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27 New Hotels Make 2018 Forbes Five Star List

SmartMeetings

It may surprise some to know that, as always, the just-announced 2018 ratings are heavily weighted to service standards rather than facility quality. “ The post 27 New Hotels Make 2018 Forbes Five Star List appeared first on Smart Meetings. Forbes Five Star is rarefied territory, and 27 new hotels are now on it.

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CWT Meetings & Events research: London to remain top EMEA destination for corporate meetings and events in 2019

Event Industry News

2019 forecast (2018/17 positions in brackets): London, UK (1/1). Vienna, Austria (-/-). The 2019 ranking shows four new entries: Vienna in Austria (6), Stockholm in Sweden (7), and Germany’s Hamburg (5) and Frankfurt (-/7), returning to the top ten ranking after dropping out in 2018. Moscow, Russia (6/-).

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Check Out this Baker’s Dozen of New #ThePreferredLife Options

SmartMeetings

Preferred Hotels & Resorts , the world’s largest independent hotel brand, has announced 13 new properties scheduled to launch in 2018. Steps from the famous Printer’s Alley in downtown Nashville , the nine-story Bobby Hotel will open in spring of 2018, featuring 144 guestrooms and suites. Bobby Hotel. Montage Los Cabos. PhilsPlace.

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3 Trends Shaping Events: Immersive Sound, Microadventures, and ‘Reformatted’ Department Stores

PCMA Convene

The World Congress for Psychotherapy was on the right track when it offered “Freudian Walks” during its 2018 meeting. But conference organizers have an opportunity to reap the positive emotional benefits of getting out into nature by integrating the outdoors into their conference agendas.

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Big ideas, innovative solutions, intimate setting at 2019 PCMA EduCon

Event Industry News

More than 800 business events professionals from a dozen countries joined EduCon in 2018, in comparison to PCMA’s annual Convening Leaders event which traditionally attracts around 4,500 attendees. EduCon provides focused sessions that help me with my relationships with colleagues, clients and suppliers.

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Network Performing Arts Production Workshops Brings WorldWide Artists Together

PCMA Convene

Attendees are all ears at the 2018 NPAPW conference at the New World Center in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2018, the program welcomed 80 participants from 28 countries to the New World Center, an immersive concert hall and arts instruction laboratory in Miami Beach, Florida. Phillip Pessar/Creative Commons).

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5 Reasons Virtual Events Will Become More Relevant in the Coming Years

Hubilo Blog

In May 2018, the world was glued to screens to watch Warren Buffett’s comments at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s meeting. The European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly held in Vienna in 2019 had 16,200 participants. In September 2019, Apple’s event where iPhone 11 was launched, streamed live for the first time.

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