Event management and hospitality go beyond booking venues and serving food; they focus on crafting unforgettable experiences that leave a lasting impact. Whether hosting a conference or an intimate celebration, seamless service and memorable moments are essential. Danielle Phippen, Access CEO, is a seasoned expert in this field, with entrepreneurial enthusiasm, creativity, and cooperation. Her journey at Access suggests that she wants to build something meaningful and forge alliances with other travelers. On this front, Access provides world-class experiences across the country with innovative ideas and local insights and each experience is an inspiration and a game-changer.
Danielle started her career in advertising and marketing, but with the dot-com bubble bursting in 2011 and 9/11 happening, she started a second career in Vail, Colorado. It was there that she found a ‘Marketing Coordinator’ role that led her down the path to hospitality. 25 years on, Danielle is an event design mastermind, creating memories and igniting organizational change. Danielle creates a work environment that can help create a ‘Great Place to Work’ with inclusive thinking and an ‘okay to fail’ culture to drive development. To remain ahead, she embraces new technology.
Danielle’s team works discriminately, prioritizing accuracy in the most upfront facts and integration of needs and ideas into their strategic planning. Starting from the why to ‘what,’ they lay a strong foundation for doing activities to achieve meaningful progress. This strategy model always yields wonderful result. Being a woman CEO, Danielle is very much in favor of empowering women to be leaders and ending the underrepresentation of women as leaders. As a motivational speaker and even as an advocate, she wants to empower the younger generation as well. Hard work, toughness, and willingness to accept criticism are qualities that Danielle feels that one must have in order to succeed.
Recognized by Women World Magazine as the Most Influential Women Leaders in Hospitality in 2024, Danielle Phippen’s journey in the event management and hospitality industry exemplifies the power of visionary leadership, creativity, and resilience.
