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BENCHMARK’s Sebastien Layen Named Senior Chef Champion in IACC’s Global Copper Skillet Competition
Executive Chef Sebastien Layen | May 7, 2019
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, May 2019 … BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, announces that Sebastien Layen, executive chef at Deloitte University in Westlake, Texas, was named winner of the 2019 IACC Global Copper Skillet Competition, held recently in Toronto. IACC (formerly the International Association of Conference Centres) introduced the culinary competition in 2004 to highlight the artistry and skill of the best chefs from IACC-member conference venues around the world, and to honor chefs' contributions to providing an outstanding meeting experience. Chef Layen was the winner of regional competitions in IACC's A...
BENCHMARK® Adds Hilton University of Florida Conference Center at Gainesville to Benchmark Resorts & Hotels
March 19, 2019
The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, March 2019 … BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, has added the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center at Gainesville to the company's prestigious Benchmark Resorts & Hotels® brand portfolio. The recently renovated, 248-guest room property is located on the University of Florida campus, close to Gainesville's Central Business District. The property serves a growing market of visiting alumni, parents and students, academics, and guests affiliated with the university. Its IACC-approved conference center, with 25,000 square feet of meeting space, attracts a significant number ...
Doug Pitcock ‘49 Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center Earns Prestigious IACC Certification
July 9, 2018
New Property to Open in August on University Campus College Station, Texas, July 2018 … The new Doug Pitcock '49 Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center (www.TexasAMHotelCC.com) will open in August with an exceptional new credential: membership in IACC, the exclusive International Association of Conference Centres. With this prestigious certification, the hotel joins an elite group of more than 300 first rate, certified meeting venues in 23 countries. The recognized thought leader of the meetings industry, IACC is the sole international association representing small-to-medium-sized venues focused on meetings, training and conf...
The National Conference Center Celebrates Earth Day
The Black Olive atThe National Conference Center | April 17, 2018
Announces Partnership with Four Local Farms Leesburg, Virginia, April 2018 … For the past 20 years, The National Conference Center has been fully committed to creating and implementing policies that minimize its impact on the environment. New this year and in time to celebrate Earth Day, April 22, The National is proud to enhance its food and beverage program by partnering with four local Virginia farms. "There continues to be a demand for farm-to-table cuisine, but The National is taking things one step further and going 'hyperlocal' working with as many local farmers as possible to source the food,' says Executive Chef Todd Gol...
Operated by Riley Hotel Group and Owned by Riverview Hotel Development, The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center Now Open in Muscatine, Iowa
The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center | April 6, 2018
April 6, 2018 – Muscatine, Iowa – The Merrill Hotel & Conference Center, an IACC accredited meeting venue in the downtown riverfront area of Muscatine, opens its doors to its very first guests today. This four-star, luxury boutique hotel boasts 122 guest rooms, an on-site, full-service restaurant and lounge called Maxwell's, and a host of top-notch amenities including a saltwater pool, fitness room, 16 flexible meeting rooms with over 12,000 square feet of meeting space and a picturesque top floor ballroom with outdoor terrace overlooking the Mississippi River. The only IACC accredited meeting venue in the state of Iowa,...
IACC Meeting Room of the Future™ Shows Shift in Meeting Planner Objectives
December 18, 2017
Ground-Breaking Project of BENCHMARK®, a global hospitality company, and IACC Tracks Trends in Technology, Design, ROI, Impactful Experience The Woodlands (Houston), Texas, December 2017 … Like the quest for the Holy Grail, the search to find the Meeting Room of the Future may never end. The latest report from the ground-breaking IACC Meeting Room of the Future™, shows that yesterday's breakthroughs are today's technology and that meeting planners and conferees now have specific, rapidly evolving goals and great expectations. Technology has greatly expanded and redefined the definition of what a meeting room is and can ...
IACC Connect 2017 Announces Global Alliance with MPI, Recognizes Culinary and Service Excellence
IACC | April 18, 2017
Los Angeles, CA, April 2017 … IACC celebrated another year of excellence and innovation at IACC America's Connect in sunny southern California. Multiple educational sessions, panel discussions, workshops and the annual Global Copper Skillet cooking competition were hosted by the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center April 4-6, 2017, located on UCLA's main campus in Los Angeles. "This year we were delighted to bring new and exciting education to the annual Connect conference," said Mark Cooper, CEO of IACC. "Our members, who travelled from throughout North America to Los Angeles were able to experience this learning toge...
IACC Names United Kingdom and Canada Chefs Winners of the Global Copper Skillet Competition
IACC | April 12, 2017
Los Angeles, CA, April 2017 … Six chefs from IACC's Americas-, Australia-Asia-Pacific- and European-member venues competed for the Global Copper Skillet at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center on Tuesday, April 4. The event served as the final stage in a three-part competition. United Kingdom and Canada chefs were named as the Global Copper Skillet winners during the IACC-Americas Awards Banquet the following day, and took home the coveted Global Copper Skillet award. Mary Palecek, sous chef at Sundial - Woodside Conference Centre, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, took the Junior Category Copper Skillet for h...
