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40 Under 40: LaToya Scott, CMP

Connect Your Meetings

How I got here: I spent the last four years of my hotel career involved in different organizations such as Society of Government Meeting Professionals and MPI. My board positions involved meeting planning responsibilities, so I decided to take all my volunteer work and make a new career out of it.

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Event Trends for 2019–2020

GEVME

Even if your 2018 events made an incredible impression, in 2019–2020, you should learn how to make these experiences even more memorable and impressive. The top 10 event planning trends in 2019–2020. The top 5 conference & meeting planning trends of 2019–2020. Engaging technology. The top 5 event marketing trends.

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4 Smart Moves at The National Conference Center, Palace Hotel and More

SmartMeetings

Garcia will be charged with leading National’s 14-person professional sales team as it continues to break sales records by working with corporate, association, government and military learning professionals. Lindsay Cagley Limelight Hotel Snowmass, which is slated to open November 2018, appointed Lindsay Cagley as general manager.

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5 Smart Moves at Kimpton, Art Ovation, Four Seasons and The Fairlane Hotel

SmartMeetings

Previously, Thomas served as director of sales for Hyatt Place Orlando Airport, and more recently government senior sales manager at DoubleTree by Hilton Tampa, where she booked more than $1.6 is slated to open in early 2018. Thomas will be charged with managing all hotel sales, marketing and growth strategies. Beyond Content Agency.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him?

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Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

SmartMeetings

Planners and local governments both know that convention center capacity is a critical determinant of site selection. But what happens when a premier meeting city enters contract negotiations with its largest event client as its long-awaited convention center expansion faces an uncertain future?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Featured on Forbes as a “Top 20 Influencer of Chief Marketing Officers” – 2018 #1 Global Content Marketing Influencer – 2018 Listed on Forbes as one of the “Top 20 Influencers of CMO’s” – 2017 Ranked by Apollo Research in the “Top 20 Influencers of Digital Marketers in the USA” – 2016 Where to Find him? Where to find him?