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UPDATED 8/8/08

DIRECTOR OF CATERING

EMBASSY SUITES MIAMI AIRPORT

CULINAIRE, a dynamic, privately-owned food and beverage management company headquartered in Texas, is seeking an enthusiastic, highly organized and self motivated team player to drive catering sales for the Embassy Suites Miami Airport hotel.

As  Director of Catering you will report to the Food and Beverage Director and will be responsible for:

• Complete oversight of the busy catering department and one catering sales manager
• Development of new business through inside sales calls and solicitation of outside business
• Initiation and development of  quality leads to ensure growth of catering sales
• Assuring the highest level of customer service in order to strive for flawless organization and execution of events

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Minimum of 3 years catering sales management experience in the local market
• Strong selling and interpersonal skills
• High level of creativity
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge of food and current food and decor trends
• Excellent organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications to include Word and Excel and must also have experience working with catering software

CULINAIRE  provides upscale food and beverage management services to a diverse collection of accounts including cultural arts centers, hotels, restaurants, private clubs, special event venues, zoos, and retail operations.  We add value to our clients' enterprises by maintaining a distinctively high level of quality in our cuisine and service. We offer our associates an entrepreneurial atmosphere with continued growth and leadership opportunities.  Our best managers have a passion for the industry and a strong desire to learn and take on more responsibility.  We offer a competitive base salary and commission,  plus medical, dental, life, disability and life insurance, 401K with company match, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays and vacation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sherri Dark

Corporate Recruiter

CULINAIRE and RG2

214-754-1815

214-754-1851 fax

www.culinaireintl.com

As I write this letter, we are returning from the Annual NACE Educational Conference in Philadelphia. This year marked the 50^th Anniversary of the NACE organization. Two new chapters were introduced at the conference for Omaha and Reno/Tahoe. The re-establishment of the New York Chapter was also announced. NACE is enjoying the highest national membership ever with over 4,300 members and our own South Florida Chapter is at its highest level in many years with over 100 members. Our chapter was well represented at the conference with 18 members registered, 4 of which sat for the CPCE certification exam.

An educational focus took center stage at the annual conference with breakout sessions covering every facet of the catering arena. The timing of the conference always works for South Floridians. It is scheduled in the summer and is extremely cost effective considering what it would cost to bring this level of training to hospitality professionals at the property level.

Keynote presentations by Walter Scheib, former White House Executive who served both President Clinton and W. Bush administrations and Mindy Weiss, Celebrity Wedding Planner from Beverly Hills, were both worth the price of admission on their own. 

We are moving into the last half of the year’s events for our chapter. After quality functions at Hotel Victor, Harbor Beach Marriott, Gulf Stream Park and the Annual NACE Ladies Luncheon at Doral Golf Resort & Spa, we are looking forward to our final three events starting with September’s gathering at the American Orchid Society in Delray.

October’s event will be held at the Martini Bar in Miami and December will include the Hospitality Alliance Annual Fundraiser where NACE joins ISES, FAME, MPI, HSMAI, FBTA, SITE and GFLCVB to raise money for local charities.

In December, your board members will be gathering to work on next year’s calendar of events. We have all learned over the years that those who give most to the association tend to benefit the most. This is your organization and we welcome your input on program schedule and content. Any member interested in either hosting an event next year or working on the board is encouraged to contact myself or any board member.

I look forward to seeing you at our next event.

David K. Wilson, CPCE, CMP

President, NACE South Florida Chapter

Director of Event Planning, Harbor Beach Marriott Resort and Spa

New Revolutionary Website Concept

Over The Top Launches New Linen Rental Site

Fort Lauderdale – Over The Top®, Inc recently launched their new website. OverTheTopInc.com will revolutionize the way event planners and venues do business.

OverTheTopInc.com not only features the company’s entire up-to-date inventory, but also every format, shape and size available in all linens. This means that not only will you see their beautiful Azalea Raspberry on Lime, but also you’ll know that it comes in 132” round table linens. And, that is just the beginning.

OverTheTopInc.com boasts the industry’s most dynamic interface allowing designers to create a Linen Showcase™ of their favorite items as they develop the look of an event. Planners can save their Showcase and come back to it as often as they need. “If you want to share it with someone else, simply e-mail it to them. Later, with a few clicks you can turn your showcase into an Order Request complete with all the items and counts you will require,” said Nancy Davis, President. “Are you working on multiple events at the same time? We have you covered. Feel free to create as many Showcases as you like. And, as you place Order Requests, our website keeps track of all of your requests showing you detailed information for future reference” added Alan Eingold, Nancy’s business partner and the company’s Vice-President.

The days of calling to request a linen swatch are over. Event planners can log into their account at OverTheTopInc.com, select the swatches they would like to see, and submit their request. Yes, it’s that easy; ready to place and order? It doesn’t matter if its 2pm or 2am, you can place your Order Request online. “Our website is always open!” said Eingold.

According to Davis, Designers will now be able to do all of their linen research from the comfort of their home or office at the most convenient time for them. And, for those times where they don’t know where to start, Nancy says, “take a chance! You can search our website by color, size, and shape.” It looks like everyone will be able to find a surprise--or two-- perfect for their event.

Eingold was very enthusiastic about another component of Over The Top’s new website concept. “Our customers told us: I want a way to show my clients your product while keeping my source confidential. We listened and are proud to introduce the revolutionary Linen Book™ at linenbook.com.”

Linen Book is a non-branded, no-order mirror website that contains the identical information featured at OverTheTopInc.com, but without its branding. Now, designers and venues can tell their clients to visit www.linenbook.com to view all of the beautiful linens available for their event without fear of the customer “going direct.”

Clients visiting LinenBook.com will be able to create, save, and e-mail Showcases just like designers can at Over The Top’s website. Aland added, “Imagine your customer e-mails you a Linen Showcase; you talk about it and decide that indeed those are the perfect linens for the event. Just log into your account on the linenbook.com website (yes, your login works there too!), and save the Showcase your customer sent you. Later, when you are ready to place an order, log into your account at OverTheTopInc.com, go to MANAGE SHOWCASE and convert it into an Order Request with a few clicks.”

“Here’s a tip!” said Nancy. “Are you meeting with a customer? Go to LinenBook.com and print complete product information sheets of the linens you are thinking of using. You and your customer will have a picture and all the information you need to plan the event’s linens. More importantly, there is no need to clip, rub, or Whiteout the logo. Every product information sheet comes conveniently branded with Linen Book.” If you don’t mind that your customer sees Over The Top’s branding, you may also print the complete product information sheets on the OverTheTopInc.com website. They are all there as well.

Are you ready to go big time? Over The Top has developed a program with you in mind! Call them to inquire how they can put together a fully branded website just like OverTheTopInc.com and LinenBook.com with your own branding. Asking Nancy to explain further, she said: “Imagine customers going to your website and having access to all of the features available on our sites, but on yours!”

When Over The Top introduced their print catalog, the company redefined how the industry displayed rental linens. Today, once again they are redefining the industry by giving customers more information, more options, and more power than any other linen rental company in the country.

Over The Top carries thousands of linen selections, has an in-house manufacturing facility, and ships internationally.

For more information, go to OverTheTopInc.com and click on CREATE ACCOUNT to start taking advantage of the many benefits that come with renting linens from Over The Top.

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