Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Before Convene, he worked as assistant director of event operations for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Teusen recently worked as general manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Akron Canton Airport in Ohio. Summerall was a board member of Houston First’s marketing committee in 2015-2019. Aaron Levinthal.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 23, 2023

Industry notables offer advice to planners on maintaining their event portfolios. In both November and December 2022, the number of business meetings and events in the U.S. was about three percent higher than during those same months in 2019, according to the most recent industry analysis from Knowland.

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Bizzabo

MAY 10, 2019

Searching for the best customer success conferences to attend in 2019? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of customer success events on the internet. In 2019, customer success is a big deal. It's known as the industry's most exclusive event because only company executives are allowed access. Look no further.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

Louisville, Kentucky—birthplace of Muhammad Ali—on the banks of the Ohio River, checked all those boxes. The city hosted 881 meetings and conventions in 2019. Some destinations rise to the top of meeting bucket lists because of their history. Others for their natural beauty, and still others for their dynamic business credentials.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 17, 2022

Louisville, Kentucky—birthplace of Muhammad Ali—on the banks of the Ohio River checked all those boxes. The city hosted 881 meetings and conventions in 2019. Some destinations rise to the top of meeting bucket lists because of their history. Others for their natural beauty, and still others for their dynamic business credentials.

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EventUp

JULY 10, 2019

While it may feel like all business from 9 to 5, corporate events give coworkers and colleagues a chance to bond, brainstorm, and cut loose in a more relaxed and authentic way. But just because it’s a corporate event, that doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with elements like décor, programming, and food.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

trillion (in 2019 dollars, adjusted for inflation) will be spent on travel in the United States in 2022, but this is still 10% below 2019 levels and 16% below where it should have been in 2022, if not for the pandemic. Have a glass of wine and stay in a hotel, enjoy your night not being stressed while everyone misses their events.”.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 25, 2016

American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) today announced that it will hold the 2019 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus has planned unique and exceptional events that will surprise and delight our members. We look forward to wowing attendees when they come in 2019.”.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 12, 2023

PCMA’s Convening Leaders gathered 3,300 meeting professionals in Columbus, Ohio, for three days of education, networking and some transformative ideas. The Smart Meetings team went backstage at Great Columbus Convention Center for a tour of what goes into a high-production value event and how many people are pushing buttons to make the magic.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Streamers at BlizzCon 2019, one of the biggest annual events for esports. Overwatch fans cheering at BlizzCon 2019. Here are some aspects of esports events that can help inform business event organizers. The most successful esports events do more than attract the biggest players in esports, Gonzalez said. “So

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2021

The 500,000-square-foot Atlantic City Convention Center just hosted its first large-scale events since Covid-19, U.S. According to Sandy Harvey, vice president of sales, the convention center is back to 2019 levels, and the coming years are looking just as good. Futsal National Championship and Atlantic City Hoop Group Boys Jam Fest.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Research Finds Sponsorships Are Still Relevant According to a 2019 report from the Center for Exhibition Industry Research ( CEIR ) of 200 show executives and 728 exhibitors, sponsorships make up roughly 20% of B2B tradeshow revenues. Eight Out-of-the-box Event Income Ideas 1. Give attendees a deal on your next event.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2021

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. Hubbard previously worked as vice president of communications and marketing for Events DC. Samuel Thomas and Chinyere Hubbard.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 30, 2019

Experiential food stations, living walls and edible cutlery are just a few examples of how event caterers are appealing to this continued interest in protecting the environment. We have a wonderful Ohio chicken meatball that we can butler on a platter with a clear mini fork and has a sweet chili glaze.”. she explains.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2020

Food service provider Levy partnered with the non-profit Food Rescue US to donate and deliver the food leftover from the canceled Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio. At that moment, fears over COVID-19 escalated, and the team decided to err on the side of caution and cancel the three-day event, scheduled to run from March 3–5.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

decrease from 2019—and supported 57,933 local jobs. Travel, overseas visitation will likely not reach 2019 levels until 2025. Cincinnati has not yet reached 2019 levels, but its visitation is trending positively. Cincinnati recently held two events in the city: Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., s domestic visitation was 18.8

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 13, 2019

What began as a small, one-day professional bodybuilding competition in Columbus, with just 24 competitors, is now an international four-day festival that features more than 80 sports and events and draws more athletes than the Olympics. “We It has been here, it is here, and it always will be here.”.

