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Guest Blog: Major Event Growth – A risky business to be in?

Event Industry News

Attendance at professional sports events in the United Kingdom exceeded seventy-four million in 2017 – the highest outside of 2012. It is difficult to see public interest declining, so, here, we will think about risk. The New York Marathon of 2012 was abandoned due to Hurricane Sandy. The second is insurance.

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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

SmartMeetings

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11.

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

One tactic for creating firearms guidelines that Johnston has recommend to clients is the “home office policy”: Apply to the event and event venue(s) the same rules for gun possession found at your organization’s headquarters. This has been true…in Atlanta (2015), San Diego (2014), Baltimore (2013) and Chicago (2012).

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Rumelhart prize (2001), the IJCAI award for research excellence (2005), the Killam prize for Engineering (2012), The IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Gold medal (2016) and the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017). In other words, he became the reference concerning health matters on Twitter since 2012. He was awarded the first David E.

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Rumelhart prize (2001), the IJCAI award for research excellence (2005), the Killam prize for Engineering (2012), The IEEE James Clerk Maxwell Gold medal (2016) and the BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017). In other words, he became the reference concerning health matters on Twitter since 2012. He was awarded the first David E.

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DCI Planner Survey Looks at “Trump Effect,” Top Destinations, and Challenges

MeetingsNet

While some things have remained the same since the first survey in 2012—for example, London & Partners has been named the most helpful international convention bureau in all three editions—a couple of new issues are now affecting the meetings industry. This includes the venue, local authorities, and the convention bureau.

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