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Skift Meetings Awards 2024: Meet the Winners

EventMB

Perfectly situated among some of the city’s most prominent cultural venues including Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Broad, the property serves as a true destination within a destination. pillar-less convention center, complete with 14 break-out meeting rooms, setting this as a perfect meetings & event venue.

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

In addition to the Olympic venues, London cleaned up and rebuilt its canals, extended and built new transportation, and invested in its hospitality infrastructure. In 2016, the venue even opened a ride, The Slide, at the ArcelorMittal Orbit, which doubles as the United Kingdom’s tallest public art piece. million visitors. Bangkok; 2.

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Top Convention Center Projects Underway in 2016

SmartMeetings

From San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney to Aberdeen, Scotland, convention center projects include major expansions and new builds that are born from demand. Started in 2015, this convention center project will be complete by the end of 2018. Sydney, Australia. Houston convention district. Houston, Texas.

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These Destinations Are Using Virtual Reality to Put You in Their Place

PCMA Convene

Travel Association’s IPW show in June 2015. “We The emphasis on movement applies to meeting venues as well: “We’re capturing our best venues in use, with people in them — how you would experience it if you were at that event. and “Top 10 Outdoor Venues in L.A.,” Petersburg/Clearwater’s media and interactive director. “Our

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The Community Driven Convention Center

PCMA Convene

When the HASSELL + Populous joint global architectural team began designing the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), it started with a flurry of envelope-pushing ideas. ICC Sydney was designed as three distinct buildings. SYDNEY: Watching the Scale. We had hotels sitting on top of exhibition halls.…

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

PCMA Convene

Richmond fulfilled many of those requirements — and so IPAC15 met at the Richmond Convention Center on May 3–8, 2015. Since its inception, it was always held outside North America — until 2015, when Wilmington, North Carolina, was chosen to host BioMarine’s 300-plus attendees. Nuremberg is steeped in that history.

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What is Asset Tracking Software? (and Why You Need to Use it in 2017)

Capterra Event Management

Some of the biggest celebrations take place in Times Square, New York City parks, Sydney Harbour, London City Hall, and practically every other major venue in the world. Say you are planning a big fireworks display, which requires the transfer of large numbers of fireworks to the venue at least eight hours before the main event.

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