Heidi Okada

ConferenceDirect
Job Title: Global Account Executive
Address: 61 Maple Street #1363
Summit, NJ 07902
United States
Work Phone: 6466493848 ext.
Mobile: 6463348180
Email: heidi.okada@conferencedirect.com
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What is your role in the site selection process? : Recommend or influence
Are you permitted to book programs outside the continental USA?: Yes
Room Type: Single Occupancy
What types of properties/venues do you prefer? (Check all that apply): Intimate inns and lodges, Island and beach resorts, Luxury hotels in out of the way places, Mountain resorts and those specializing in the outdoors, Sophisticated urban hotels, Spa resorts
Would you ever consider planning meetings, incentives, or events on a cruise? Yes


Please describe a past program that you feel typifies the business opportunity you represent for our partners:

Corp – 50-75 rooms for 3 nights (Publishing co that does about 20 Cluster events in Q1- very short term)
Corp – 500 rooms peak for 3 nights (Markting Co. Spring – usually very short term)
Association – 400 rooms peak for 3 nights- weekend pattern – They lean towards urban if they can afford it. Next open year is 2025
Association – 7 regional programs 75-125 rooms peak for 3-4 nights. Next open 2025
Association – 100 rooms 3 night peak – next open Sept/October 2024
Association – 75 rooms 2 nights weekend pattern – next open. Sept/October 2023
Corp- Publishing co- this company has about 30+ small 10-30 rooms peak groups that book very short terms
Corp- 200 room for 3 nights- they like buy outs- next open May 2023
Corp – Vegas 350 rooms 2 nights – Next open Feb/March 2023

Please share with us an opportunity you are currently working on:

San Francisco – 50 rooms for 3nights Aril 2022 (corp meeting but will usually go lux)
So Cal, UT or AZ – 15 rooms for 2 nights- mid lux boutique March 2022 (incentive)
HI or super lux experience – 15 for 3 nights in April 2022 (Incentive)
NYC – 20 rooms 2 nights (corp meeting)
TX, Houston – 15 rooms for 2 nights (corp meeting)

In what locales have you found the greatest program successes?
Typical duration of meeting or incentive program. (number of nights): 23
Level of luxury you expect for your most important programs: Luxury: ($350-$550 per night), Super Luxury/Exclusive ($550+ per night)


If money were no object, I would:
Something that would surprise you about me:


Type of company Meeting / conference / event management
Average size of your programs? (number of rooms)