Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2019

No, it isn’t a scene from a Viking battle—it’s an attendee at one of the many mountain festivals where travelers can enjoy good food, wine and lots of alpine recreation. A post shared by Park City Area Restaurants (@parkcityrestaurants) on Dec 9, 2018 at 3:11pm PST. Here are some of the top upcoming celebrations. Savor the Summit .

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

January 2018. November 2018. October 2018. 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. October 2017. PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical, LTD. January 2019.

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Hubilo Blog

MARCH 19, 2019

Few of his awards and recognitions include Hall of Leaders, Event Industry Council 2018, Top 30 CMP Influencers by Convention Industry Council, September 2015, The 25 Most Influential People in Meetings Industry, Successful Meetings, January 2012 and many more. 1990: The invention of room diagramming software (Meeting Matrix).

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 7, 2018

The report is based on feedback from travelers worldwide, vetting the most memorable travel activities. A post shared by ChicagoArchitectureFoundation (@chiarchitecture) on Jan 23, 2018 at 11:02am PST. A post shared by One World Observatory (@oneworldnyc) on Jan 10, 2018 at 2:09pm PST. Chicago Architecture River Cruise.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In 2018, the event heads to Churchill Downs in Louisville, the storied home of the Kentucky Derby. Planners in need of incentive trip inspiration should keep these marquee events on their radar for 2018. Read more about incentive travel in the October issue of Smart Meetings. Super Bowl 52, Feb.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 12, 2018

The property is scheduled to open in spring 2018. Tina Gaccetta Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE), in Chicago, appointed Tina Gaccetta head of events. Jeyakaran Hector M. Jeyakaran was named general manager of the 253-suite Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston, in West Virginia.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

We still had to be out in front of potential customers, meeting them face-to-face. Often, companies facing difficult financial times cut back on travel, as they somehow view it as a discretionary expense. We chose to meet potential clients at trade shows or at their office. The reality is quite the opposite.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 14, 2017

We cannot support the idea of a travel ban, especially a ban aimed at those of a specific nationality or faith,” he said. He was aware that the location of the meeting—Toronto, a globally diverse city where fully half the residents were born in another country—is known for being very open and welcoming to all cultures.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The new Santa Barbara resort will open Summer 2018 and have 12,000 sq. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. She’ll oversee sales planning for group, catering and banquets and help the revenue team meet sales goals. Kostka serves on the Board of Directors of New England Business Travel Association.

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Hubilo Blog

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Velvet Chainsaw — Time Capsules, Time Machines And Evolution Of Traditional Meeting Planners . The article here has covered the essence of conference and meeting planning depicting it in two forms — time capsule and a time machine. Social media is a channel for news to travel around the globe.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The teams must travel around, find items and landmarks, and document their adventures (or misadventures), with the use of text messaging, GPS and FaceTime to help complete challenges. Related: 11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 29, 2017

By late 2018, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino will rebrand as two hotels, NoMad Las Vegas and Park MGM. When it opens in 2018, rumors are that the Manhattan glitterati haunt Cipriani and L.A. of new, technologically advanced, flexible meeting space across four stories. They should all be “soup-ed up” by 2018.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 22, 2017

Now past the halfway point, the multiyear, $500 million expansion of San Francisco’s Moscone Center is making progress toward a late 2018 completion date. We recently talked with John Reyes, executive vice president and chief sales officer for San Francisco Travel, who filled us in on construction plans and facility upgrades.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2018

4 on the “Top 15 Cities in the United States” list in the 2018 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards , an annual survey driven by the outlet’s more than 300,000 readers. Please call the Tourism Santa Fe Sales Team to start exploring this great destination and allow us to assist you in a smooth and artistic meeting planning process.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Because of the travel involved in our business and my tilt toward the tech, I went looking for apps that might help our little tribe with the stress of the gig rather than some local yoga joint. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. Source: Giphy. per month.

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Planner WIre

JUNE 6, 2019

Because of the travel involved in our business and my tilt toward the tech, I went looking for apps that might help our little tribe with the stress of the gig rather than some local yoga joint. We travel the globe educating conference attendees about technology and productivity. Source: Giphy. per month.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

In addition, points can be used for transactions on amazon.com and Diamond Status can now be lengthened without travel. “At Our plan is to have all three hotels open and operational by the winter season of 2017–2018,” Davis said. Nassetta, the company’s president and CEO. The remaining rooms will open in phases.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

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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SmartMeetings

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. .

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

That scenario is playing out now as San Diego and Comic-Con International work toward an agreement to keep the reigning king of all comic book conventions in its longtime home after the current deal expires in 2018. Comic-Con has been held in San Diego since it debuted in 1970 to an audience of some 300.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

and those that travel to international markets. travel ban). I hope for stabilization so that planning can be more intentional than planning for the unknown.”. Here are some highlights of the results: Size of 2017 convention/meeting budget vs. 2016 convention/meeting budget — -1 percent compared to +1.7

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Event Leadership Institute

JULY 16, 2020

Below are several tech tools to help pivot your event and meeting planning in the COVID-19 era. This list isn’t comprehensive—just a small sampling of all the available event management and planning technology!). Planners create a seating chart of accepted guests using the platform’s Drag-and-Drop Seating Chart feature.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Marketers “get it” when it comes to the power of events to meet their goals and they are willing to put their budgets where their meetings are according to a new survey by Bizzaboo. The majority plan to invest even more in collective gatherings next year. The authors concluded that “The internet is not and will never be enough.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In many organizations, the meeting planning function is viewed as administrative. ELI has many offerings, including certificates in Fundraising Event Management, Event Entrepreneurship: Growth Strategies, and Pandemic Meeting & Event Design.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Toy Story Land Toy Story Land is set to open in the summer of 2018 at Walt Disney World Resort’s Hollywood Studios. The land is set in Andy’s backyard, and will feature a slinky dog roller coaster, a flying saucer ride with the aliens, and an interactive carnival themed game.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 2, 2017

Demand has been sky-high, forcing meeting planners to compete for space. 2018 looks to be even better, with 61 percent reporting significant availability when booking meetings scheduled for next year. travel policies are impacting meeting and event professionals. Forty-six percent of U.S.-based

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 2, 2017

While business travel to the United States continues to decline—thanks to President Trump’s travel ban restricting travelers from certain, mostly Muslim countries—tourism to Dubai is picking up. And one major force driving this growth: meeting planners. Dubai snaps up meetings awards.

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