{"id":3213,"date":"2019-07-31T10:34:06","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T14:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=3213"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T19:57:26","slug":"eleni-granas","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/profile\/eleni-granas\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleni Granas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eleni Granas is an enthusiastic event industry professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the hospitality field. Passionate about environmental sustainability, Granas founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbygranas.com\/\">Green by Granas<\/a>, an event planning service and online resource for conscious, thoughtful, and deliberate events and lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Previously, Eleni held Sales Manager positions at Longwood venues: The State Room, Alden Castle, and The Bostonian Hotel. Prior to her work at venues, she co-founded and co-owned Boston Bridal Lounge, an innovative approach to event planning in the local market. Eleni <span>is a\u00a0Faculty member of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/\" id=\"m_-8924196176698306465LPlnk746805\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749739559970000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SNTa-Hwm4oD6FiZyfJ6-X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MPI,\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.mpi.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1749739559970000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0SNTa-Hwm4oD6FiZyfJ6-X\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meeting Professionals International<\/a>,<\/span> member of ILEA (International Live Events Association), and holds cherished relationships with local event industry professionals. Eleni shares her first-hand experience planning small &#8211; large scale social and corporate events, focusing on the importance of their economic and social impact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Eleni is a graduate of Northeastern University, earning her Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Master of Science in Corporate Communication.<\/p>\n<p>Connect on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eleni-granas-8990a340\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Meet Professor Eleni Granas<\/h2>\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to SHA Eleni Granas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aaFO30r8uho?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Courses<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"469\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\">SHA HF100<\/td>\n<td width=\"356\">Introduction to Hospitality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SHA HF375<\/td>\n<td><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Fundamentals of Event Management &amp; Design<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SHA HF777<\/td>\n<td><span>Meeting Planning and Special Events Management\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" id=\"collapse\" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Recent News<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><ul class=\"news_list category_438\"><li class=\"post_22773\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2024\/10\/05\/bu-today-the-motivations-of-boston-university-professors-why-they-love-to-teach\/\">[BU Today] The Motivations of Boston University Professors: Why They Love to Teach<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">October 5, 2024<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">By Hermela Haile (Questrom\u201925)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEleni Granas, Clinical Assistant Professor of Hospitality and Events... <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2024\/10\/05\/bu-today-the-motivations-of-boston-university-professors-why-they-love-to-teach\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"post_19753\">\n<h4 class=\"news_post_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2023\/12\/19\/northeast-meetings-events-a-sustainable-touch\/\">[Northeast Meetings + Events] A Sustainable Touch<\/a><\/h4>\n<span class=\"date\">December 19, 2023<\/span>\n<p class=\"excerpt\">\r\nThe event planning industry had been hearing about climate change before 2020. <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/2023\/12\/19\/northeast-meetings-events-a-sustainable-touch\/\">[ More ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h2 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Office hours<\/h2><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p>By appointments<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"author":16264,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16264"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26696,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/3213\/revisions\/26696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/hospitality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}