Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Currently, she serves as vice president of the Global Business Travel Association Tennessee Chapter and on the global association’s Government Relations Committee. He has worked with the Shashi Group since 2019, first as director of food and beverage. He earlier held management roles at some of the Bay Area’s leading restaurants.

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Connect Your Meetings

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. . When I moved to the Washington D.C.

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Smart Meetings

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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Smart Meetings

JULY 8, 2022

Jay Burress, president and CEO of Visit Anaheim reported that the 17 events that came to town in June, including three other citywide conventions, produced the largest TOT (tax generated revenue for the city) in a single month since 2019. The post Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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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 meeting space. of meeting space in wine country.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2019

Meetings and exhibitions continue to be impacted by room block poaching. Be the first to hear 2019 study results on attendance list scams in the events industry. Michael is a frequent presenter at industry conferences and learning institutions, speaking on what’s now and what’s next in meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2021

Schaeffer is director of experience and Fortner is director of sales for Virgin Hotels Nashville in Tennessee. In 2019, Wheeler was awarded the Sales Leadership Award by Choose Chicago. The post 10 Smart Moves in Nashville, San Antonio and London appeared first on Smart Meetings. Joshua Schaeffer and Shane Fortner.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This move marks a return to Visit Mesa for Shircel, having worked as its public relations and communication intern in 2019. Nelson is general manager and Kearny Black is director of sales and marketing for Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville Downtown in Tennessee. Clive McNish. Michael Nelson (left) and Annebeth Kearney Black (right).

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Smart Meetings

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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PCMA Convene

APRIL 7, 2023

In 2019, Elena Gerstmann, Ph.D., The concept of SocialOffset was first tested at ASAE’s 2022 Annual Meeting in Nashville. They “ran a really teeny tiny test case at ASAE’s annual meeting — it was all about minimum viable project,” Surmont said. And the concept of SocialOffset was born. Let’s see if this works.”

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JANUARY 15, 2019

senator from Tennessee, shared stories of how BehaVR — a company he helped launch — is working to make virtual reality goggles available to help patients who are struggling with opioid addiction. While the designer runway didn’t happen at the launch, it could come to life, along with other new features, at MANOVA 2019, scheduled for Oct.

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SmartMeetings

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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SmartMeetings

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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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Saving Christmas escape room in Chattanooga, Tennessee , invites a private group to a 45-minute race to help Santa succeed in spreading Christmas cheer. The Saint-Barthelemy hotel opened in 2019, but this is its first Cyber sale. But be ready—this sale only runs from Nov. 9 through Dec. 26-29 for stays until Oct.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A version of this post first appeared on Meetings & Conventions online: Urgent Wakeup Call: Mass Shootings and the Meetings Industry . See Can We Keep Guns Out Of Meetings? ). INSTITUTE UNIVERSAL BACKGROUND CHECKS by having the Senate pass the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R. Sign The Petition.

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