Smart Meetings
Smart Meetings is the most dynamic meetings industry publisher in the world for event professionals. We support the hospitality community with innovative ideas, elevated experiences and authentic connections.
- Role
- Founder Emeritus at Smart Meetings
- Location
- Sausalito, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Smart Meetings
Marin Bright was the founder of Bright Business Media, LLC and Smart Meetings, worked in the hospitality industry for more than 30 years—first serving hotels and establishing herself as the top sales person, then launching nine magazines. In 2002, Bright started Smart Meetings with the goal of improving the quality of the print and online meeting experience, and becoming meeting planners’ No. 1 resource for industry news and information. She was an innovator and trailblazer. Bright pioneered the first one-on-one appointment-based events for hotels and planners, launched one of the first websites in meetings media, and created the first ‘consumeresque’ B-to-B trade publication for meetings. She received numerous accolades, including the prestigious WPA Distinction in Leadership Award and two consecutive Folio Top Women in Media Awards as a corporate visionary. Bright was honored as a Legend in the Northern California chapter of PCMA’s Bay Area Meetings Industry Excellence Awards and named to Eventex’s list of 100 Most Influential People in the Event Industry. She passed away January, 2024.
Experience
Founder Emeritus
Jan 2024 — Present
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