Join us on Thursday, March 12th in the Compass Rose Room at Margaritaville Island Hotel for  “GOOD MORNING Pigeon Forge”! Our March Membership BREAKFAST includes a special message for our industry, just in time for the upcoming season!

Guest Speaker:  Vallie Collins – “Miracle on the Hudson – A Passenger’s Prospective”

Networking and Registration begins at 8 a.m. with breakfast meeting at 8:30 a.m.

Registration is Required. Members are encouraged to register for their guests to avoid non-member fees.

Cost: *$15 for members / *$25 for non-members with RSVP/REGISTRATION (Pay at the Door or Prepaid options available. Note: *Prepaid tickets incl. eventbrite processing fee)

Register by Monday, March 9th at NOON

About the Speaker: 

Vallie Smith Collins resides in Maryville, Tennessee, with her husband and three children. She is a member of Maryville First Baptist Church. She serves on the board of Love One International, the Maryville City Schools Foundation, and Blount County Young Life Committee. She is a Maryville Junior Service League Sustainer, former Board Chair for A Secret Safe Place for Newborns of Tennessee, and an alumna of Leadership Blount. She is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a degree in Biomedical Engineering. For over nineteen years she was employed in medical device and consumer products industry. Interests and hobbies include tennis, strength training, and spending time with family and friends. 

About the Presentation:

As a sales person, travel was a key requirement of the job.  As a result, Vallie was a passenger on US Airways Flight 1549 that landed in New York’s Hudson River on January 15, 2009.  Vallie will share the details of her experience during the flight and rescue of the event that has become known as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’.  In addition, she will share key learnings from the experience that will hopefully inspire and motivate all to treasure each and each day because ‘everyday is a lucky day’!

 http://www.valliecollins.com

                                             Space is Limited!  We hope to see you there! 

The Pigeon Forge Hospitality & Tourism Association and the Pigeon Forge Fire Department are offering CPR/AED training for PFHTA members and their employees.  For added convenience, choose to attend either the morning or afternoon session.  Please select one of the course options below:

Heartsaver card:  cost $20.00

Heartsaver courses are designed for anyone with little or no medical training who needs a course completion card for their job, regulatory (for example, OSHA), or other requirements.

Are the Heartsaver courses right for me? Heartsaver courses are ideal for workforce employees (for example construction, childcare, health & fitness, hospitality, and more) or for those who want to be prepared for an emergency in any setting.

Family & Friends CPR:  cost $2.00

Family & Friends CPR is for people who want to learn CPR but do not need a CPR course completion card to meet a job requirement. This course is ideal for community groups, new parents, grandparents, babysitters, and others interested in learning how to save a life. With this course you will get a booklet that shows you have completed the requirements for CPR.

Each session below will begin with the Family & Friends CPR course, once training is complete and those requirements have been met, those attendees can leave and attendees that have pre-registered for the Heartsaver training will receive the additional AED, Pediatric and Infant CPR portions required for that certification. (Friends & Family attendees can stay for the Heartsaver portion but, will not receive the Heartsaver card) The same topics will be covered in both 3 hour sessions.  Choose either:

Morning Session: 8:30am – 12:30pm  (Registration begins at 8:00am) 

Afternoon Session: 4:00pm – 8:00pm  (Registration begins at 3:30pm) 

All Proceeds benefit the American Heart Association

Spaces Fill Fast and are Liimited to the first 25 registrants per session.

Deadline to Register is Monday, March 16, 2020

For additional payment options without processing fees or for Questions – contact PFHTA Coordinator: Christie Balog at 865.428.6414 or by email  to: christieb@pfhospitality.org

SCHTA Trade Show & Meeting w/ TN Commissioner of Tourism

Mr. Mark Ezell

Register today for the 19th Annual SCHTA Trade Show and our joint association breakfast meeting

with Tennessee’s Commissioner of Tourism, Mr. Mark Ezell.

The joint association meeting & breakfast begins at 8:00 AM.

The trade show will open at 10:00 AM