The availability of a new first-class hotel was helpful, she said. The importance of 600 women prominent in their fields coming in is not lost on them. They rolled out the red carpet. They do understand the word hospitality. Women's Forum, founded in 1982, has 60 chapters in 20 countries, Ms. Love said, with about 3,600 members.
Membership is by invitation only.
Teri Zubizarreta, president of Zubi Advertising Services. This year's inductees, she said, are singer Gloria Estefan and Hanna Suchocka, former prime minister of Poland, now serving as justice minister and attorney general. They will join luminaries such as US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, chef Julia Child, jazz artist Ella Fitzgerald, present and former heads of state, journalists, artists, activists and Olympic athletes on the hall of fame roster. Ms. Sigars-Malina said up to 1,000 people are expected to attend the awards ceremony, which caps the conference the evening of Oct. 28. With so many women from around the world who are very active in their communities and in their governments, this will really place Miami on the map internationally.