HospitalityMaine 2024 Summit
HospitalityMaine invites you to the highly anticipated Summit 2024, our annual celebration of the hospitality industry! This year, we’re bringing together the brightest minds and passionate professionals for two days of networking, learning, and fun.
Why Attend Summit 2024?
🌟 Engage with Industry Leaders
Learn from Maine’s top hospitality experts in sessions covering a range of critical topics:
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From Challenges to Champions: Embracing Diversity and Recovery in the Workforce
Discover strategies for creating a workforce that thrives on diversity and supports recovery-friendly practices.-
Workforce Support: Supportive Strategies for a Recovery-Positive Workplace
Gain insights into building supportive environments for employees in recovery, fostering a healthier, more productive workforce. -
Workforce Support: Creating Opportunities Through Inclusive Hiring
Learn best practices for inclusive hiring and integrating employees with disabilities into your team, enhancing your organizational culture and performance.
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- Marketing Success
Learn new strategies to engage guests, employees and elevate your brand. Embrace the power of storytelling with a new hospitality marketing playbook. -
Leveraging Libations
Come thirsty to taste Pine State Beverage’s on-trend alcohol-removed drinks and catch the buzz.
Experience Cecilia, the summit’s official AI Bartender, here to craft both non-alcoholic and alcoholic cocktails on the double.
- The Future of Hospitality: Tech, Talent, and Culture
Explore how AI innovations, game-based learning, and Gen Z will shape the future of hospitality. Discover strategies for engaging the next generation and building a standout culture with Keynote Speaker, Brian Connors.
🔄 Interactive Sessions
Experience an interactive summit with roundtable discussions following each panel. Connect with innkeepers, restaurateurs, and hospitality professionals from across the state, with business models, and diverse backgrounds. Share insights, exchange ideas, and build valuable relationships.
💡 Gain Fresh Perspectives
Immerse yourself in forward-thinking sessions designed to tackle today’s most pressing issues in hospitality: Leave with actionable ideas and new processes to enhance your day to day business. Learn, Explore, Discover and Master.
🎉 Celebrate and Enjoy
Celebrate the best in Maine’s hospitality industry with us! Enjoy an evening of awards, networking, and festivities as we honor outstanding achievements and industry leaders.
Don't Miss Out! Regroup after a busy Maine summer, unwind with friends new and old, and leave inspired to take your hospitality business to new heights.
Agenda
| October 28 | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Registration |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Welcome Lunch |
| 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM |
Opening Keynote - From Challenges to Champions
A powerful story of growth and resilience from a former restaurant industry pro. An uplifitng tale of adaptability, passion, and dedication to helping others. Speaker: Jennifer Thompson - Executive Director at NAMI-Maine |
| 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM |
Supportive Strategies for a Recovery-Positive Workplace
Gain insights into building supportive environments for employees in recovery, fostering a healthier, more productive workforce. Roundtable discussion to follow Speaker: Brittany Reichmann - Recovery Friendly Workplace Maine |
| 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM | Break |
| 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM |
Creating Opportunities Through Inclusive Hiring
Best practices for inclusive hiring and integrating employees with disabilities to your team. Learn to enhance your organizational culture and performance. Roundtable discussion to follow Speaker: Elizabeth Nitzel - DVR Statewide Business Consultant |
| 3:45 PM - 4:00 PM | Break |
| 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Industry Tradeshow |
| 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Reception |
| 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM | Awards Dinner |
| 8:30 PM - 10:00 PM |
Halloween-Themed After Party
Costumes Welcomed |
| October 29 | |
| 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:15 AM - 8:20 AM |
Annual Meeting — Approve slate of Board of Directors
with Becky Jacobson, Executive Director |
| 8:20 AM - 9:45 AM |
Legislative Update
with Nate Cloutier Essential coverage on legislative changes and key issues shaping 2025. From federal and state regulatory shifts, to emerging policy trends, gain criticalinsights to help your hospitality business thrive. Q&A to follow |
| 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | Break |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM |
Marketing Success
Learn new strategies to engage guests, employees and elevate your brand. Embrace the power of storytelling with a new hospitality marketing playbook. Panelist: Allie Gill - Uncommon Hospitality Paul Raudonat - Migis Hotel Group Rachel Crater - Witham Family Hotels |
| 11:00 AM - 11:15 AM | Break |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
Leveraging Libations
Beverage Trends: Come thirsty to taste Pine State Beverage’s on-trend alcohol-removed drinks. Speaker: Michelle Wissemann - Pine State Beverage Meet Cecelia—our AI bartender—offering both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages through the magic of AI. Come thirsty to taste Pine State Beverage’s on-trend alcohol-removed drinks and catch the buzz. Cecilia AI Bartender https://cecilia.ai/ |
| 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
The Future of Hospitality: Tech, Talent, and Culture
Explore how AI innovations, game-based learning, and Gen Z will shape the future of hospitality. Discover strategies for engaging the next generation and building a standout culture Speaker: Brian Connors, Accelerating Leaders |
| 1:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Closing Remarks
with Becky Jacobson, Executive Director Thank you for joining us for the 2024 Summit! Bagged to-go lunch available. |
| Price | |
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Full Summit Attendee
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$275.00 |
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Day One with Lunch and Dinner
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$235.00 |
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Day One with Lunch and No Dinner
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$130.00 |
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Summit Awards Dinner
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$100.00 |
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Summit Trade Show Exhibitor
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$600.00 |
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Summit Day 2 Attendee
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$60.00 |
Product Add-ons
| Add-ons | Price |
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| Contributing Sponsor - Summit View Product | $500.00 |
To book your room with Sugarloaf Mountain Resort by calling (866)-865-1019 and refer
to the HospitalityMaine Summit 2024 group.
Room Rates -
| Hotel Alcove / Standard | $145.00 |
| Hotel Superior / Queen Bed | $145.00 |
| Hotel Superior / 2 Queen Beds | $165.00 |
| Hotel One Bedroom Suite | $269.00 |
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