Overview
NEW THIS YEAR! Mark your calendars for an exclusive business forum for Trustee and Chairman’s League VIP Members ONLY hosted at The Waldorf Astoria in Orlando, FL. This 2-day Summer VIP Meeting combines industry insights, renowned speakers, and working sessions to engage timeshare innovation and thought leadership.
Register
Registration for the ARDA VIP Summer Meeting is open to ARDA Trustee and Chairman’s League Members only. Your spouse or significant other is welcome to attend this event (sorry other guests and business partners are excluded). To register a spouse or significant other please contact May Crowley.
Registration Closed
Hotel Information
The Waldorf Astoria Orlando is the host hotel for the VIP Summer Meeting. The ARDA room block is now sold out. Please contact the hotel directly to book your room at the best prevailing rate. If you’d like to be added to the waitlist for a room at the ARDA group rate, please email Catherine Lacey at clacey@arda.org
Schedule
Thursday, July 28
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Welcome by Orange County Mayor, Jerry L. Demings
10:15 am - 11:00 am
General Session: Orlando Resilience Sets the Tone: The Return of Travel and the Economic Impact to Orlando and the Broader Florida Market
Join this panel featuring Orlando travel leaders to hear how Orlando, the Capital of Timeshare, has led the way in the return of leisure and business travel and the outlook going forward.
Moderator: Kelly Cohen, Orlando Managing Partner, The Southern Group
Speakers: Jason Siegel, President & CEO, Greater Orlando Sports Commission, Laureen Martinez, VP of Marketing & Brand Management, Orlando Economic Partnership, Mike Waterman, Chief Sales Officer, Visit Orlando
Sponsored by First American Title Insurance Company
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
General Session: The Impact of Travel Recovery and Growth for the Timeshare Industry Today
Join the second part of our Orlando Resilience Session and hear insights, business impact and perspective on what the Florida story of resilience means to our industry and organizations today. Speakers to be announced in mid June.
Moderator: Jason Gamel, President & CEO, ARDA
SPEAKERS: Bill Caswell, Global Hospitality Leader, North Highland, JOHN GELLER, PRESIDENT, MARRIOTT VACATIONS WORLDWIDE, Don Peruta, SVP, Liberty Bank, JARED SAFT, CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, WESTGATE RESORTS
Sponsored by First American Title Insurance Company
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The Positive Public Image of Timeshare: Join the PR and media discussion and participate in the strategies and goals driving the #ARDA360 Campaign.
Hear from a panel of experts and then participate in roundtable exercises that connect expertise, thought leadership and provide a roadmap for success.
Moderator: Jason Gamel, President and CEO, ARDA
Speakers: Paula Carrreiro, Vice President, FINN Partners, Sarah Conroy, Marketing Project Lead, ARDA,
Erica Ettori, Vice President, Global Communications, Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Steven Goldsmith, Director, Public Relations Travel + Leisure Co., Hannah Vazzana, SVP and Chief Communications Officer, Hilton Grand Vacations
Sponsored by Flywire
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Experience Reception
Sponsored by First American Title Insurance Company
Open evening for entertaining
Friday, July 29
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Registration
8:30 am - 10:00 am
Breakfast with Keynote Speaker
John Heilemann, Co-Host, Creator, and Executive Producer of Showtime's The Circus; National Affairs Analyst for NBC News and MSNBC; Executive Editor and Co-Founder of The Recount; New York Times No. 1 Best Selling Author of Game Change and Double Down
Sponsored by North Highland Group
Meeting Concludes
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