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American Group Travel Awards Shine Brightly in South Beach
AMERICAN GROUP TRAVEL AWARDS
Shine Brightly in South Beach
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By Angela Trostle
Hotelplanner Celebrates the American Group Travel Awards with Impact Wealth’s Cover Star John Isner, at the Nobu Hotel South Beach to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital raising a record fundraising total for the charity. This year’s theme “Reimagining Group Travel” recognized the increased complexity for group travel planners and how the industry continues to adapt and evolve to the ever-changing post-pandemic environment.
The star-studded black tie affair was attended by more than 200 people, including HotelPlanner senior executives and their pending non-employee Board of Director nominees, Reservations.com Co-Founders Yatin Patel and Mahesh Chaddash, and a diverse group of hospitality industry executives, and VIPs and celebrities as follows: AGTA Host Dylan Ratigan, HotelPlanner Co-Founder & CEO Tim Hentschel, HotelPlanner brand ambassador, tennis star and World Hospitality Award winner John Isner, HotelPlanner brand ambassador and WBO Cruiserweight Champion of the World Lawrence Okolie, former Florida Senator George LeMieux, DJ and producer Paul Oakenfold, restauranteur Todd English, dermatologist and entrepreneur Dr. Nicholas Perricone, financier Todd Ruppert, LL Cool J’s producer E-Love, the father of digital art Laurence Gartel, former Miss Ohio and U.S. Congressional candidate Madison Gesiotto Gilbert and her husband, former Arizona Cardinals football player Marcus Gilbert, as well as news media personalities Rita Cosby, Rob Schmitt, Eboni Williams, and Gianno Caldwell, and many others. Entertainment was provided by performer SWXM and DJ Dalton Loughlin.
Pro tennis star John Isner was honored as HotelPlanner’s World Hospitality Award winner and eight category winners were announced for the best of group travel.