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2019 40 Under 40: Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, The Solid Waste Association of North America

Connect Your Meetings

As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Boyd discusses her passion for the events industry. . I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. What I am working on now: I’m gearing up for our annual WASTECON conference in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m also into beauty products and blogs lately.

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California Continues to Attract Global Visitors

Smart Meetings

A lot has changed in two years since the actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson announced they had contracted what was then known as novel coronavirus on a film set in Australia. In mid-February, occupancy was 66%, down only 9% from the same week in 2019. ADR was 10% higher than the same time in 2019. However, revenue was up.

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Should Event Planners Boycott Destinations?

Endless Events

In 2019, the events industry had a $1,135.4 Will starts by pointing to a previous boycott he experienced in Arizona. “SB Have you put language into your contracts regarding hot-button issues? But should event planners boycott? . SB 1070 was a case that happened early in my career, I was a DJ company at the time.

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PSAV acquires Encore – Event Tech Podcast Episode 2

Endless Events

They’re just in Arizona. And now here we are finally January 2019 where they’re announcing Encore Event Technologies. You can negotiate these contracts. But it’s in the contract is exclusive provider and that was non-negotiable. Brandt Krueger: So that was 2014. 2015 they acquired American Audio Visual.

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Want to Rev Up Your Event Marketing? Leverage Influencers

Attendify

TAMI NEALY: In 2019 Find Your Influence worked with Pizza Hut here in Scottsdale, Arizona, to promote a one-day event. Bonus tip: You can contract with your influencer to specifically cover different types of content in their mobile app posts.