The Hutton Group – Inspired Meetings & Events, a woman-owned and operated boutique company specializing in meeting planning, site selection and destination management, is excited to welcome Andrea Milrad Heilweil to the team as vice president of sales and marketing. Her responsibilities will be to manage clients’ site selection and hotel contracting needs, as well as build and maintain critical hotel and CVB partnerships and relationships.
“I am thrilled with Andrea’s addition to The Hutton Group as she brings a myriad of hospitality and business experience,” says Jill Garcia, president/owner and chief inspiration officer. “Her vast knowledge and understanding of diverse global clients in the association, corporate and nonprofit spaces fits perfectly into our wheelhouse.”
Garcia and Milrad Heilweil formally worked together for 14 years. “I am excited to collaborate again with Jill to assist clients with important meetings and conventions,” adds Milrad Heilweil. “We have a special rapport that brings an unmatched level of service, value and benefits to all our clients, large or small.”
For the last 20 years, Andrea was with HelmsBricoe as senior director of global accounts based in Boca Raton, Florida, and was a consistent recipient of the President’s Club sales award. She has worked in many capacities in the hospitality industry, including product pricing, sales, marketing and public relations. She earned an MS in integrated communications from Florida International University, a BS in accounting from the University of South Florida and holds certificates in post-crisis hospitality management from the University of South Florida Muma College of Business and in hospitality and tourism management from Florida Atlantic University.
