6th Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners' Summit
Sponsors & Exhibitors
With over 700 experts Nationwide, EarthColor brings a wide range of experience to its customers. We are seasoned veterans who are masters of supply chains and workflows. EarthColor brings the newest technology and business models to the table to ensure your success. EarthColor has developed a specific set of Pharmaceutical Solutions to simplify your world of multiple stakeholders, sales channels, intelligence providers, and compliance constraints.
Benchmark Hospitality International is a leader in the management and marketing of resorts, conference centers, hotels, and Personal Luxury Hotels™. The independent company, launched in 1980, is a founding member of the International Association of Conference Centers. Benchmark Hospitality is a worldwide organization operating properties in major metropolitan and resort destinations. Benchmark's international headquarters is located in The Woodlands, Texas, near Houston. The company’s northeast regional office is in New Jersey, with international offices in Tokyo, Japan, and Santiago, Chile. For the location of Benchmark’s properties and additional information, please visit our website.
Dolce Hotels and Resorts is a unique global hospitality company specializing in delivering an exceptional meetings experience by providing the most hospitable environments for people to meet and learn. Dolce integrates superior cuisine and amenities, facilities with state-of-the-art technology, and a community of passionate, intuitive associates to remain at the forefront of the hospitality industry with 24 unique properties in the U.S., Canada and Europe.
Maxvantage is a strategic alliance between Maritz Travel and American Express Business Travel that leverages the collective experience and capabilities of these leaders to deliver expert strategic meetings management solutions, offering a single source for meetings management needs.
Maxvantage provides the experience, tools and flexibility to manage the entire meeting process. Delivering optimized sourcing across the entire supply chain; we negotiate cost-savings agreements and provide access to some of the most favorable terms and conditions in the industry. Maxvantage designs, implements and manages the on-site logistics, creating attendee experiences that deliver business results, all while providing complete transparency into your total meetings spend.
For more information on Maxvantage visit www.maxvantagemeetings.com.
MGM Resorts International, a global leader in the hospitality industry, is proud to be a sponsor of this years ExL Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Summit.
With 11 major resorts on the fabulous Las Vegas Strip and resort properties in Mississippi, Michigan and Connecticut, MGM Resorts International has meeting locations that can fit all of your planning needs.
Our major properties include ARIA at CityCenter, Bellagio, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, The Mirage, Monte Carlo, New York-New York, Luxor, Excalibur, Circus Circus, Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi, MGM Grand Detroit and MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Connecticut.
We pride ourselves on a high level of service deliverables, whether your group is 10 attendees, or 10,000 attendees. We are proud to offer the best collection of shows, restaurants, recreation, nightlife, rooms, and conference facilities that you won’t find anywhere else in the world! You’ll also experience service that is second to none from our highly trained, friendly employees who are eager to make your special event unforgettable.
Among the Company’s largest gathering spaces, Mandalay Bay features 1.7 million square feet of meeting space, along with a 100,000 square foot pillarless ballroom. This AAA-Four Diamond Award winner has more than 3,200 rooms and suites.
MGM Grand Las Vegas features over 600,000 square feet of meeting space. This AAA Four-Diamond Award winner has more than 5,000 rooms and suites. Complimented by 24 restaurants and lounges, any attendee is certain to have many options to enjoy Las Vegas after a full day of meetings without ever leaving MGM Grand.
Ocean Properties, Ltd. is one of the largest privately held hotel operating and development companies in North America.
The company’s unrivaled success rests on its dedication to providing outstanding guest service and meticulous product quality.
Ocean Properties Signature Collection features the company’s 12 award-winning, luxury properties with a variety of locations
including The Sagamore, The Wentworth by the Sea and The Westin Key West. From Maine to the Florida Keys,
the Signature Collection offers the perfect destination for your next meeting.