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Unique Venues

JULY 18, 2019

By choosing the Carlyle Club this holiday season, your event will definitely be dubbed as the party of the year! Lone Star Park can host your smallest event to your largest event, accommodating anywhere between 20-20,000 people. The Ohio State University. Here are ten of our favorite holiday party venues! Lone Star Park.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Even as companies and organizations continue to debate whether to green light the return to in-person business travel, growing evidence suggests that professionally planned events “can and are being safely held.” jobs in 2019. Tourism Economics highlighted the value of domestic business travel to the U.S. Travel Association.

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Connect Your Meetings

JUNE 17, 2019

Louisville, Kentucky, is recognized as an international destination for festival events—most notably the Kentucky Derby—and conferences like Connect 2019. For a pick-me-up, try a slice of rich Derby Pie at the museum’s café.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 19, 2018

A total of 70 percent of those appointments had RFPs attached, according to reports from the closing press conference of the three-day event this week. Additionally, MPI Foundation raised $400,000 for scholarships and programs, thanks in large part to the successful Rendezvous event at Drai’s Nightclub. 10–12, 2019.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2017

By 2019, the news will be even better, with a projected growth rate of 3 percent. Capitalist economies do not simply grow steadily larger,” Jay Zagorsky, an economist and research scientist at Ohio State University, wrote in an essay for The Conversation, an online academic and research community, ear-lier this year. While the 1.1-percent

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Thompson is catering sales and event manager for The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, Avon, Vail Valley in Colorado. In 2019, Yousfi was awarded the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International Top 25 Award. Rachel Thompson. Read More : Conventions Return to Indianapolis and Las Vegas.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Convention center projects around the globe signal a very bright future for meetings and events in the new year. of event space… More. Columbus, Ohio. of space for outdoor events… More. Houston convention district. Houston, Texas. Houston’s downtown convention district is undergoing a $1.5 million sq.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Beaulieu will be promoted to president and CEO and Dupont will be executive chairman of the board for C2 International , creator of global business events, effective Jan. Taylor joined the team in 2019 as vice president of sales and convention services and has since led Destination Cleveland to secure its largest multiyear booking ever.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Note: Looking for event agencies in a specific state?

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Social Tables

APRIL 20, 2022

Knowing event technology trends — and adopting the most valuable ones — gives planners and venues the competitive advantage. Studies show that using event technology can increase attendance by 20 percent and increase productivity by 27 percent. . Discover top event technology trends for planners and venues alike: 1. QR codes. “If

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2020

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? So I’ll be following AI this year, and how, as we become more familiar with its abilities and shortcomings, that will in turn shape how we choose to use it in the business events industry. Janelle Shane.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The editors of Convene looked back over 2019, asking this question: What’s one meeting and event trend on my radar in 2020? So I’ll be following AI this year, and how, as we become more familiar with its abilities and shortcomings, that will in turn shape how we choose to use it in the business events industry. Janelle Shane.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

Morgan’s observations are mirrored in the insights from “The Future of Meetings and Events ” report, a joint research project between Marriott and the PCMA Foundation, which identified five major, future-oriented consumer trends and market forces that will be transforming meetings and events in the years to come.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 4, 2019

Morgan’s observations are mirrored in the insights from “The Future of Meetings and Events ” report, a joint research project between Marriott and the PCMA Foundation, which identified five major, future-oriented consumer trends and market forces that will be transforming meetings and events in the years to come.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 14, 2019

8 at Convening Leaders 2019. When Anthony Prusak returned to his Cleveland home from PCMA Convening Leaders 2019 in Pittsburgh last week, he still was thinking about what he’d heard at the annual conference. The 2019 event was his 10th Convening Leaders in a row, but Prusak said it is the first time he left feeling this energized. “I

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