Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Minneapolis , which hosted Super Bowl LII in 2018, has also benefited after the big game. “We We hosted a number of customers during the Super Bowl,” says Melvin Tennant, president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis. “We Several groups we hosted have since confirmed their conventions to Minneapolis.”. Momentum moves the market.

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MARCH 28, 2022

Kimpton Sylvan Hotel appointed Perry to director of sales and marketing. Over the last 20 years, Perry has become experienced in catering, meetings, events and hospitality sales and marketing. Perry was most recently director of sales and marketing at Ellis Hotel, Atlanta, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel by Marriott.

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JULY 27, 2021

Greenwald is director of sales and marketing for Yotel Boston. Radisson Blu Mall of America in Minneapolis appointed Francis general manager. Francis recently worked as general manager for Radisson Blu Minneapolis Downtown, where, in 2020, he earned the General Manager of the Year award. Julia Greenwald. Alex Francis.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

We want to make health care sexy,” Addicks, the CEO of marketing and communications firm 2023 Partners and former chief marketing officer at General Mills, told Convene at the time. I went to Minneapolis to find out. 14–16 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Redefining Health Care.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

As part of Back Light, a series of articles sharing illuminating insider observations, we asked Cara Banasch, vice president of sales with Omni Hotels & Resorts to share some of her insights from a cross-country road trip to visit with clients and community leaders at 15 Omni properties between Boston and Minneapolis.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Meeting and conference planners spend on average 60 hours per conference sourcing, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing venue contracts. We are speaking with Jasmine Eldeen, Director of Global Accounts with HelmsBriscoe, we chat about best practices for meeting planners in working with a hotel sourcing company.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

Before Visit Denver, he worked as director of sales and marketing for JW Marriott Houston and national account executive of convention sales for Visit Houston. Leff also worked in leading roles with Gaylord Hotels and Meet Minneapolis, and he also has worked with Hilton Minneapolis, the Hiltons of Chicago and Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Murray is director of sales and marketing for Waldorf Las Vegas. Before this, she was city group manager, where she oversaw group sales and marketing for five Kimpton properties and area group sales manager for three Chicago-based Kimpton properties. Louis-based marketing agency Switch. Ali Murray. Darren Temple. Ian Cummings.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 29, 2021

Brandt is a technical producer and consultant based in Minneapolis, MN, and is the highly acclaimed instructor for the Event Leadership Institute’s Virtual Event and Meeting Management certificate course. We got it up and running only about 15 minutes late, but it was hours of stress leading up to it trying to fix it.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

CTA (Immediate Past Chairman, National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals, and Group Vice President, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Cincinnati USA Convention & Visitors Bureau). Robin McClain (SVP, Marketing & Communications Destination DC). Melvin Tennant, CAE (President & CEO, Meet Minneapolis).

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Having been used at various music festivals over the last 11 years including the Gay and Lesbian Association (GALA) Choruses Festival for over 10,000 people in Denver 2012 and 2016 and Minneapolis, USA, July 2020, Integra Planner has been revamped using the latest Angular technology and relaunched for 2020 with a new user interface.

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JUNE 16, 2022

The early work he and others did in that time established many of the best practices for online, hybrid and multihub meetings and events that still stand today. A couple of years later, Ruud was passing through Minneapolis and we met for a quick drink downtown. Read More : Virtual and Hybrid Meeting Tech Updates You Need Now.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. 31 • Associate Manager of Meetings. Destination Tahoe Meetings & Events. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. 33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 37 • Director of Education and Meetings. 35 • Director, Meetings & Conventions.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Agencies: Inspira Marketing Group ; AXLE Brand.). Leveraging survey data and other forms of consumer research has informed strategies for Valentine’s Day activations for brands including Godiva, Snuggle and Mars, and it could be a simple way to tweak your V-day strategy to meet your target’s wants and/or needs. The brand’s response?

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

Get Ready for the Top Meeting Trends in 2018. Meetings have always been more intimate affairs compared to events. But with recent trends focusing more towards personalization and customization, meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year. Meetings are definitely getting a big tech upgrade this year.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Here’s a third party’s advice to hotels, DMCs, and other partners for streamlining the RFP process as we get back to meetings and incentive travel. It’s a laborious process that includes sourcing with supplier partners, creating a pricing mix that meets every need, and developing a proposal that will win over clients. Protect the DMCs.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 26, 2023

But unfortunately, this festive atmosphere was temporarily suspended due to the pandemic and was later rocked by civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. of meeting space spanning up to 65 meeting rooms, an expansive lobby area, a garden terrace, mixing zone, with 570,290 sq.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 25, 2021

