{"id":24888,"date":"2025-04-14T13:07:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?p=24888"},"modified":"2025-04-24T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T14:51:00","slug":"patch-meet-boston-president-ceo-receives-icon-award-from-boston-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2025\/04\/14\/patch-meet-boston-president-ceo-receives-icon-award-from-boston-university\/","title":{"rendered":"[Patch South End] Meet Boston President &#038; CEO Receives ICON Award from Boston University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"495\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/users\/regan-assistant-0\"><strong>Regan Assistant<\/strong><span>, Local Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"495\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/southend\/classifieds\/announcements\/518441\/meet-boston-president-ceo-receives-icon-award-from-boston-university\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/hospitality\/files\/2025\/04\/marthaheadshot2025-fnl-2___14150941951-516x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"636\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2025\/04\/marthaheadshot2025-fnl-2___14150941951-516x636.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/files\/2025\/04\/marthaheadshot2025-fnl-2___14150941951.jpg 649w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"495\">Boston University School of Hospitality Administration has named <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/martha-sheridan\/\">Martha J. Sheridan<\/a>, President &amp; CEO of Meet Boston, the 2025 recipient of its prestigious ICON Award\u2014honoring her visionary leadership in reshaping Boston\u2019s tourism landscape. Presented at the School\u2019s annual Hospitality Leadership Summit, the ICON Award recognizes an \u201cExperience Innovator\u201d who sets new standards in the industry.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"944\" class=\"\">\u201cThrough her visionary leadership, Martha has redefined what it means to create truly memorable experiences,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/arun-upneja-dean\/\">Arun Upneja<\/a>, Ph.D., Dean of BU SHA. Sheridan, who has secured major events like the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 2023 Army-Navy Game for the region, responded: \u201cI\u2019m incredibly honored\u2026 These major events bring residents and visitors together in a unifying spirit that benefits everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"642\" data-end=\"1056\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/southend\/classifieds\/announcements\/518441\/meet-boston-president-ceo-receives-icon-award-from-boston-university\">Link to article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: April 14, 2025<\/li>\n<li>News source:<a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/massachusetts\/southend\"><span> Patch<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Regan Assistant, Local Business Boston University School of Hospitality Administration has named Martha J. Sheridan, President &amp; CEO of Meet Boston, the 2025 recipient of its prestigious ICON Award\u2014honoring her visionary leadership in reshaping Boston\u2019s tourism landscape. Presented at the School\u2019s annual Hospitality Leadership Summit, the ICON Award recognizes an \u201cExperience Innovator\u201d who sets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22921,"featured_media":24889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[446,433,340,404,46,39],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24888"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24899,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24888\/revisions\/24899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}