St. Louis, MO (Nov. 7, 2022) — Abby Stylianou, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science and a Fellow of both the Research Institute at Saint Louis University and the Taylor Geospatial Institute, was named a St. Louis Business Journal 40 Under 40 for 2022. Stylianou began as a Fellow at the Research Institute in the fall of 2019 and was just named a Fellow of…
Travelers Encouraged to Share Hotel Images to Help Stop Traffickers and Rescue Victims ST. LOUIS – Human traffickers regularly post photographs of their victims posed in hotel rooms for online ads. As COVID-19 restrictions and quarantines continue to lift around the world, one Saint Louis University researcher reminds travelers that by simply downloading an app, they could play a role…
Molly Hackett manages her St Louis meetings, conferences and events down to the smallest most minute detail. And that’s after she entices them to St. Louis in the first place. Yes, it’s the people, its central location, lack of traffic, the wide variety of hotels, greenspace, authentic dining options, and the iconic Arch that this fair city has to offer, to…
Nix Conference & Meeting Management has been named by ECPAT-USA as a Top Member of The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. Named for the seventh year in a row. Nix is among just 16 companies in the U.S. to receive this designation “for their exceptional work to integrate child protection…
Unfinished or inadequate venues are a common problem in meeting planning What would you do if you’re hosting a meeting and the speaker collapses onstage? (Correct answer: Call 911 and clear the room.) When businesses plan meetings or conferences, they don’t like to think about what could go wrong. But part of hosting a good meeting is knowing what…
Our Director of Development, Kimberly Ritter, was named one of the Top 500 People in Events by BizBash. Ritter was one of nine professionals in the Sustainability and Social Responsibility category for her work fighting sex trafficking. Learn more about how we fight sex trafficking through our organization Exchange Initiative, which developed the TraffickCam app: https://nixmeetings.com/corporate-social-responsibility/ Read the full Top…
Child sex trafficking is a crime that happens across the United States, often in hotel rooms. Something that you might consider is that other businesses, parallel to the hospitality industry, can help protect children—the meeting and events industry is one of them because the meetings industry works with hotels and with companies that book hotels for their employees. In September, ECPAT-USA…
October 17, 2017 ST. LOUIS, MO – Nix Conference & Meeting Management of St. Louis was honored this month by ECPAT-USA as a Top Member of The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. Named for the third year in a row, Nix is among just 21 companies in the U.S. to receive…
Q & A with Kimberly Ritter, fighting human trafficking with a smartphone app Kimberly Ritter is the senior account manager specializing in large event planning at Nix Conference & Meeting Management in St. Louis. She also spearheads the company’s corporate social responsibility trafficking initiative. Ritter is the director for development for Exchange Initiative, a social action organization that Nix formed…
ST. LOUIS, MO – The social action organization Exchange Initiative is encouraging travelers to help fight sex trafficking during January, National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, by uploading hotel room photos to the free TraffickCam mobile app. Today, January 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Photos uploaded with the TraffickCam app are anonymously added to a national database…