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What’s the Economic Impact of the Meetings Industry?

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In terms of jobs, the meetings and events industry creates more direct jobs than large manufacturing sectors such as automotive, chemicals, and food. For every dollar spent on face-to-face meetings and business events in 2016, it generated an additional $1.60 in benefits to the U.S. It’s a 160-percent return on investment.”.

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9 Smart Moves in California, Florida and More

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Her accolades include 2009 Spirit of NACE Mary Margaret Traxler Award and 2018 CRVA Partners in Tourism Hospitality Professional of the Year award. Moncur’s recognitions include Visit Lake Norman’s Stellar Seller Award in 2013, Hilton Hotels’ Spirit Award in 2009 and MVP status with Homewood Suites in 2006. Brian Hilterbrandt.

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PCMA EduCon 2019: Can the Meetings Industry Hack Homelessness?

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The average person in 2009,” reports the science magazine Nautilus , “was less empathetic than 75 percent of the people in 1979.”. One meeting professional, William Thomson, founder of Gallus Events in Barcelona, organized Homeless Hackathon Glasgow last year, after reading statistics about homelessness in Glasgow, Scotland, his hometown.

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How Bitcoin Blew Up Only After its Champions Met IRL

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A new financial system concept outlined in a 2009 white paper grew into the annual North American Bitcoin Conference, which drew 6,000 participants to Miami in 2018. In early 2009, a white paper started floating around the internet. In 2018, the conference attracted 6,000 participants. The Serendipity Machine’.

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

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“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, Dominguez shared some insights into what he sees for the future of the meetings industry.

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DES Spotlight: Victoria Fanning

PCMA Convene

Victoria Fanning is a senior manager of online event production with MGMA and has been planning digital events since 2009, with a current focus on medical meetings. Digital Event Strategist Course and yearly scholarships sponsored by Meetings + Conventions Calgary.

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Has the Grinch Stolen Holiday Parties?

Smart Meetings

Only 65 percent of companies plan to host a party this year, according to the 2018 Holiday Party Survey Report released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. This is the lowest number since 2009. appeared first on Smart Meetings. If companies seem a little less jolly this holiday season, it may not be your imagination.

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