PMPN is the industry leader for providing on-site meeting management at over 15,000 medical meetings each year. PMPN meeting managers are located throughout the U.S. and Internationally and are experts in executing medical meetings. Our “local deployment” model of meeting and audio visual managers means that our clients never incur any travel costs, saving them substantial time, money and resources, all while mitigating compliance risks on-site. Core services include: on-site meeting management with no travel costs, small venue AV equipment offered at flat rates, audience generation, website registration, short-term/temporary meeting planning assistance and more.
The AAA 4-Diamond rated Radisson Resort, Casino & Spa is a glistening 14-acre oasis surrounded by fragrant gardens, exotic lagoons, and cascading waterfalls, where guests will find themselves immersed in the island’s most lush and luxurious resort. This haven features 354 guest accommodations, each with private balcony and terrace including 40 Plaza Club rooms and 31 suites. The richness of the Colonial West Indian furnishings boasting rich Caribbean touches with heavenly soft linens create the ambiance of a private seaside paradise. Dine at the award winning Four-Diamond Sunset Grille or the themed buffets at Laguna. Splash in one of the two zero-entry free form pools and play in the 16,000-square foot casino. Oceanfront Larimar Spa is a sanctuary for balancing the body and mind. The 13,000 square foot facility features nine treatment rooms, a full area of spa services and a state-of-the-art fitness center. The resort is central to the new shopping, dining and entertainment district, and Tierra del Sol Championship Golf Course.
The AAA 4-Diamond rated Radisson Blu Resort, Marina & Spa St. Martin is situated on the secluded 18-acre, crescent-shaped beach of Anse Marcel in French St. Martin; a vibrant yachting destination rich with French flair and sophistication. Surrounded by hills on three sides and kissed by the Caribbean Sea on the fourth, the setting is one of the most picturesque in all of the Caribbean.
The oceanfront luxury property features 189 guest rooms, 63 suites with private patios or balconies and designer accommodations that showcase contemporary Euro-Caribbean furnishings accented with clean lines and vibrant colors. Radisson Blu Resort features one of the largest beachfront, zero-entry infinity pools, Le Spa by Carita a soothing oasis for the spa enthusiast, and to enrich your stay, the resort has introduced a Guest Enrichment program where travelers can take back with them a piece of French Caribbean culture - learn to speak French, become a chef with French cooking classes or simply enjoy a wine tasting festivity.
St. Martin’s reputation as a culinary destination is accentuated in the resort’s signature restaurant “C” featuring classic French and Caribbean cuisine. Exclusive water transfer service, to and from the Princess Juliana Airport, is available to Radisson Blu Resort’s guests- be whisked away in a high-speed boat along the island's lush coast - this is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Savoya is the transportation partner that is the most dependable and accessible of any other global chauffeured service provider. Savoya has revolutionized the world of global chauffeured services with innovative technologies designed for ease of use. Our proprietary GroupSmart technology, designed to simplify ground transportation logistics for large events, specifically focuses on the needs of meeting and event planners, enabling them to quickly and efficiently make changes and updates to group ground transportation bookings 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Savoya views each client partnership as a valued relationship to be fostered and maintained.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide welcomes you back to the 7th Annual Meeting Planners Summit! We are thrilled to be here again this year.
We are proud of our Pharmaceutical initiatives including HCP menus, Excel e-Billing to support reporting for the Sunshine Act and Starwood Onsite Specialty Events which incorporates theming and decor into your function while still meeting your budget. Orlando, Atlanta, San Diego, Boston and San Francisco are all represented this year! We look forward to spending the next few days with you.
Beth Campion
Director of Pharmaceutical Sales, San Diego Metro Market
Elizabeth Winstanley
Director of Pharmaceutical Sales, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin
Tom Counts
Director of Corporate Accounts, Sheraton Atlanta
Andrei Oei, MBA
Account Director, Boston Metro Market
Pam Armstrong-Jefferson
Account Director - Pharmaceutical - Atlanta Metro Market
Kim Borneman
Account Director, San Francisco Metro Market
TalkPoint provides technology and services for interactive webcasting and virtual meetings. Users of TalkPoint's webcasting platform include a global who's who of the Fortune 1000. With over a decade of experience, TalkPoint has developed the most robust, scalable, interactive webcasting platform in the industry. Large, live, on-demand, secure video and audio webcasting for all of your communication needs.
