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A New Site-Selection Consideration, Thanks to Technology

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According to the research, cities that have regained at least 80 percent of their 2019 downtown activity include Salt Lake City (155 percent); Columbus (112 percent); Omaha, Neb. (92 92 percent); Baltimore (91 percent); San Diego (89 percent); Tampa (85 percent); and Sacramento, Calif. (80 80 percent). 43 percent).

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2019 40 Under 40: Natasha Stamper Pedigo, The Asphalt Institute

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A s a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Pedigo discusses her passion for the events industry. From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there. Connect with Pedigo on Instagram. .

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2019 40 Under 40: Melissa N. Grigsby, Independent Electrical Contractors

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As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Grigsby discusses her passion for the events industry. I manage everything from budgets to site selections to online registration to attendee communications. In that role, I assisted in the planning of our awards ceremony including site selection, logistics and working with the winners.

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2019 40 Under 40: Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, The Solid Waste Association of North America

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As a 2019 40 Under 40 honoree, Boyd discusses her passion for the events industry. . I also manage the pre-show selection process, including contracting, site selection and visitation. The post 2019 40 Under 40: Pamela Wike Boyd, CMP, The Solid Waste Association of North America appeared first on Connect Association.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. It’s unlikely to meet 2019 numbers, partly because international travel is taking longer to return, and also because 2019 was a record year for many event industry businesses.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

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Tanna Pearman, meeting broker for Las Vegas-based Meetings Made Easy, handles site selection and contracting for both corporate and association clients, which means her approach to building RFPs focuses on different elements of each meeting to match a given destination and its various hotels.

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2019 ASAE Preview: 8 Ways to Enjoy Columbus, Ohio

Smart Meetings

If you haven’t already, it’s time to get to the drawing board to book off-site activities and venues for next August 10 to 13. Smart Meetings recently went on a FAM trip hosted by Experience Columbus to scope out the area and make your site selection job that much easier. Get Touristy.

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