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JULY 9, 2019

Heather Wakefield, 39, works remotely in Nashville, Tennessee, as a s enior manager of education and events at Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society. As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Wakefield discusses her passion for the events industry. . Connect with Wakefield on LinkedIn and Instagram. .

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2019

Join us for the launch of new study findings from the EIC, in collaboration with IAEE and SISO, on the extent of deceptive practices, consumer fraud and scams affecting the events industry, with an emphasis on attendance list scams and room block poaching and piracy. Meetings and exhibitions continue to be impacted by room block poaching.

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JULY 19, 2021

Schaeffer is director of experience and Fortner is director of sales for Virgin Hotels Nashville in Tennessee. This marks a return to this property for Sharpe after having leading positions with Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, JW Marriott, and Wonderful Weddings and Events. Mishaal Eid.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Just north of Jacksonville, this exclusive Florida resort escape features a recently renovated conference center, unique meeting break programming and AAA Five Diamond oceanfront hospitality—plus 25,000 sq. of total meeting space. of total meeting space. of event space and an additional 50,000 sq. of meeting space.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

In this role, she will develop and implement strategies for sustainable travel practices in meetings, conventions and leisure travel to Washington, D.C. In his career, he has seen numerous successful hotel openings and has held several leadership positions, most recently as general manager of The Joseph Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

SocialOffset makes it possible for event attendees to donate to a vetted charity as a way to offset their travel to a state whose policies may be harmful to causes they support. In 2019, Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., The concept of SocialOffset was first tested at ASAE’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Nashville. Let’s see if this works.”

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Just for you, tourism bureaus and hospitality professionals are hanging holly, preparing their spaces to host events and—beginning Black Friday and Cyber Monday—sales for holiday business travelers. Here are some of the best experiences and Cyber sales on hotels and the most festive corporate-friendly events and giftable trips of the season.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 15, 2019

In August 2018, when Mark Addicks was in the midst of planning his first-ever event, the MANOVA Global Health Summit, he was determined to make it a dramatic departure from the typical medical conference. “We In these ways, MANOVA will continue to break out of the traditional medical-meeting mold.

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MARCH 31, 2022

According to Jason Fudin, Placemakr’s cofounder and CEO, the company plans to expand by acquiring $750 million in real estate in the next 18 to 24 months, with its first being PlaceMakr Premier SoBro, in Nashville, Tennessee. The post The Continued Rise of the Extended-Stay Hotel appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The most coveted amenity in the meetings and hospitality world right now is…confidence. Confidence is turning out to be a scarce commodity as the weeks have dragged into months and meeting professionals are rebooking the rebookings. The meetings landscape is uneven. Meetings are so missed,” he reported. Kevin Edmunds.

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JULY 11, 2017

Tennessee’s state Senate passed a resolution mocking California and calling for the state to pass a reciprocal ban. Fischer posted a video on Twitter, adding that the ban had previously cost Kentucky $2 million in future revenue, because two Chicago-based companies had also dropped Louisville from consideration as a meeting site. “We’ve

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A version of this post first appeared on Meetings & Conventions online: Urgent Wakeup Call: Mass Shootings and the Meetings Industry . For a number of years, I’ve been giving a presentation at industry conferences on Disruptions Facing the Events Industry. Sign The Petition. In short, places people gather.

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JULY 8, 2022

For an event that traditionally brought 115,000 people, how many would come on the heels of a Covid wave? Read More : What Event Planning Best Practices Are Here to Stay? Although the convention was being moved to June, they couldn’t call it the NAMM Summer Show because that event in Nashville was being canceled.

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