Jeff Heilman

New York

Journalist and Video Producer at Freelance

Senior Contributor at Meetings Today

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A Study in Leadership: LVCVA’s Rebecca DeLuca Shares Her Career Journey in the Meetings Industry

1 week ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

Las Vegas’ unlikely evolution from a dusty railroad stop to a global capital of entertainment, meetings, dining and innovation represents a master class study in sales, marketing, publicity and promotion. Founded by the Nevada Legislature in 1955, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) and its Las Vegas News Bureau division have successfully shaped the destination’s irresistible brand for 70 years.
Why You Should Place Your Group Bet on Downtown Las Vegas

1 week ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

Like a publicity still from an all-star movie, a photograph from the late 1970s shows 10 legendary Downtown Las Vegas casino owner-operators assembled on Fremont Street. The group includes a young Steve Wynn, then owner of the group-capable Golden Nugget, and Bill Boyd (chairman emeritus and co-founder), now 94, who, with his legendary father Sam, launched Boyd Gaming Corporation 50 years ago with Downtown’s California Hotel Casino.
These New Jersey Wineries Offer Scenic Event Settings for Groups

1 week ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

It was the United States Bicentennial commemorative event that shocked the wine world. In 1976, British wine merchant Steven Spurrier and his American colleague, Patricia Gallagher, organized The Paris Wine Tasting, or Judgment of Paris, a blind tasting competition that pitted top-quality French chardonnays and Bordeaux reds against cabernet sauvignons from California’s then undiscovered Napa County.
A Lifetime Of Culinary Connections

1 month ago | passportmagazine.com | Jeff Heilman

4 Vivid as Kodachrome slides, my earliest food memories, from late 1960’s Los Angeles, include backyard barbecues, Bob’s Big Boy burgers, and regular outings to the 1934 landmark Original Farmers Market (6333 W. 3rd St., Los Angeles. Tel. 323-933-9211. farmersmarketla.com) with my late mother Leila and her sister Libby.
Toronto's Chelsea Hotel Turns 50

1 month ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

After four name changes and five expansions, the Chelsea Hotel, which opened in Toronto in October 1975 as a mixed residential and university housing building with 808 rooms, celebrates its 50th anniversary this year as the largest hotel in Canada, with 1,590 keys. With a prime downtown location, the independently owned upper mid-scale affiliate of the prestigious global Langham Hospitality Group is all-welcoming, from flight crews and meeting attendees to families and couples.
How to Experience the Heritage and Culture of Central/West Texas During Events

1 month ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

My first-ever Texas adventure, in March 2005, began with a wrong turn. Driving from New York to Los Angeles with a friend, we departed Oklahoma City for Amarillo, Texas. Misreading the paper map, we headed 45 minutes south on I-44 instead of west on I-40 before realizing the mistake. Chasing remote Oklahoma roads under ominous skies, we reached the Texas Panhandle at midnight. The all-consuming darkness was amplified by a storm that dropped 13 inches of snow on the region by morning.
Stories of Success: How Women Lead at East Coast Gaming Resorts

1 month ago | meetingstoday.com | Jeff Heilman

From Maryland, where Melonie Johnson is president and COO of MGM National Harbor, to Atlantic City, where Borgata’s Deborah Pellegrino is the first female executive chef at a resort-casino, to Massachusetts, where Encore Boston Harbor President Jenny Holaday is the first woman to run a Bay State casino, women are in charge throughout the East Coast gaming industry.
The Pride of Andalucía Sevilla & Granada

1 month ago | passportmagazine.com | Jeff Heilman

33 Andalusia’s eight provinces pulse with the vibes and vestiges of past civilizations while embodying the best of modern day Spain. Spain has forever summoned conquerors, explorers, artists, adventurers, lovers, and other seekers to its shores. In Iberia, his bestselling 1968 non-fiction account of his travels to Spain, late literary great James A. Michener captures the essence of the country’s eternal siren call appeal.
Thomas Riel Senior Vice President Providence Warwick Convention and Visitor Bureau

1 month ago | passportmagazine.com | Jeff Heilman

19 Directly responsible for booking meetings, conventions, and sporting events, Thomas Riel, Senior Vice President at the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau (goprovidence.com) gets results. He has played a major role in the ongoing transformation of Rhode Island’s small but mighty capital into an international destination for business and leisure tourism.
Trans Pride DC World Pride 2025

1 month ago | passportmagazine.com | Jeff Heilman

« All Events - Trans Pride Washington, DC is a community-driven organization founded nearly two decades ago by SaVanna Wanzer. Led by trans individuals, we are dedicated to empowering and uplifting Trans, Non-binary, and gender-diverse communities in the Washington, DC area.