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Mabrouka Events – Family-run event management agency proudly celebrating 21st anniversary

Event Industry News

Member name: Mabrouka Events Date formed: January 2001 – proudly celebrating 21 years in business in 2022! Leadership: Managing Director Sharon O’Sullivan established Mabrouka Events in 2001 following a successful career in hotel sales and marketing. If your agency has a fitting story to tell, get in touch: Kizzy@eventindustrynews.com.

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Planning for disaster: Best practices and essential terminology

Plan Your Meetings

In September 2001, Alan Kleinfeld was living in Washington, D.C. since 2005 than there were in the previous 23 years combined. In fact, he says, the only widely adopted change he has seen is that meeting planners tend to include a clause in contracts that says they can cancel events because of terrorist acts. By Tara Swords.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

One flex point came in a survey of nonprofit CEOs (“CEO Wish List,” April 2005) in which they ranked meeting planning as second only to executive management in importance to their organization’s mission, but ranked strategic planning ninth in a list of important skills for senior meeting planners. Paper Trails for Miles. Beyond Belief’.

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