Unique Venues

MAY 25, 2021

Whether you are looking for the tranquility of a venue located near nature or a bustling conference center in or near Chicago, we have identified some of our Top Picks for meeting in the Heartland. Next, we head northeast out of Chicago’s North Shore around the lake and into the state of Michigan to Hope College.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Whether you have to plan for a concert, a business meeting, or something else, you need to find a venue you can trust with events of this magnitude. All have state-of-the-art technology, delicious world class culinary options to meet all of your attendees’ desires. Michigan State University. Check out our Top Picks!

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Unique Venues

JULY 16, 2020

Top Picks for Meetings and Events in the Chicago Area. The stunning shoreline of Lake Michigan, downtown’s Magnificent Mile, Chicago is a diverse city offering great music, food, shopping, theatre, and much more for your guests. UIC can accommodate an intimate meeting, large scale conference, summer meeting, or dinner.

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Unique Venues

JUNE 10, 2020

We’ve scoured the region – check out our choices for Top Picks for Meetings in the Midwest! This central location makes the Illinois State University a desirable event space for conferences or meetings in the area for up to 10,500 in its 100 spaces; 7,000 overnight. Michigan State University. Illinois State.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2022

The farm-to-table culinary movement has been sweeping the nation and meeting professionals have been taking notice. With several dining options for private events and designated meeting and conference space, San Francisco’s STEM Kitchen and Garden provides farm-to-table cuisine in an urban setting with sweeping views of the city.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 15, 2020

Successful managers develop a knack for knowing the right time for making key decisions, brainstorming and conducting meetings, among many other aspects of meeting management. However, a combined study from Albion College and Michigan State University suggests otherwise. When to start a scheduled internal team meeting.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

They are proactively changing the world for the better through conference, meetings and other events. Meet the next generation of leaders, these “Class Acts.” 37 • Conference and Events Manager. 26 • Conference Services Manager. 29 • Director of Sales—Meetings and Events, Americas. 33 • Meeting Planner.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Chicago Southland Dazzles with Unique Meeting Spaces. The Chicago Southland is enthusiastically ready to assist you in planning your regional meetings and events! We pride ourselves on stellar service and going the extra mile in assisting all planners, regardless of meeting or event size. Guided tours are available as well.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 22, 2017

These seven wine cellar meeting venues prove that groups don’t have to head to Napa or Bordeaux to gather among grapes. Set in the foothills of the Andes Mountains amid Argentina’s Uco Valley wine-growing region, Casa de Uco Resort ’s underground wine cave, pictured above, is the ideal space for secluded meetings. Casa de Uco.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Hospitality Business at Michigan State University, Howell worked in numerous hotels across New York City before relocating to Utah, where he served as director of learning and development and later director of rooms at Waldorf Astoria Park City.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 11, 2016

There’s definitely a meetings and events correlation among the top 10 historic hotels in the 2016 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice awards. For example, The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs is designed for meetings even though it has an elegant, diverse expanse that caters to both leisure and business travelers. of meeting space.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 7, 2020

Productivity is highest when business meetings are held at venues that can accommodate technology needs and provide the right resources and environment to get down to business. The open atmosphere inspires innovation and changes the way people meet. FHI360 Conference Center. AMA Conference Centers. AAMI Conference Center.

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Unique Venues

APRIL 21, 2021

Maryland, Virginia corridor (also known as the DMV) making it one of the most sought-after areas to meet. Unique Venues distributes thousands of leads each year to venues in the DMV and below are some of our Top Picks for places to meet in this historic high-tech area. For the best value in D.C,

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Rita Moore ConferenceDirect, a West Hollywood-based, full-service, global meetings solution company, added Moore to its team as director of conference management operations. She was most recently interim director of meetings and events at The Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

So if you are an association working with healthcare workers, best to look for AMCs that meet or exceed expectations established by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education ( ACCME ). Notable clients: Potato Association of America and Michigan Music Conferenc. Review their approach to customer success.

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In this region, the University of Illinois Conferences & Special Events is home to a 1,400-acre campus with high-tech classroom spaces, lounges, and overnight accommodations for up to 1,800 people and a dedicated event staff to help plan it all. Central Michigan University. Michigan State University. Champaign, IL.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

Shortly after Roger Dower became president of the Johnson Foundation in 2007, he wanted to explore what it takes to host meaningful meetings. So, he held a meeting with a group of 18 experts who ranged from labor arbitrators to environmental mediators. What are the keys to a productive meeting? Is everyone prepared?

