Smart Meetings

APRIL 27, 2023

Kendall Hart and Anthony Taormina Kendall Hart (left) and Anthony Taormina (right) Hart is director of food and beverage, and Taormina is executive chef for Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas. Before joining the Waldorf Astoria property, Hart was food and beverage manager for Vdara Hotel & Spa in Las Vegas.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2021

In October 2019, the annual meeting of the Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) drew 4,000 health-care workers to the La Nuvola Congress Center in Rome for a four-day program of education and networking. Courtesy of Progressive IMS Outdoors). Heading to the Hills — and the Desert.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2019

But that dinner, created by Colorado’s Cultivating Spirits, really did take place. Others like it, designed as special events during conventions and meetings, are happening throughout Colorado , Nevada and California. They’re legal, profitable, unique and enjoyable. Grassroots Appeal.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2019

He’s held leadership positions in food and beverage as well as hotel operations for properties across the country, including The Arrabelle at Vail Square in Colorado, Sunriver Resort in Bend, Oregon, and Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California. Dallas Smith & Company in Atlanta.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And as more and more states and countries decriminalize marijuana use and production (in the US it’s legal for recreational use in Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, and California), the list of yearly cannabis events is poised to grow. December 11, 2019. justaplant.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 23, 2020

In Maslow’s famous pyramid of the hierarchy of human needs, the most basic is food, shelter and clothing. Accordingly, at PCMA EduCon in Los Angeles in 2019, organizers staged a “hackathon” focused on how the events industry can help the unsheltered. Backpacks of hygiene products may be more in need at a shelter than donations of food.

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Bizzabo

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Speakeasy harkens back to Prohibition days when alcoholic beverages were outlawed, bootlegging businesses thrived, and illegal speakeasies operated in the shadows. SPIN combines delicious food and the noble game of ping pong. At Oasis, the beer is always cold, the food is always delicious, and the atmosphere is always inviting.

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