The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau is a sales and marketing organization. Its mission is to attract and encourage all persons and organizations to visit Greater Miami and the Beaches for conventions and meetings. Acting on behalf of its members and its interlocal partners, the GMCVB markets and promotes all segments of the community as a preferred destination. The GMCVB enhances the desirability and attractiveness of Greater Miami and the Beaches for its visitors.
The Heldrich is located in the cultural heart of New Jersey in New Brunswick. The property is situated at 10 Livingston Avenue across from the city’s famed Theatre Row, just west of important US Route 1 and four blocks from the News Brunswick Train Station (serving the Northeast Corridor: Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Washington, DC) and close to Exit 9 of the NJ Turnpike. It is 45 minutes outside New York City and has rail service to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The Heldrich features a state-of-the-art conference center with 17 meetings rooms, a 248-guestroom luxury hotel, Christopher’s Restaurant, serving freshly prepared specialties created in an exhibition kitchen to delight even the discriminating palate, Christopher’s Bar, and the elegant Livingston Ballroom, ideal for social and corporate gatherings. For more information on The Heldrich, call 732-729-4670 or visit our website. The Heldrich is operated by Benchmark Hospitality International.
Where natural beauty meets high-tech convenience, the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC) approved Woodlands Resort & Conference Center combines the highest quality conference facilities with resort amenities. Our 440-room property features 60,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, including a 13,500-square-foot Grand Ballroom and 32 dedicated meeting rooms. The property is centrally located from either coast and just 18 miles from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
Thompson Hotels began its foray into the luxury boutique hotel market in 2001 with its first project, Sixty Thompson. Since then, Thompson Hotels has expanded to ten hotels; Six Columbus, Gild Hall, Smyth, and Thompson LES in New York City, the famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and Thompson Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Sax in Chicago, Donovan House in Washington D.C. and Thompson Toronto. Upcoming properties, Thompson Belgravia in London and Thompson Seoul in Korea, will be the first in Thompson’s international expansion. Thompson Hotels offer quiet luxury to their chic, urban, sophisticated clientele and each hotel is filled with modern designs, thoughtful amenities, unparalleled service and end-destination restaurants.
UniversalProcon has decades of experience planning and managing a wide range of healthcare events across the globe. From Strategic Meeting Management to advisory boards and start-up meetings, to investigator events, association congresses, product launches and sales force meetings, we provide a wide range of tailor-made, integrated event management services. We'll help you find answers to some of the current challenges we all face, from compliance and KOL management, from budget constraints to ROI imperatives. Procurement initiatives are nothing new to us; we thrive on honest and open dialogue about how we can deliver added value to your business. Our people are loyal, highly skilled and incredibly passionate about delivering excellence in everything they do. With three offices in the United States and two in the United Kingdom, UniversalProcon is regarded as a true partner for its pharmaceutical clients.
UrbanRide is the premium global provider of group transportation services for meetings and events. We work exclusively with meeting & event planners to ensure the success of each and every one of their events. UrbanRide is also the technology leader in the group transportation industry providing our clients have exclusive access to UrbanRide IMS where they can quickly and easily create or update attendee itineraries, get status updates and download reports - in real time.
WorldEvents™ is a leading international meeting planning company with over 20 years experience in the healthcare sector. Our clients benefit from our global delivery of pharmaceutical meetings though our offices across the US, Europe, and Asia. We are specialists in managing meetings and events that involve the attendance of healthcare professionals including investigator meetings, advisory boards, KOLs, sales conferences, product launches and congress attendance.
