Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Spooky experiences and haunted hotels for a Halloween meeting like no other Spooky season is here! If you have a Halloween-themed meeting coming up, look no further than these hotels that put forward the very best of the season. of inspiring meeting venues, it’s a prime destination for an invigorating and exciting Halloween meeting.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. Dale comes from The Diplomat Beach Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton in Hollywood, Florida, where she worked as senior sales manager. In 2020 and 2021, she was named one of Modern Luxury ’s DC Power Players.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2022

And now, business groups have even more motivation to meet in Orlando. meeting destination has much to offer groups who seek big-city cultural amenities with a memorable vibe. We will also be included in an expanded Michelin Guide coming out this year, showcasing the abundance of culinary superstars making their home in Florida.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If you spent 2020 talking about force majeure clauses more than you ever had in your career, you are not alone. There’s much to consider legally to get in-person meetings truly get going again. Smart Meetings got in touch with an expert about what meeting professionals should be thinking about when face-to-face meetings resume.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Whether that’s venues, exhibition companies, associations or agencies, we are seeing more and more that our industry no longer wants to just talk the talk, they want to walk the walk”. We feel we have a toolkit and a common language and understanding on how to move forward with our work.

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Endless Events

APRIL 19, 2021

As we slowly transition into the new normal, event professionals must keep in mind the lessons 2020 taught us. The in-person audience(s) will interact with the digital attendees, and the experience will be designed to its fullest potential, in a capacity rarely seen before in a pre-2020 world. But how, you may ask?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 24, 2020

2020 brought to the fore voluminous talk about force majeure clauses , common law principles and greater attention to legal terms in general. There’s much to consider legally when in-person meetings truly get going again. NCSL is a great source for meetings planners who want to keep up on ever-changing legislation across the country.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Oney was CSPI board president in 2020 and so, saw the association through the first year of the pandemic. Previously, Oney was director of sales at RP Funding Center in Lakeland, Florida and has held additional sales leadership roles at several companies, including Hammock Beach Golf Resort & Spa and more. Jaclyn Dawson.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Here’s a roundup of the latest meeting developments at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. . Disney Meetings Rebrands as Disney Meetings & Events. In October, the Disney Meetings division added an “ampEARSand” to become Disney Meetings & Events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Travel Association and The Downtown DC Business Improvement District, has seen that associations are getting 30% or more attrition and it is more difficult to have in-person, one-on-one meetings when many are working from their kitchen in the suburbs and some from second homes in the Caribbean.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 8, 2022

Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings asked Sharon Bonner, founder of Bright Ideas Events, after she staged a ball for 1,500 employees.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2022

Previously, Patay was founder of and chief strategist for Patay Consulting, and she has also been a Smart Ambassador for Smart Meetings, contributing regularly to our online and print magazine with the latest in “Smart Style.” of meeting and event space. Richard Romane. Robin Flanz. Brent Pope. Ramel Kelly. Chris Caldwell.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

It was to consist of multiple exhibition halls, a 24,000-square-foot ballroom, 18 meeting rooms and Centre for Dialogue, which would accommodate meetings in the round. of meeting space. New exhibition halls, meeting rooms, an outdoor terrace, banquet space and cafe and bar were also added. After adding 215,278 sq.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

The virtual site tour for Excel London features a series of videos for different venues within the complex. After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

based strategy consulting firm for the events industry, Rankine said that he and coauthor Giberti — founder and CEO of Miami, Florida–based consulting company Vesuvio Ventures — were “freaked out” about the timing. What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? And I’ve mentioned this.

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Bizzabo

MAY 10, 2019

But you'll have to attend in 2020 as the 2019 event has already wrapped. Visit the conference website to learn more about the 2020 event. Date and Location: August 20 - 22 in Orlando, Florida. Visit the event's site to watch last year's keynotes as you consider attending the 2020 conference. Source: Disney Institute.

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Planning Pod

MARCH 31, 2022

As the rug was pulled out from under global society, venues and event businesses of every kind suffered and were forced to close their doors. If staying organized wasn’t already a priority, it transformed into an absolute necessity for the survival of her venue, Clay Theatre.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 4, 2020

HIMSS20 will be a handshake-free meeting. One of the medical offices will be dedicated to addressing both flu and coronavirus symptoms and will be staffed by a trained medical professional with direct access to the Florida Department of Health and an Epidemiologist. Reach out to all meeting spaces, hotels, and venues.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The 2020 Global Wellness Summit , which serves as an educational conference for the spa and wellness communities, was planned to be hosted in mid-November in Tel Aviv, but Davis said she knew the show could not go on in person in Israel, as borders began closing across the world to limit the virus’ spread. Pivoting is in our nature.

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Tito Blog | An Event Blog for Organisers

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In this post, I want to explore what actually happened this year, in terms of 2019 event trends, and what those findings can help organisers achieve as we go together into 2020. BizBash Florida used a chatbot named Betty to process 1,300 messages from 300 attendees. Event Trend #1: The rise of ‘bleisure’. between 2018 and 2019.

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