Energy Training Conference in Madrid

Seventy attendees from all over the globe gathered at the five star MiraSierra Suites Hotel in Madrid for intensive training sprinkled with activities highlighting the local color and customs of Spain, including the Traditional Tuna Band, Flamenco Dance performance, and food and beverage extraordinaire!

HGMRA Annual Scholarship Awards

For the eighth year CMU produced and managed the Houston Grocery Manufacturers Representative Association Annual Scholarship Awards, held this year at Minute Maid Park. Keynote speaker Houston Mayor Bill White was introduced by Drayton McLane;, owner and CEO of the Houston Astros. The organization, with the support of Houston's leading grocery retailers- Kroger, HEB, Randalls, Fiesta, Gerlands, Market Basket, and Brookshire Brothers -awarded forty scholarships to college bound students in the Greater Houston area as 600 guests looked on. Sponsors for the event included Coca-Cola, Blue Bell Creameries, Borden, Unilever, Anheuser-Busch, Frito-Lay, Kraft Foods, and Dreyers Grand Ice Cream. Scholarships were awarded by Astro players Miguel Tejada and Michael Burn. Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed a private dinner and reserved seats for the game, Astros vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.

"International Night"
Conference Finale in Washington D.C.

Attendees from over 25 countries donned their native garb for an International Night dinner party in Washington DC that engaged the entire lobby, mezzanine, and meeting space of the Westfields Marriott Conference Center. Food and beverage displays highlighted international cuisine featuring buffets from the Middle East, Asia, Egypt, UK, Latin America, Turkey, and the United States. Entertainment included an African band, sitar player, Indonesian dancers, Chinese paper cutter, jazz trio from Azerbaijan, Caribbean steel drum band, English Buckingham Palace guards, Mystic Warrior Musicians from the Andes, and Algerian musicians, and an Alaskan totem pole carver.

American National Insurance Company

In celebration of its 100th Anniversary, CMU helped ANICO treat 8,000 employees and their family members to Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas for a full day of food, fun, entertainment, activities, park attractions, and a giant Easter Egg Hunt for 2,700 children!

10th Annual Conference for the
Society of Acupuncture Research

Sponsored by the National Institute of Health, the international association of The Society of Acupuncture Research gathered 200 of its practitioners from around the world for a four day conference at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.