GETTING TO KNOW US!

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 Personality Plus.....Keli, founder & owner of Gulf Coast Destination Management Company brings forth a wealth of experience in event planning and management as well as event design . Keli has a 15 year background in the hospitality industry as a Director of Sales and managing brand hotels and hotel guest services. 

She has also worked as a wedding and event planner for the past 10 years , with the last 3 years being on the beautiful MS Gulf Coast. Keli loves people and putting on events. Because of Keli's true passion and knack for the beauty in things, Keli is  also spending her time investing into Coastal Real Estate and  interior design as a hobby business while learning her way across the Gulf Coast and what it has to offer.

A native of New Orleans and being raised in a family where orchestrating a gathering or party could be done with your eyes closed, allows Keli to bring her natural event planning abilities, her bright smile and cheery personality to every event.  Keli's smile and pleasant demeanor  is a "Destination Service" of its own!    

 Powerhouse Go-Getter.....Renata, owner of Gulf Coast Destination Management Company and mom to Keli, also brings a wealth of experience in event planning & management along with a wealth of destination knowledge as the former Destination Services Manager of Coastal Mississippi's Tourism and Convention Bureau. Renata  brings 25 plus years of event management, production and planning to the table. She is the true definition of "go-getter" and if she sets her mind to something, it will in fact happen.  Don't blink as she might just be on to her next project in a flash! Previous restaurateur of a Cajun Creole Café in Salt Lake City, Utah, Jazz Club Owner in Gulfport, MS , Musical theater producer and show creator of a Motown Musical Production, and finally a Booking Agent  of arts and entertainment, well.... this just says a little bit about where she's been and what she's been up to in the past 25 or so years. Renata like here daughter has a grand personality and is the  third generation of New Orleans event planners  & cooks.  "I just love to entertain"  you'll here here say a lot.  Renata welcomes and loves everyone that comes into her space seeking an event, a unique dining experience, arts, entertainment and  just a good o'le time.