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The 52 EIGHTY at the Cambria Chicago Magnificent Mile has the irreplaceable location adjacent to the most famous street in Chicago - Michigan Avenue. Its over 4,000 square feet of meeting and event space includes a gorgeous private rooftop lounge with both indoor and outdoor space. 20 F Street NW Conference Center. Bell Museum.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Las Vegas, New York City, Paris and other perennial favorites were among the world’s top meetings destinations in 2016, but several other locations significantly enhanced their appeal largely due to major expansion and renovation projects. Here are 15 of the leading meetings cities in 2016. It features 2.6 million sq.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

26 • Meeting Services Specialist. 35 • Marketing and Conference Administrator. 31 • Member Services and Conference Planner. 38 • Program Manager, Conferences and Meetings. 32 • Director of Meetings. 24 • Meetings Manager. 39 • Conference Supervisor. 29 • Senior Meeting Planner.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2018

Like many culinary professionals, master chef Josef Huber — who oversees culinary operations for five hotels in Grand Rapids, Michigan — has learned to adjust to evolving food preferences and restrictions, from vegetarianism and gluten intolerance to shellfish allergies or aversion to pork. It took a ton of rice to feed BMM2017 attendees.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

The trend of structuring meetings around wine and culinary experiences is in full bloom, spurred in part by the constant drive for novel gatherings. Meetings are sometimes hybrid in style, segueing from a presentation projected onto a large screen to a dinner or tasting. RUSTIC EDGES.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 4, 2018

Hilton Chicago Classic now meets cool as this historic 1,544-room property on Michigan Avenue across from Grant Park completes the last bit of an all-encompassing $150 million renovation—transformation of third-floor meeting space, with seven meeting rooms suited for small meetings to medium-sized conferences for up to 850 attendees.

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Unique Venues

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Say goodbye to stuffy boardrooms and hello to the modern meeting space when you step foot inside the Verizon Executive Education Center at Cornell Tech. Able to accommodate up to 300 guests the center is comprised of three floors with breathtaking views perfect for academic conferences, executive programs, seminars, workshops and more.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2018

Bring your ap-PIE-tite to meetings today! of meeting space and 1,254 guest rooms. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. Meeting professionals can order the hotel’s iconic dessert to be delivered anywhere nationwide. Meeting professionals can order the hotel’s iconic dessert to be delivered anywhere nationwide.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 19, 2019

It became a city in 1815 and was a focal point of Michigan from its beginning. In addition to being ideal for meetings and events, The Henry Ford is home to 3 attractions, 250 acres of land and what it calls "one awe inspiring experience.". The Westin Southfield Detroit & Executive Meeting Center. Source: Marriott.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 31, 2020

Exciting to read that Michigan is doing so much better. When assigning roles and responsibilities for new safety protocols required for a pre-vaccine meeting, paraphrasing is the key to mutual understanding. Do a socially distanced Simon Says to kick off the meeting. I hope summer is bringing you some sunshine. What Not to Do.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Among the many ideas being circulated, increasing the amount of meetings and events being held on campus is starting to surface as one of the more lucrative opportunities for universities. Imagine this: A local professional attends a meeting held at a conference center on your university’s campus. Try Social Tables today.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Bowling lanes serve as a great venue for a company holiday party or a night out on the town during a conference. of flexible meeting space, but The Spare Room within the hotel is an intimate gaming parlor with a speakeasy feel. Plank can host meetings and team-building events of up to 1,000 attendees. & Canada.

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EventUp

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Event pick: Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks Michigan has an eye for handcrafted beauty, with original, 1800s maple factory floors, reclaimed barn wood, and loads of charm. Conference Centers. Taking it up a notch from hotels is the often-enormous conference center. Sports Clubs. Stadiums and Arenas.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 9, 2017

Kelly told a House of Representatives panel that his deputy will travel to a conference in Malta next week “to present what we think are the minimum increased security standards … and to say if you meet these standards, we will not ban large electronics.” Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly.

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Meeting Tomorrow

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

For the last 15-years, we’d rented out thousands of computers and iPads for live events and conferences. Evolving to Meet the Need. With unprecedented demand and manufacturing shortages making it impossible to buy new equipment, our job became finding everything available in the refurbished markets to meet our customer’s needs.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2018

As a new Connect employee and a first-timer at the event, I was shocked not only by how much went into putting on a conference of this size, but also impressed by how many attendees Connect personally touches and connects (no pun intended). If there is one thing I learned from the event, it is that Connect knows how to throw a great party.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 17, 2017

In fact, it’s inspired groups to meet at historic hotels, including the 10 Best Historic Hotels of 2017, selected as part of USA Today ’s Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. Grand Hotel — Mackinac Island, Michigan. of meeting space, including the two-story. of meeting space and 464 guest rooms. There’s 22,000 sq.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 2, 2019

Writer Mckenzie Gregory even lists out some breweries to visit in Nashville: Another example of incorporating the city into an event comes from the World Education Congress hosted by Meeting Professional International. One of the attendees said, “The only marketing conference I go to every year.” Here’s a simple example from Emma.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 24, 2018

A little star power can be a powerful motivator for selling tickets or convincing people to stay until the last day of a conference. appeared first on Smart Meetings. But they can bring baggage to the stage as well— in today’s #MeToo climate , it is more important than ever to find out what you don’t know. What to Look For.

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EventUp

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant has a variety of spaces for you to choose from, including the Mayor's Room, which is equipped for business meetings of up to 18, and the Palmer Parlor, which has rich hardwood floors and walls. Enjoy the Parlor's large windows, which provide a view of Michigan Avenue. Learn more here.

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