Meet Stephanie
Joining in January 2025, Stephanie brings domestic, international and sports sales and marketing experience to Open the Door.
Pappas was previously employed at Meet Boston (formerly Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau), most recently in the position of Vice President of International and Sports Sales. For over 30 years she led efforts to expand the presence of the organization and destination, elevate Boston’s image and develop new initiatives for the promotion of Boston, the Commonwealth and New England domestically and internationally.
Charged with attracting world-class sporting events and responsible for soliciting and booking international association and corporation meetings business, Stephanie’s work resulted in the booking and consumption of over 1.3 million hotel roomnights. She has been recognized for the extraordinary ability to build partnerships and drive revenue for the Greater Boston hotel community. In the past five years, Stephanie led successful bid efforts for sports related events that drove more than $200 million in economic impact, over 175,000 hotel room nights and resulted in significant spending for restaurants, attractions and visitor industry businesses. In the international marketplace, as a direct result of her efforts, Boston & Cambridge saw upwards of 25% growth in the number of international meetings held and have been recognized as being in the top three U.S. destinations for international meetings for over ten years.
A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Pappas is a member of Skal International and current President of the Skal International Boston Board of Directors. She is a member of the Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) and has served locally on the PCMA New England Board of Directors.