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

The MICE

Further, it has the lowest VAT rates in Europe and a high commitment to sustainability. Some examples of this sustainability approach include the ‘Grand Tour of Switzerland’, which can be done by e-car with charging stations along the route. Between 2009–2011, the property was completely refurbished and reopened in 2011.

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Peer Conferences Deep Dive—Meeting Doctors transcript and video

Conferences that Work

Or people who own sports venues in the United States. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry. We’ve pushed out the invites, we’ve set the date, we’ve got the venue, people turn up, and now what happens, and let me be a bit more specific. This was my fifth career.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As The Ethics of Fams.

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