It’s with profound unhappiness that the Hospitality Gross sales and Advertising Affiliation Worldwide (HSMAI) Americas, HSMAI Basis and HSMAI International, announce that President and CEO, Bob Gilbert handed away on September 19, 2024). In July 2024, the group introduced that Gilbert had accelerated his retirement plan because of a severe well being situation following 30 years of govt management for HSMAI.
In his closing HSMAI Perspective, Gilbert shared, “I’m crammed with gratitude for the unimaginable journey and the profound relationships I’ve constructed with so lots of you. I’m immensely pleased with the work we have now achieved collectively in increasing the affiliation’s attain and influence throughout the globe, and the enjoyable we have now had alongside the way in which. It has really been a privilege to serve our resilient business.”
A beloved pal and admired mentor to many within the hospitality business, Mr. Gilbert can be missed by the business at massive, and the affiliation will profit from his management for a few years to return.
To rejoice Bob’s profession is to acknowledge his management and influence on the hospitality business. Bob’s ardour and dedication have been instrumental in guiding the HSMAI Basis’s mission to draw, develop, and have interaction the brightest skills. In recognition of Bob’s legacy, all donations made to the HSMAI Basis Century Marketing campaign via December 31, 2024, can be thought of in his honor. Contributions will assist the Basis’s continued efforts in schooling, variety, and management improvement, embodying Bob’s imaginative and prescient for a stronger hospitality group.
The HSMAI household’s ideas are with Bob’s cherished household in the present day and at all times. HSMAI will share data relating to preparations when they’re full.
