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Urban Exposition Announces Staff Changes
rban Expositions has announced the promotion
of Donna Guess to vice president
of trade shows. In the newly created position,
Guess will oversee sales and operations for
13 out of 21 Urban Expositions, including the
semi-annual Miami Beach Gift Show, Orlando
Gift Show, Orlando Jewelry and Accessories Expo,
Las Vegas Souvenir and Resort Gift Show,
Galveston Gift and Resort Merchandise Show,
The Gathering, Panama City Gift and Resort
Merchandise Show at Destin/Ft. Walton Beach,
East Coast Resort Gift Expo, Grand Strand Gift
and Resort Merchandise Show and Virginia Beach
Gift Show, according to a statement from the company.
Guess joined Urban in 1996 as a sales associate
for the Philadelphia Gift Show. She also provided
sales and operations support for a number of
other Urban Expositions’ shows before being
named show director of the Miami Gift Show in
1998. In 2002, Guess was promoted to executive
director of Urban Expositions’ Florida division.
Guess came to Urban Expositions from the
Atlanta Market Center, or AmericasMart, where
she served as director of contract administration
for 17 years, the statement said.
“Donna’s successful tenure as a sales director
and show manager with Urban Expositions makes
her the ideal person for this position,” said Doug
Miller, president, Urban Expositions, in the statement.
“She has extensive industry experience and
a strong understanding of sales and operations,
which allows upper management to place our trust
in Donna as we continue to strengthen and
enhance our current shows and look for new business
opportunities.”
Additional Urban Expositions staff appointments
include: Stephanie Buice was named director
of buyer relations; Kathy Smart was named
show director of the Orlando Gift Show and
Virginia Beach Gift Show; Marjorie Richardson
was named show manager for the East Coast
Resort Gift Expo and Miami Beach Gift Show;
Sarah Calvert was named show manager for the
Orlando Jewelry and Accessories Expo,
Galveston Gift and Resort Expo and the Grand
Strand Gift and Resort Expo; and Karen Mason
was named show manager for the Las Vegas
Souvenir and Resort Gift Show and the Panama
City Gift and Resort Merchandise Show at
Destin/Ft. Walton Beach, according to the statement.
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