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Two for One: How Organizers Combined a Food Writers Conference With a Food and Music Festival

PCMA Convene

Held in collaboration with euphoria, the 2019 AFJ conference — called AFJ @ euphoria — turned into an educational and entertaining mashup of tastings and talks. The national conference held Sept. Our membership isn’t composed of people on staff at outlets that are willing to pay $1,500 to $2,000 for [them] to go to a conference.

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Will Constant Mask Wearing Save the Meetings Industry?

SmartMeetings

Remember conferences and events before COVID-19, mask wearing and social distancing? The next morning, outside of the general session was another gathering where at least a dozen people probably handled the coffee and a display of fruit, pastries and yogurt before you plated your food. Meetings Could Look Like [Way Outside of the Box].

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Smart Moves in Lake Tahoe, Laguna Beach and More

Smart Meetings

Maeder brings 20 years of hospitality experience to the position, most recently serving as director of food and beverage at The Maybourne Beverly Hills. Among other properties he has worked for are Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara and The Setai, Miami Beach, as director of food and beverage at both.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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What Really Happens to Your RFP?

SmartMeetings

and conference attendees are enjoying breakfast in airy prefunction space outside a ballroom. She is going to be met head-on by the revenue manager, the food and beverage director, and possibly even her colleagues in group sales. See also : Meeting in Paradise Added Woo-Hoo to RFP Process. It’s 8:30 a.m.,

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The best pharma event management companies in 2023

SpotMe Blog

That’s why we’ve created a list of examples of the top pharmaceutical meeting planning companies we have experience with. Pharma meeting planners are experts in social media marketing, email campaigns, media partnerships, and more to maximize HCP attendance and participation. It is not for commercial purposes.

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How Did You Get Started in the Events Industry?

Endless Events

It’s a wild time to be having conversations about how we gather, how to make it not suck, and how not to revert to in-person events with elitism that happened in most onsite conferences.” . My dad got me a job washing dishes there, and I eventually started working in food prep. How Nick Got Started in Events.