |
| SALT LAKE CVB | Stephanie Pace | Director of Tourism Sales |
| SAN ANTONIO CVB | Dorah Putney | Director of Tourism |
| SAN DIEGO CVB | Denise Cappozi | Travel Industry Development Manager |
| SANTA CLARA CVB | David Andre | VP of Marketing & Communications |
| SEATTLE'S CVB | Michael Kurtz | Director, Tourism Development-Asia |
| SHILO INNS & RESORTS | Scott Hartcorn | Director |
| SNOHOMISH COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU | Amy Spain | Group Sales Executive |
| SONOMA COUNTY TOURISM BUREAU | Chyrl Collins CMP | Tour & Travel Sales Manager |
| SOUTH DAKOTA DEPT. TOURISM | Maureen Droz | Trade Sales & Marketing Manager |
| SUNDANCE HELICOPTERS LAS VEGAS | Gail Stewart | International Sales |
| SW LA/LAKE CHARLES CVB | Tico Soto | Sales Director |
| TAMARACK RESORT | Jeff Carroll | Wholesale and Leisure Group Sales Manager |
| TEXAS TOURISM | Oliver Yang | Tourism Marketing Specialist |
| TOMMY GUNS GARAGE DINNER THEATER | Chris Adams | Director of Sales & Marketing |
| TRAVEL OREGON | Sean Egusa | International Travel Trade Manager |
| U DRIVE TOURS - SELF DRIVE HUMMER & JEEP TOURS | Vince Ciffa | President |
| VANTAGE HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC. | Judy Di Pietro | Vice President, Travel Industry Sales |
| VISION HOLIDAYS | Richard Nielson | Vice President |
| WYNDHAM HOTEL GROUP | Jim Kisselburg | Global Sales Director - Tour & Travel |
| WYNN LAS VEGAS | Tiffany Majors | Travel Industry Sales Manager |
| WYOMING TRAVEL AND TOURISM | Rita Greene Bellardo | International Program Manager |