{"id":27381,"date":"2012-05-30T12:14:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T18:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/?p=27381"},"modified":"2012-05-30T12:14:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T18:14:57","slug":"herschend-family-entertainment-ceo-to-speak-at-branson-area-business-expo-breakfast-%e2%80%93-booths-still-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/2012\/05\/30\/herschend-family-entertainment-ceo-to-speak-at-branson-area-business-expo-breakfast-%e2%80%93-booths-still-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Herschend Family Entertainment CEO To Speak at Branson Area Business EXPO Breakfast \u2013 Booths Still Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Herschend Family Entertainment CEO To Speak at Branson Area Business EXPO Breakfast \u2013 Booths Still Available<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BRANSON, Mo. \u2013 Joel Manby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Herschend Family Entertainment, will provide the keynote address at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, at the Branson Business Expo Breakfast at the Chateau on the Lake Resort, Spa &#038; Convention Center. Doors open at 8 a.m.<br \/>\n            This is a new event to open the Branson Area Business Expo presented by the Branson\/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention &#038; Visitors Bureau.<br \/>\n            The Expo is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., also at the Chateau. The breakfast is sponsored by the Taney County Business Development Partnership. General Expo sponsors include Springfield Blue Print, Mercy and North Pole Productions.<br \/>\n            \u201cWe are so honored to have Mr. Manby as our keynote speaker for the first ever Branson Business Expo Breakfast,\u201d said Ladona Weathers, Director of Tourism &#038; Membership Events. \u201cWe sincerely hope this will be the first of what will become an annual event to open the Expo. Mr. Manby\u2019s presentation is an exciting way to begin this new event for the Branson area.\u201d<br \/>\n            Manby has been with Herschend Family Entertainment since 1998, and has served as CEO since 2003. During his tenure, two of HFE\u2019s properties have earned the industry\u2019s highest honor, the Applause Award.<br \/>\n            An expert on leadership and customer relations, Manby spent 20 years in the auto industry and was a member of the start-up team for Saturn Corporation where he was instrumental in launching Saturn\u2019s innovative marketing and distribution strategy. After a two-year term with GM\u2019s International Division, he was promoted to CEO of Saab Automobile USA.<br \/>\n            In 2010, Manby was featured on CBS\u2019s \u201cUndercover Boss\u201d and has recently written the book \u201cLove Works\u201d published by Zondervan. As President and CEO of Herschend Family Entertainment, Manby leads a successful enterprise with love. He views love as a mode of thinking\u2014one that has helped him deliver tangible results and position HFE as the ninth-largest themed attractions company in the world including Dollywood, Silver Dollar City and Stone Mountain Park.<br \/>\n            A large crowd is expected to hear Manby, so don\u2019t miss the chance to be a vendor at this event, Weathers said.<br \/>\n            The Chamber-member Early Bird Price for breakfast is $15, due by June 1. Regular Price $20. Non-members $30. To purchase tickets, call 417-334-4084, ext. 338. Find more information about these events at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bransonbusinessexpo.com\">www.bransonbusinessexpo.com<\/a>. The deadline to reserve booth space is June 1. Each vendor will receive one ticket to the breakfast featuring Manby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herschend Family Entertainment CEO To Speak at Branson Area Business EXPO Breakfast \u2013 Booths Still Available BRANSON, Mo. \u2013 Joel Manby, President and Chief Executive Officer of Herschend Family Entertainment, will provide the keynote address at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 19, at the Branson Business Expo Breakfast at the Chateau on the Lake Resort, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[12,61,20,7,13,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/broadcast.branson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}