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World Series of Housekeeping

is Mon., Sept. 26.

Entry form inside.

MMHLA Offices:7730 Goshawk CoveCordova, TN 38016901-752-9902901-752-0743 (fax)MemphisHLA@earthlink.netwww.mmhla.comPeggy Callahan, Executive DirectorMMHLA Officers:Wayne Tabor.........................ChairmanMary Calorio..........................PresidentTony Goebel..................Vice PresidentDoug Owings........................TreasurerTricia Weatherford.................SecretaryJohn Rucker.............Sergeant-at-armsMMHLA Board of Directors:Doug BrowneShawn DankoAnne-Marie FamaletteMohamad HakimianKevin KaneBill Spencer

Pierre LandaicheCraig MarshallEve MooreChuck PinkowskiTerry UmbreitRick Zurburg

MMHLA OFFICERS & BOARD

September 2011

Phone: 901-752-9902Fax: 901-752-0743E-mail: MemphisHLA@earthlink.net

Going Green:Can You Be Green?

Doubletree Downtown

To Make Reservations:

Oct. 19: Effective Training for Your StaffCrowne Plaza

Sept. 21, 2011

www.mmhla.com

Guests - $25

www.mmhla.com for details

Registration, 11:30 a.m.Luncheon, 12:00 noon

Environmental IssuesHotels

for

A panel discussing envi-ronmental issues for hotels? There’s an idea whose time has come. It’s a panel discussion, moderated by the Embassy Suite’s Eve Moore, and it hap-pens at the next MMHLA lun-cheon meeting, Wed., Sept. 21, at the Doubletree Downtown.Panel members include:Dobbin Callahan, of Skye Con

Environmental Consulting on TN Green Hospitality Certifica-tion, speaking on Hotel Audits on Environmental Practices, The Value of LEED Certification & Cost Benefit Activities.Babesh Patel, La Quinta Inn

& Suites, Wolfchase, talking about: LEED certification re-quirements (is it worth it?) & Waste Management: Environ-mental Programs.Also on hand will be Stephanie

Cox, talking about the Ecotality of recharging stations for elec-tric cars.

Other talking points, or informa-tion made available, include:Top 10 Actions for Environmental

Management, case history, Boston Park Plaza Hotel.Why Should Hotels Be Green.The Truth About Green Marketing.And more.So make plans to be there, Wed.,

Sept. 21, at the Doubletree Down-town. Make reservations now. The numbers are in the box on the right.

Eve Moore

Don Houseworth and Sam Jackson, Holiday Inn, Blytheville, AR, and Charles Brown, International Hotel Group.

Wayne Tabor with City Councilman Myron Lowery and AH&LA’s Marlene Colucci.

Where Presi-dent Mary Calo-rio gives away, what else? Elvis Wine.

“Hear Yee! Hear Yee!” calls MMHLA President, Mary Calorio . . . well, sort of. Terri Walker: “Let the

auction begin!”

Memphis’ favorite hole in the wall: The Rendezvous.

At the Rendezvous: Justin Holmerud Star-wood Hotels & Resorts, and Jerry Cataldo, Hostmark Hospitality, Chicago, Il.

Gred Adkins Tennessee Hospitality Association and AH&LA’s Mar-lene Colucci.

Chris Jackson, David Pear, Jeff Higley and Isaac Colazzo.

AT THE RENDEZVOUS: LUNCH WITH THE SPEAKERS

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011

John and Lisa Rucker.

Nothing like a cool Breeze to jazz up a party!

Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton, AH&LA President Marlene Colucci and President of Pinkowski & Company Chuck Pinkowski.

PAC RECEPTION & DINNER AT THE PEABODYTUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 2011

Myron Lowery, Mohamad Hakim-ian and AC Wharton.

REGISTRATIONWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011 – MORNING SESSION

To all attendants of the 9th Annual Southern Lodging Summit @

Memphis, from MMHLA President Mary Calorio & Pinkowski &

Company’s Chuck Pinkowski: “Welcome!”

WELCOME!BREAKFAST

A shaggy pair of hospitality execs prepare for coffee and a bun. Fun!

Becoming a Summit

tradition: Marlene

Colucci taking over

Duckmaster duties at

The Peabody.

DUCK WALK!

Terri Walker: “Let the auction begin!”

Terri Walker,

with Walker

Auctions, helps

us raise $2721 for St. Jude.

Is it ties? Anyway it’s Anne-Marie Famalette hold-ing them up, with Rebecca Smith UofM Hotel School, & Charlie Swan.

LUNCHEON

LET THE SUMMIT BEGIN!

Social Media 2.0, Jeff Higley standing, &: Ted Raynor, Justin Holmerud, Chris Jackson & Jerry Stafford.

Warren Fields: “We have seen the enemy and he is us!”

Marlene Colluci speaks from the heart about fighting backdoor card check and specialty health care.

Jan Frietag, giving the STR Presentation of Industry Trends asks: “Recovery, or Recovery!”

Shelby County Mayor AC Wharton: “Memphis was the home of a genius – Kemmons Wilson, the founder of Holiday Inns.”

