Meetings Focus
www.meetingstoday.com
San Francisco, CA
maria.lenhart@meetingsfocus.com
I have always lived in California, except for a few years after college when relocated to Boston to work at a major newspaper where I worked on the book review and travel sections. I have been a San Francisco-based journalist covering the meetings/travel industry for over 25 years, work that has taken me to over 50 countries. I am responsible for the news and features articles for Meetings Focus.
Favorite book: The Wizard of Oz
Favorite food: Chinese dim sum or Greek appetizers
Favorite TV show: Top Chef
Favorite movie: Vertigo
Most unique place you’ve been: flying over the Great Migration in Tanzania
Favorite aspect of the meetings/travel industry: the willingness of people to share their knowledge and the chance to visit great places
Pet peeve: crowded airports and airplanes
One thing about you that most people don’t know: that will remain a mystery
What’s the best advice you’ve ever received in our industry? Be nice to those you meet on the way up because you may meet them again on the way down
What’s your favorite local/regional place to take a visitor to your area? Tomales Bay in West Marin to have barbecued oysters at Tony’s
