Ovation Global DMC, the Destination Services Division of MCI, is delighted to name Sue Pelletier winner of the 2013 Ovation Huggabilty Award. The announcement was made at IMEX America, Las Vegas by Ovation Director of Global Sales, Aoife Delaney.
Writer/Editor at Penton Media, Boston-based Sue was nominated for being ‘bright, intelligent and cultured’ and for ‘delivering great content to the meetings industry for many years’. With a career to date spanning offline and online journalism, SueÂ’s expertise is well-honed and extremely well utilised. She is well known within the meetings industry as a journalist who asks the right questions and is a thought leader, especially in relation to medical meetings and religious conferences.
Passing on his huggability crown to Sue, 2012 winner Eduardo Chaillo, CMP, CMM, CASE, tweeted: ‘enjoy the year and focus on how important it is to spend good personal time with real friends in this amazing industry’. Eduardo also noted how in our people-centric industry ‘there is no technology which can replace hugs.’
Padraic Gilligan, Vice President, Ovation Global DMC added: “in an industry where personality is a vital ingredient to success, the huggability award is a distinguished tribute to receive. Like so many of our huggability nominees, Sue is very active on Twitter (@spelletier) and we look forward to following her words of wisdom as she journeys with Ovation Bear (@ovationbear) throughout 2014’’.
Please visit www.ovationdmc.com/huggability13 to find out more about Sue and the other nominated candidates.