Grover Cleveland’s nice, especially on a giant $1,000 bill! Eliot Cohen (not pictured), Cohen Investments, won the Grand Finale Drawing. Pictured are: Peggy Callahan, Denise Carpenter, Jack Soden & Chuck Pinkowski.

Marlene Colluci:

“The Travel

Promotion Act debuts

in early 2012.”

THE PRESIDENTS’ PANEL

Chad Crandell: “Everytime PriceLine comes on my TV, I throw stuff at it.”

The Presidents panel with Chuck Pinkowski and Mary Calorio. From left to right: Warren Fields, Isaac Colazzo, Jerry Cataldo, Chuck Pinkowski, Mary Calorio, David Pepper and Chad Crandell.

SOCIAL MEDIA 2.0

KEYNOTE SPEAKERPeter Yesawich: “The future of travel is to be determined by leisure travel.”

David Pepper: “There’s no new underwriting in any market segments. Banks are not lending.”

To The Nolan AV Crew:THANKYA! THANKYA VERY MUCH!

Jeff Higley: “The idea of advanced social media is to focus on the age-old art of conversation.”

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Are you ready for Clean Up Bowling? How are you at guarding against Com-mode Snatchers? How are you with a towel? And can you make a bed that will pass inspection?Well you’d better bone

up on your skills because the 2011 World Series of Housekeeping is Mon.,

The 2011 World Series Of Housekeeping Is Sept. 26!

Sept. 26, in the South Hall of the Memphis Cook Conven-tion Center. 1 p.m. And if you can’t do these things, you better field a team that can.What? You haven’t signed up yet? Well do

it now! Contact Peggy Callahan, 901-752-0743, or memphishla@earthlink.net for forms and information. It’s not too late. It’s more than fun. It’s an honor. It’s a blast!P.S. – many thanks to our sponsors: Datek,

ServPro, SolarTech and ATA Consultants, and . . . P.P.S. – if any other of our valuable Allied Members are interested in participat-ing, well, just let Peggy know. Her number and email are up above.

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The Southern Lodging Summit @ Memphis

Wows’em Again!The 9th Southern Lodging Summit @ Memphis was a success!! If you missed it, go ahead and kick yourself. This program (co-hosted by

MMHLA and Pinkowski & Company) was informative with pertinent topics presented by the industry’s top professionals. Plan now to attend next year’s event. It will be our 10th and of course, we will plan bigger and better than ever!! If you were an attendee, please fill out the Summit Survey that will be emailed to you shortly. We really appreciate your time to complete the survey, and seriously consider all comments. I would like to take this time (space) to thank Peggy Callahan, our Executive Director, and Gloria McCollum of Pinkowski & Company for

their tireless efforts to coordinate and make this conference a reality. The Summit Committee met immediately following the closing of the Summit and critiqued this year’s program. A few suggestions already are being considered for next year. This will be the first of many meetings, and tireless hours of preparation for our next Summit. The following are members of the Summit Committee, and deserve a standing ovation for their participation, and most definitely a big thank you from me:

Marty BoscaccyWilliam Edmundson Glenn MaloneWayne TaborDoug Browne Anne-Marie FamaletteGloria McCollum Carrie TurnerPeggy CallahanTony Goebel

Please do not forget our Summit sponsors. Tell them thanks when you see them – and support them! And last but most certainly not least is you – the participant. Thank you for attending and/or sending someone. The Summit definitely takes a village to exist – sponsors, attendees, and com-mittee members. So thankya, thankya, thankyaverymuch!!I hope to see you at this month’s luncheon, 9/21/2011 @ the Downtown

Doubletree Hotel. September’s environmental program includes discus-sion/information on TN Green Hospitality Certification and on LEED Hotel Certification. If you haven’t made reservations, please call Peggy. A closing note” Memphis is your home – help make her everyone’s

pride. Be courteous. Extend the smile of hospitality to everyone you meet. Who knows: they may smile back! Till next month, same time, same place – smile!!

David PearTerry UmbreitMary CalorioJeff HigleyChuck PinkowskiRick ZurburgChris DalyPierre LandaicheJohn Rucker

MMHLA7730 Goshawk CoveCordova, TN 38016

2011 CALENDAR

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Sept. 16 – HSMAI Mid-South 4th Annual Chinese Auction; 6:30 p.m., Doubletree at Sanderlin, 752-0743.Sept. 21 -- Going Green: Can You Be Green? Doubletree Downtown.Sept. 24 -- Duncan-Williams Dragon Boat Races; 877-580-RACE (7223), memphis.racedragonboats.com.Sept. 26 -- World Series of Housekeeping; MCCC.Oct. 5-7 -- 2011 Tennessee Governor’s Conference on Tourism; info at www.tenntourismroundtable.com.Oct. 19 -- Effective Training for Your Staff; Crowne Plaza.Nov. 16 -- Sales: How To? Memphis Marriott Downtown.

Sept. 16-17 – Smokin Aces Festival & BBQ Cham-p i o n s h i p ; Tunica, MS, hosted by Har-rahs Tunica, 1-800-HAR-RAHS (427-7247). Men-tion group code S9BBQ11.

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