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Progress Report: Global Convention Center Outlook

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It is on budget and on schedule for a January 3, 2019 ribbon cutting. There’ll be more than 80 meeting rooms, a 50,000 square-foot ballroom, more than 500,000 sq. of meeting space and 280,000 sq. Washington. Washington State Convention Center. The $551 million Moscone Center expansion is nearing completion.

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Designing for Belonging

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A telling statistic from a 2019 workplace study by BetterUp reveals that employees who feel a sense of belonging are 167 percent more likely to recommend their company to others as a great place to work. Reflecting on the APA 2023 event, which took place from August 3 to 5 in Washington, D.C., And the upside of the efforts are clear.

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5 Smart Moves from VisitPITTSBURGH, Benchmark, The Jefferson Hotel and More

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Martin managing director of Delta Hotels-Marriott Dallas Allen & Watters Creek Convention Center scheduled to open in Allen, Texas, in January of 2019. Prior to this role, Bueno has overseen culinary teams at renowned restaurants in Washington D.C., Martin Benchmark named Stacy T.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

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He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. She an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of ACM, a recipient of the 2019 IEEE PAMI Longuet-Higgins Prize, 2019 National Geographic Society Further Award Where to find her? Where to find him?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

He lives in Washington, DC, with his family. In 2019, he receives the ACM A.M. She an elected Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), a Fellow of ACM, a recipient of the 2019 IEEE PAMI Longuet-Higgins Prize, 2019 National Geographic Society Further Award Where to find her? Where to find him?

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Get Smart! There Was Never a Better Time to Up Your Game

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An experiential event strategist for an association for the past five years, she’s just become associate vice president overseeing events at Women in Cable Telecommunications, in Washington, D.C. Most meeting professionals are familiar with Certified Meeting Planner certification, which was launched in 1985 by Washington, D.C.-based

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