Members of the meetings and hospitality community gathered virtually on March 25 for the Events Industry Council’s annual Global Awards ceremony, honoring Hall of Leaders inductees and, new this year, Social Impact Award recipients.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 26, 2017

Dale Krogman Dale Krogman was appointed director of sales and marketing at Radisson Blu Minneapolis Downtown. Krogman will marketing the property, assist the sales department, service teams and catering sales department. The post 4 Smart Moves at Airlie, Radisson Blu and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MAY 9, 2018

When choosing a location for your meeting, what do you look for? Meeting room capacity? Whatif the experience that attendees have outside of the meeting is just as important as the meeting itself? Attendees will leave with an impression, and the meeting isn’t the only factor. For Minneapolis, the answer is easy.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

To most, the idea of putting together a set of dates, a venue, a program, a speaker lineup, an education schedule, food and beverage orders, audiovisual packages, marketing materials and more is overwhelming, to say the least. 26 • Meeting Services Specialist. 35 • Marketing and Conference Administrator. 24 • Meetings Manager.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Meeting & Event Job Openings | February 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Meeting & Event Manager | Koncept Events | Fort Lauderdale, FL. Learn More. California .

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

His experience spans more than 30 years of growing sales in competitive hotel markets. His most recent position was the director of sales and marketing at Hilton Arlington in Virginia. Sanders will be based out of Minneapolis and will report to Ken Greene, president of Americas. The National Conference Center. Tiffany Cook.

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

That’s the ideal scenario for many people, combing remote work with getting together in person for key meetings and specific training.” Companies have realized that just because the headquarters is in Houston doesn’t mean they can’t hire a talented developer in Denver and an expert marketer in Minneapolis.

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

That’s the ideal scenario for many people, combing remote work with getting together in person for key meetings and specific training.” Companies have realized that just because the headquarters is in Houston doesn’t mean they can’t hire a talented developer in Denver and an expert marketer in Minneapolis.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Meeting & Event Job Openings | April 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Marketing Event Coordinator | Barefoot Networks | Santa Clara, CA. Meeting Planner | Stanford University | Stanford, CA. Special Event Planner / Marketing Manager | Saks Fifth Avenue | Boca Raton, FL. Learn More. Emeryville, CA.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Orlando will lead the operation of the historic downtown hotel located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe named Chris Skelding as director of sales, marketing and events. The post 4 Smart Moves at Hyatt, Hotel Ivy and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Susan Gladstone. Chris Skelding.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

He previously worked for Millennium Hotels as general manager of The Bostonian Hotel and Millennium Hotel Minneapolis. He previously served as director of sales and marketing for Intercontinental Hotels Group’s Z Ocean Hotel and area director of sales at SBE Miami. Email us the good news at editor@smartmeetings.com.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Meeting & Event Job Openings. Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Event Coordinator / Event Marketing | Mammoth Marketing | Denver, CO. Learn More.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Inspirational meeting themes are commonplace, but they aren’t always on point. At Destination Marketing Association International’s (DMAI) 2016 Annual Convention, held Aug. 1–3 in Minneapolis, it was made clear that “It’s a Brand New Day” was no empty-promise slogan.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 27, 2020

Pre-pandemic, I traveled fairly frequently for my work as a consultant on meeting design and facilitator of meetings, and would try to run a couple of miles every day, wherever I was. I live in rural Vermont on a moderately hilly dirt road that’s quiet enough for me to run a couple of miles daily. France, New Mexico, and Texas.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Meeting professionals can adapt that game plan to their next incentive outing or corporate retreat by building the trip around a top-tier sporting event. “As Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Read more about incentive travel in the October issue of Smart Meetings. Super Bowl 52, Feb. Open Tennis Championships, Aug.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI) will honor four industry leaders on Aug. 2 in Minneapolis during its annual convention. Bloom founded IMEX Group, which organizes international trade shows for meetings, events and incentive industry. He also is heavily involved in numerous industry associations.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

markets went up over the past three years, with weather directly impacting northern and southern cities. Conversely, up north, Minneapolis had the largest decline, with hotel prices down 20 percent over the third quarter of 2016. The post Despite Rising Hotel Rates, Business Trip Costs Fall appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

By using Livestreaming tools and collaborating with Virtual Event Providers, we are able to host small to large scale events, meetings, and conferences including weddings. The event team, the sponsors, and the marketing teams can use this data to analyze and refocus their sales and provide improved event content.

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MAY 4, 2016

Just how competitive is it for DMOs that are bidding on meetings and conventions in 2016? Our May cover story was all about how Minneapolis and Montreal competed to win the Apimondia citywide meeting. The competition’s crazy, especially in the convention-center market. GOING LOCAL, STAYING LOCAL. OUT OF TIME.

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