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Northstar Travel Group Leadership

David Blansfield

Executive Vice President, Meetings and International

David Blansfield is Executive Vice President, Meetings and International, for Northstar Travel Group, the leading business-to-business information, events, and marketing services company serving the global travel industry.

In his role, David oversees Northstar��s international teams, driving the company��s growth strategy and expanding its presence in key markets across Asia Pacific, Europe, and beyond. He also manages the company��s meetings industry and sports brands worldwide across all platforms �C digital, events, and information products.

David has a master of business administration degree from Columbia University��s Graduate School of Business, and a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Boston University��s College of Communication.

David is based in the United States but works extensively with partners and clients around the world. Outside of work, he is an avid traveler, enjoys biking, skiing and golf, and values the opportunities his global role provides to connect diverse cultures and industries.

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On turning to them we see that he never separates existence from knowledge. ��A thing in actual existence,�� he says, ��is identical with the knowledge of that thing.�� Again, ��The possible existence of a thing is identical with the possibility in us of perceiving or knowing it.�� Thus, until a thing is perceived or known, it can only be said to have a potential or possible existence. And from this a doctrine very similar to that of Ferrier might be deduced, that ��nothing exists except plus me,��that is to say, in relation to some mind perceiving it.�� (Aristotle, p. 165.) Then a man rose, and standing on the bayad��res' carpet, he recited, in verses of equal measure, a sort of heroic legend, making his voice big, and emphasizing his words with grand gesticulation. 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Northstar Travel Group Leadership

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