NXTevent is proud to announce Donna Wolfe as the company's Vice President of Sales. As a Destination Management Professional, Donna brings over 30 years of uninterrupted success in hospitality and destination management sales, planning and execution. She is well known regionally and nationally for her commitment to excellence and her encyclopedic knowledge of the industry. Donna is devoted to developing and building relationships.

At NXTevent, Donna brings a wealth of knowledge that only experience CAN bring; she has performed every role within a destination management company and as such has the versatility to speak to and add value to each role within the organization. In addition to her daily professional work, Donna is an instructor at Boston and Northeastern Universities in the area of hospitality and meeting management.

MORE ABOUT DONNA:

• Graduate of University of Massachusetts at Amherst, BFA
  
  
• Top 10 "Event Planner" Boston Business Journal & Boston Herald (2005 & 2006)
  
  
• Board Member, Committe Chair & Mentor, PCMA New England Chapter
  
  
• Member, MPI, NACE & Boston CVB
  
  
• Member, Women's Culinary League
  
  
• Avid Community Volunteer
  
  

And an excellent host and cook if you are stopping by Boston!

The next time you are looking for a comprehensive event/destination management company in Boston, or anywhere in New England, look no further than Donna Wolfe at NXTevent. Let our team meet and exceed your expectations with our expertise in a suite of capabilities and services. Please contact Donna at 617-904-9059 or by email at donna@nxtevent.com.

In November, Travel and Leisure named Boston as "America's Favorite City!" Boston won by a popular and landslide vote capturing 72 percent in a final showdown with semifinalist and contender San Francisco.

A region inspired by its water and is natural landscape, Boston is vibrant, fresh and enticing.

Top Reasons the MICE Industry Chooses Boston:

• Unmatched airport travel from airport to hotel: 12 to 15 minutes from terminal to hotel.
  
  
• World class inventory of international hotels, special event venues, and neighborhood dining.
  
  
• Exciting interactive experiences influenced by the regional landscape from coastline to mountains to wineries, all within 3 hours travel from downtown Boston.
  
  
• Fantastic shopping that includes designers and labels at discounted rates.
  
  
• Ease and access with excellent domestic service and shortest direct flights to the United States from UK and Europe.
  
  
• An old world city in its renaissance from neighborhoods to the meeting and event industry.
  
  
• Unparalleled content in our backyard, from speakers to authors to industry experts: accessibility to leading universities and academia, modern industries, and professional service experts

The City of Boston has recently created a new marketing campaign that is designed to visually remind citizens and visitors that the city is rich in history, culture, and interactive fun. Throughout the city, 10 twelve-foot high red pins can be found - seven pins are permanent while three others move from neighborhood to neighborhood. These supersized pins include exciting displays that contain interesting facts comeplete with interactive features including text message informating by pin location or nearby evens!

Locations where Visit The Pins can be found:

• The Boston Common
  
  
• Boston's City Hall Plaza
  
  
• Faneuil Hall Marketplace
  
  
• Boston's Children's Museum
  
  
• New England Aquarium
  
  
• Christopher Columbus Park
  
  
• Copley Square
  
  
• Franklin Park Zoo
  
  
• Roslindale Village

On a recent weekend visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, a new addition to the region's collection of fine museums and event venues, we encountered the mesmerizing and thought provoking exhibit by American sculptor Tara Donovan what the Boston Globe called "the most beautiful things" you will see all year.

Utilizing everyday items such as Styrofoam cups, paper plates, mylar, straws, toothpicks and buttons, synthesized with tape, glue and form, Donovan's art forms float, entice and draw upon your imagination. A pile of buttons transforms into shivering stalagmites, while a cloud of Styrofoam cups serenely astonishes the daydreamer. We discovered a mystical and mountains wall gathering in peaks, all shaped from straws. One of our favorites was a long and narrow amber toned sculpture that alluded to a contemporary version of stained glass creating exquisite, tightly curling forms - all out of what finally appeared to be faded rolled plastic sheets - and if you peak through the curls, you will experience kaleidoscope like views of the harbor.

In the first new museum built in Boston in over 100 years, the ICA moved from the Back Bay to the Seaport District into a visionary building that articulates over the waterfront. Already the leading institute in contemporary art for over 70 years, this iconic environment, conceived by award-winning architects Diller Scofidio and Renfro, is a contemplative space that explores and integrates seamlessly architecture, design, performance space, galleries and media. Inside or out, from the lighted gallery box to the water cafe and plaza, event guests or institute visitors will experience the influence of the water blended with expansive light and airy space.

Courtesy of the ICA/Boston, photo: Peter Vanderwarker

• 2008 Boston Celtics: An outstanding year for basketball in Boston! Our Celtics won 2008 NBA World Championship.
  
  
• 2008 Boston Red Sox: In 2008, Red Sox made it all the way through to the American League Championship. Opening Day for 2009 at America's Favorite Ballpark is April 6, 2009, Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays.
  
  
• 2008 Boston Bruins: Boston is cheering with happy hearts for hockey! Bruins are currently in first place for their Division and Eastern Conference, and second place in the league. Ray Bourque must be proud!
  
  
• 2008 New England Patriots: Patriots landed themselves undefeated all the way to the Super Bowl XLII.
  
  
• 2008 Boston Marathon: The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon with nearly 22,000 runners completing in 2008. The 113th race will be on April 20, 2009.
  
  
• Head of the Charles Regatta, held in October, is the world's largest two-day rowing event, was first held on October 16, 1965.
  
  
• 2009 Volvo Race Ocean Challenge Race from Rio to Fan Pier, Boston then continuing onto Galway Ireland. Boston is the only North American Stop during this race that starts this month and continues through to End of Spring 2009. From April 25 - May 16, 2009, Boston's Fan Pier will becomes an exciting hub of daily celebrations and nightly events.
  
  
• 2009 Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge Race around the North Atlantic Ocean with a visiting port in Massachusetts for a weeklong Sail Boston Celebration from July 8-13, 2009.

NXTevent can be found at a the following industry meetings and tradeshows:

• Association Forum "Holiday Showcase" in the Boston USA Booth: December 16, 2008, Chicago, IL
  
  
• PCMA Annual Meeting: January 10 - 14, New Orleans, LA
  
  
• Experient Envision Annual Meeting: March 3-5, Kansas City, MO ( with USA Hosts Alliance)
  
  
• Springtime in the Park: April 16, Washington, D.C. ( with USA Hosts Alliance)