SmartMeetings

APRIL 10, 2020

One of the serious side effects of the wave of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases across the world was a sudden rush to learn a foreign language—or at least two words that had largely passed under many meeting professionals’ radar for years: force majeure. Smart Meetings asked veteran attorney John Foster, Esq., John Foster.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Mr. Sanjive Khosla, chief commercial officer, Expo 2020 Dubai, and Mr. Zubin Karkaria, CEO, VFS Global Group, signed the contract on 20 October 2019 in Dubai. VFS Global has been associated with the Government of the UAE since 2003 and provides visa application services on its behalf in 15 countries worldwide.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

the flu represents a greater health threat than contracting the coronavirus. DuBois shared that it took about four months for the SARS scare in 2003 to stabilize. “Be wary of sensationalism,” Cooper said. Our audience “is turning to us to be the guiding light.” Peters emphasized that, particularly in the U.S.,

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 20, 2018

Over the next 30 years, the hotel operated under several brand names (Centre Hotel, Ramada, Park In…) until 2003 when Accor hotels Group took over the management contract under the Ibis brand. At the time the hotel-venue featured London’s largest pillar-free event space. into the banqueting kitchen facilities.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 30, 2017

Incorporating fireworks into a meeting can be impactful, but there are several boxes to check before pressing start. “I Meeting professionals wishing to entertain guests with a firework display first and foremost need to hire a licensed, insured and reputable professional pyrotechnic company to execute the performance. Las Vegas Strip.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 30, 2019

Since Jones began heading up VisitDallas in the fall of 2003, the organization has produced clear results, he said. 19 special meeting with the City Council’s Government Performance & Financial Management Committee, where he plans to respond to all of the concerns raised in the audit. VisitDallas). million room nights.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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