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Smart Meetings Virginia Beach Experience: Lessons in the Future of F2F

Smart Meetings

That is why Smart Meetings gathered top meeting professionals F2F in Virginia Beach, Virginia, for three days this week at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience Mid-Atlantic to learn about the industry and each other. The Cavalier Resort Campus in Virginia Beach was a visual treat.

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2019 40 Under 40: The In-Crowd

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Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. Arlington, Virginia. 33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. Richmond, Virginia. Woodbridge, Virginia. Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge. Roanoke, Virginia. Burke, Virginia. 36 • Director of Sales and Marketing. Ogechi Anyanwu.

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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

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Read More: Non-stop London Events: All Roads Lead to ExCel Liliana Dale Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas named Dale director of national accounts of its international market. Megan Madrigal Madrigal is director of marketing for Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. Gregory Hotel and Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C.,

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Music Festivals Make Destinations Go Viral

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The 2019 Musikfest featured more than 500 performances on 14 stages. The 2019 festival featured artists from a range of genres, including Earth Wind & Fire, Train, The Goo Goo Dolls and Lady Antebellum. Virginia Beach. The festival also showcases how unique settings can pop up.”. The 2020 event is scheduled for July 31-Aug.

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How a Pandemic Problem Helped Innovate a GMID Program

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in 2019, the last year the chapter’s Hill Day was conducted in person. Virginia-based marketing and engagement agency MCI USA will hold training sessions with the volunteers before their virtual appointments on how to create a compelling case for the issues that are being advocated.

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

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Louis in 2019, but attracted more than 3,000 for the 2020 virtual event, originally scheduled for Chicago. Relive lessons from Destinations International’s 2019 Annual Convention. The event brought more than 1,000 industry leaders together in St. Speaking Out. Destinations International didn’t shy away from difficult conversations.

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The Continued Rise of the Extended-Stay Hotel

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Over the last two years, the economy extended-stay hotel market has been outperforming all other segments, said Geoff Ballotti, president and CEO of Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. A resilient market, the segments U.S. RevPAR grew 8% during the pandemic while the rest of the industry declined 17%, the press release said. in revenue.

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