Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

We’re thrilled to welcome meeting and event attendees back to the City by the Bay. San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. And in the past year, a dozen new meeting and event spaces have opened throughout the city.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2024

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The holiday spirit took over Sacramento’s renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center last week as 400 association meeting professionals came together during the return of CalSAE ’s Seasonal Spectacular event Dec. Associations pivoted faster than they ever have before,” said Jim Anderson, CalSAE president and CEO.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 29, 2021

IHG, whose meetings-focused brands include InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, and Crowne Plaza, has announced a partnership with Wellness 4 Humanity to provide and administer rapid on-site covid testing for corporate and association meetings at more than 70 properties in the United States.

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MeetingsNet

JULY 7, 2020

Two bodies of research highlight planners’ challenges and potential attendees’ preferences when it comes to meetings. In a late June webinar that drew more than 700 corporate and association meeting planners, 64 percent of attendees responded that they expect their organizations to return to holding in-person events by January 2021.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

(Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. The Business Combination was approved by Dragoneer shareholders at a special meeting held on 7 December 2021.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 9, 2021

Since launch, the venue has already hosted a number of high-profile events, including banquets, conferences and smaller meetings. CHS Birmingham takes place 26 th October 2021. The city has really opened its arms to CHS Birmingham, and we’re working with the very best venues and organisers in the area to make it a real showpiece.”.

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All Seated

JUNE 9, 2021

(Scottsdale, AZ) — The Wedding International Professionals Association (WIPA) and Allseated are pleased to announce a partnership to develop planning resources in preparation for reopening the events industry in a post-pandemic landscape. . We are thrilled to see events pick up again!

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

ABPCO is the UK’s leading organisation for professional conference and event organisers, industry associates and those studying for, or seeking a career in the conference and meetings industry. Registration is open at [link]. For more information about ABPCO visit www.abpco.org.

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StraussCA

AUGUST 5, 2021

I am one of the optimists; I believe that Canadians will see the safe return of association events in the fall of 2021. As associations consider when to bring members together, they must consider that members must be ready, willing, and able to do so. However, I realize that not everyone is in the same place. Not Yet, but Soon….

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PCMA Convene

MAY 3, 2021

Did you anticipate that we would be at this stage in terms of vaccination distribution, variants, and other COVID-related impacts in the first quarter of 2021? What would you say is the biggest challenge for a traditional association meeting planner? We’ll find that we don’t just necessarily have annual meetings.

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