Christina Pappas

Christina Pappas is President of Open the Door. With over 35 years’ experience, Pappas’ background covers a long career in the hospitality industry holding the position of Director of Marketing for both the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and the Massachusetts Port Authority before founding Open the Door in November, 2001 to provide clients with innovative solutions and a fresh approach to marketing, sales and public relations.

A solid leader with a number of key relationships on local, regional and international levels, Pappas is responsible for designing marketing, sales and public relations programs which are highly proactive and work towards meeting very specific objectives with measurable results.

Open the Door has recently been retained to manage the Massachusetts Lodging Association and as such, Pappas serves as President & CEO of the MLA.

Pappas serves on the board of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Meet Boston and the Skal Boston Philanthropic Foundation and has served on the board of the Travel Industry Association of America, MAASH (Massachusetts Advocacy for Arts, Sciences, and Humanities), and Skal International Boston where she was also President from 2011 – 2012. She is a member of Professional Convention Management Association, Meeting Professionals International, American Society of Association Executives, Meet Boston, Greater Merrimack Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau, and the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Pappas also served as an adjunct professor at the Boston University School of Hospitality.