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Ms. Chang

JC Chang

General Manager, Kapow

JC Chang is the General Manager of Kapow, a Cvent company, based in Chicago. Kapow is a fast-growing platform for booking corporate meetings and events that empowers companies to find, book, and execute memorable, scalable and essential experiences. Kapow's mission is to make it fast and easy to book corporate events that drive results and save planners hours of time.

Prior to Kapow, Ms. Chang spent more than 20 years at the forefront of the digital advertising sales transformation at top media companies, building a proven record of leading teams through extreme change and disruption in the industry.

Ms. Chang has spent most of her career managing the migration of traditional marketplaces online and has held pivotal roles in building Apartments.com, Cars.com and Careerbuilder.com. She is passionate about connecting buyers and suppliers and efficiently solving customer pain points with technology and people.

Ms. Chang started her career at the Chicago Tribune, selling advertising to small restaurants and entertainment venues. She has worked in all aspects of the selling world and is a salesperson at heart. She believes that at the core of any successful company is a well-tuned sales and marketing machine, and she is most proud of her variety of experiences leading award-winning enterprise sales team, building inside sales centers and launching affiliate sales channels.

As an avid traveler, experience seeker, and foodie, Ms. Chang is thrilled to bring her experience to the dynamic and exciting world of events. Ms. Chang holds a BS in Journalism from Northwestern University.

Please visit http://www.kapow.com for more information.

Ms. Chang can be contacted at +1 855-556-7452 or jchang@kapow.com

Coming up in December 2020...

Hotel Law: Protecting Guest Privacy

Every business is obligated to protect their customers from identity theft but unfortunately, data breaches have become all too common. In an effort to protect a guest's right to privacy and to safeguard their personal data, the European Union passed a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that could hold hotels legally liable for any breaches that expose a customer's sensitive personal information. Though the GDPR only pertains to EU citizens' data, any international business that mishandles their data can be legally responsible. Another legal issue of concern is the fight involving hotel "resort fees." Several states attorney generals have recently filed suit against two major hotel chains in an effort to litigate this practice. Their suit alleges that these companies are "engaged in deceptive and misleading pricing practices and their failure to disclose fees is in violation of consumer protection laws." The suit seeks to force the hotel chains to advertise the true price of their hotel rooms. There are several other legal issues that the industry is being forced to address. Sexual harassment prevention in the workplace is still top of mind for hotel employers-particularly in New York and California, which now statutorily require harassment training. Hotels and motels in California will also soon be required to train all their employees on human trafficking awareness. Immigration issues are also of major concern to hotel employers, especially in the midst of a severe labor shortage. The government is issuing fewer H2B visas for low-skilled workers, as well as J-1 visas for temporary workers. Though there is little hope for any comprehensive immigration reform, hotel lobbying groups are actively seeking legal remedies to alleviate this problem. These are just a few of the critical issues that the December issue of the Hotel Business Review will examine in the area of hotel law. 


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