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HAROLD BATISTE JOINS HPN GLOBAL AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT SALES OPERATIONS HPN Global, a worldwide event services company, recently made another progressive move in its unending quest to serve its client base, associates and industry partners. On September 1st, industry veteran Harold Batiste will join the company in the newly created role of Senior Vice President, Sales Operations. In this capacity, Batiste will act as the liaison between HPN Global's 170 associates and our diverse portfolio of Hotel and industry suppliers. In an ever increasingly challenging market, our associates and partners are faced with a litany of issues from contract language to meeting space and guest-room questions. Regardless of the business environment, Batiste will help manage both ends of the supply chain process to ensure our clients and our associates' close business with the right hotels at the right rates. Batiste brings to HPN Global a robust background spanning almost 20 years with The Ritz-Carlton and Marriott International, both from a property perspective as well as Marriott's Global Sales Organization. His ability to build great relationships will be utilized on a daily basis as he strengthens our bonds with industry partners around the world. "As we grow and evolve our business, having an extremely talented individual like Harold as part of the senior executive team is something we are all very excited about," said Bill Kilburg, CEO. "I am thrilled and honored to join HPN Global. Over the past 17 years, I have witnessed HPN grow into a world-renowned meetings and event management organization. I feel my experience, passion and strategic support will help continue their growth trajectory. There is a lot of work to be done ahead, but I see the future as being very bright and could not be happier to be a part of it," said Harold Batiste. B M & T ••• September/October 2019 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 13 ACVB ANNOUNCES TWO NEW MANAGERIAL ROLES Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) announces a new role for Megan Wilkinson as manager, conven- tion services and the promotion of Joseph Henry as manager, technology. In her new role, Wilkinson will work closely with ACVB member companies to source suppliers for customer needs and collaborate with ACVB marketing and public relations departments to provide destination mar- keting materials to the meeting planners, support- ing convention attendance building. She will man- age bookings for groups with a minimum of 250 hotel room nights on peak to major citywide accounts. Wilkinson began her career with ACVB in 2016 as administrative assistant, trade show sales and was promoted to manager, sales in 2017. As manager, technology, Henry is responsible for monitoring ACVB's local area network (LAN) while providing technical support to ensure equip- ment and facilities are operating at maximum effi- ciency. He joined the organization in 2014 as spe- cialist, technology, playing an essential part in the organization's technological advancement, onboarding new staff members into the internal system and assuring continued availability of resources during ACVB's recent office renovation.