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Ann Tuennerman is the founder of Tales of the Cocktail, an annual culinary festival celebrating the history of the cocktail in New Orleans. She has planned, implemented and promoted the event since its inception in 2003. Tales of the Cocktail, through Ann's leadership, has attracted thousands of visitors to New Orleans and has hosted culinary and cocktail professionals and celebrities as presenters at the event. Top liquor brands and national magazines sponsor Tales of the Cocktail and the festival has garnered national media coverage all five years. In 2006, for Tales of the Cocktail's fourth year, Ann formed the New Orleans Culinary and Cultural Preservation Society to preserve New Orleans' dining and drinking history, raise funds for the hospitality industry and produce the annual event. Currently, Ann works with the Society to further its mission and to produce Tales of the Cocktail, generate media attendance and coverage for the event and New Orleans, and attract visitors to the city to attend it. Following Hurricane Katrina, Ann was hired as an Account Executive with Bratskeir and Company, a Manhattan marketing and public relations firm that represents 25 clients and their leading national brands. Ann worked with illy Coffee for Bratskier, planning multiple consumer and media events in the New York City area. As the founder and owner of Sponsor One, a full-service sponsorship and event marketing company, Ann has helped multiple clients in the New Orleans and Gulf Coast area including Cox Communications, Audubon Nature Institute, The National D-Day Museum and The New Orleans Children's Museum. Most recently, Ann planned and implemented the 20th Anniversary celebration for Abita Beer as well as the Red Bull Regional Meeting held in New Orleans. She enjoys working with companies in the hospitality industry. Ann planned launch parties and media relations for Arnaud's Restaurant's newest bar, French 75, and assisted in the planning and media relations for the grand reopening of Morton's The Steakhouse in New Orleans. Ann also works with Harrah's New Orleans in marketing their venues Masquerade, Riche, 528 Jazz Club and with the production of Hats the Musical. Ann's accolades include being named a "Woman of the Year" by New Orleans City Business in November 2004, and as a "Top 40 Under 40" by Gambit Weekly in 2004. In 2005, New Orleans CityBusiness named her to the "Power Generation". Tales of the Cocktail won an award from the American Marketing Association New Orleans Chapter for "Best Consumer Special Event." Ann received a BA in Marketing and a Certificate in Event Marketing and Management from the University of New Orleans.
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