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JANUARY 3, 2017

percent increase in occupancy from June 2015. The Obama administration has loosened the reins on government conference spending. According to the White House, agencies have saved roughly $30 million in conference spending over the past few years. Instead, Jacksonville saw a 6.5

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

Australia Forum was first pitched in 2015. It was to consist of multiple exhibition halls, a 24,000-square-foot ballroom, 18 meeting rooms and Centre for Dialogue, which would accommodate meetings in the round. In the meantime, conferences can continue to take place in Rupp Arena and most of the existing convention center.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Palm Springs, California, is a popular conference destination and The Saguaro Palm Springs hotel has a doughnut-shaped pool float for guests to enjoy. A post shared by The Saguaro (@thesaguarops) on Jun 6, 2015 at 1:16pm PDT. Doughnut Clothing.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

January 2015. This will greatly impact the event and meeting planning industry because planners will now only have 1 technology option at hotels, limiting options for flexibility in their venue selection process. Kelso & Co. January 2014. Olympus Partners, Goldman Sachs acquire PSAV . major markets.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

He was named General Manager of the Year for four consecutive years (2012–2015) by Hilton’s Luxury Division. The LGBT Meeting Professionals Association (LGBT MPA) named Alexis Dinyovszky as a new member of the board of directors. Alexis Dinyovszky .

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

She most recently worked at Sheraton Austin Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center of Georgetown, Texas. His experience in the sports tourism field includes serving on the North Carolina Sports Association Board and Executive Committee, where he was chairman from 2013-2015.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 24, 2017

The breathtaking Caribbean getaway boasts a world-class conference center that can fit a maximum of 4,000 guests in its 50,000-square-foot Imperial Ballroom. In 2014 and 2015, the Marine Habitat at Atlantis was ranked by TripAdvisor as one of the Top 25 Aquariums in the World. It also offers over 40,000 sq.

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MARCH 28, 2017

of meeting and event space, the combined properties make a winning event space. At the end of 2015, MGM Resorts International announced a major convention center expansion at Aria. With 7,094 guest rooms and more than 2.25 million sq. Aria Resort & Casino , another leading Las Vegas property, landed in third place.

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MARCH 14, 2018

The resort has conference facilities and a range of guest room types, including cabins, condos and chalets. of meeting space and 144 guest rooms. Although some may argue that Connecticut is the go-to pumpkin pie destination, this fall classic became the official state pie of Illinois in 2015. Illinois: Pumpkin Pie.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

At the San Diego hotel, she and her team were awarded the 2015 Sage Leadership Award for Excellence in revenue performance, profit performance and associate engagement. Jana McGee joined The Chattanoogan hotel as conference planning manager, where she is responsible for planning meetings and conferences at the upscale hotel in Tennessee.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Close to Smart Meetings’ home office in Sausalito, California, Moscone Center in San Francisco is undergoing major modifications. Started in 2015, this convention center project will be complete by the end of 2018. The expansion will increase Moscone’s size from 614,839 to 772,179 sq. ”… More. Columbus, Ohio.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Why have a keynote speaker at your event?

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Only 34 percent of respondents (down from 43 percent in the 2016 survey and 50 percent in the 2015 survey) indicated that they will be holding meetings outside the United States in the future. NUMBER OF MEETINGS PLANNED. percent in the 2015 survey). 2015 Event-supply rentals. 2007 Event-supply rentals.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far? A few months before this announcement, I had a large conference where I pushed attendees further than they wanted to go by incorporating QR codes, iPads, and social media throughout the entire program. What’s the best day you’ve had in the meetings industry so far?

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Fifty-seven percent of the conference and convention centers polled have active manual waste-sorting programs in place. In 2015, more than 52 percent of costs spent on F&B were considered local (within 250 miles).

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Key performance indicators, such as 2016 attendance vs. 2015 attendance, show an increase, but at a lesser rate than last year’s survey. Here are some topline results from this year’s survey compared to last year’s: › Size of 2016 convention/meeting budget vs. 2015 convention/meeting budget : +1.7 In the 2015 survey: +5.3

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. Meeting planning, which used to be described as an ‘Old Boys’’ network, may soon be a ‘Young Women’s’ network. The people aspect of conferences will always be an important part of the equation. Navy and U.S.

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