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Seeking Innovators, Experts, and Educators in Meeting Planning

MeetingsNet

Whether your meetings specialty is event design, contract negotiations, operations management, sustainability, risk management, virtual events, speaker trends, food & beverage, or something else entirely, our call for speakers is seeking fresh voices to educate and spark new ideas for meetings and conventions.

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3 Shifts in Event Sustainability

PCMA Convene

In Chicago, at McCormick Place, convention center operations and sales staff created new tools to better communicate their sustainability capacities to clients early in the meeting process, said Doug Bradley, vice president at SAVOR, the center’s F&B provider. But it takes time and planning.”.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

SmartMeetings

Douglas Hustad Omni Charlotte Hotel taps Douglas Hustad as general manager, where he’ll oversee the property’s $26-million renovation along with operations, sales and marketing, rooms, risk management, human resources and food and beverage.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

The MBECS were created jointly by Meeting Professionals International and the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council. A: Strategic planning. B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. H: Meeting or event design. I: Site management.