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OCTOBER 21, 2022

Allison is senior vice president of strategy and growth for meetings, conventions and exhibitions for Oak View Group (OVG), a venue development and investment company for the sports and live entertainment industry. Culver is general manager for JW Marriott Dallas Arts District , slated to open in spring 2023. Chandra Allison.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Meet to make a positive impact this October October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Florida Kimpton Properties Kimpton EPIC Hotel , in Downtown Miami, is holding initiatives to raise money for the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. 250 from each booking will benefit the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One of Smart Meetings ’ 2020 Smart Women Rising Star award winners, Wirkler has spent over a decade in the industry. Signia by Hilton Atlanta appointed Agosta general manager of the hotel to open late 2023. Visit Anaheim named Gutierrez meeting sales manager of the Northwest region and Smith meeting sales manager of the Midwest region.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

One of Smart Meetings ’ 2020 Smart Women Rising Star award winners, Wirkler has spent over a decade in the industry. Signia by Hilton Atlanta appointed Agosta general manager of the hotel to open late 2023. Visit Anaheim named Gutierrez meeting sales manager of the Northwest region and Smith meeting sales manager of the Midwest region.

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MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 3 spot in 2023, after being No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Orlando, Florida 2.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sustainability and accessibility are now essential ingredients for a meeting menu. For meeting professionals looking for places that can accommodate this growing population, WalletHub recently released a survey ranking the most vegan-friendly cities in America. Orlando, Florida: A Vegan-friendly City.

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JULY 12, 2023

North America Sees Brand-New Hotels from Hawaii to Florida, and In-Between From coast to coast across North America, experience the storybook capital of America, a socially and environmentally responsible oceanside resort, and a refreshing beachside retreat. of customizable meeting spaces, on a combined 1600 sq. Nearly 23,000 sq.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Getting everyone gracefully from point A to meeting B is one of the challenges event professionals wrestle with every day, even if those points are simply from airport to venue and back again. Read More : Meeting Profs Travel Report: Brightline Adds Orlando The 11.5-mile The project is scheduled to break ground by the end of 2023.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The talking point for IMEX 2023 was Human Nature, something IMEX Group CEO Carina Bauer pointed to as important right now because people need to feel uplifted and positive about the future of the planet and the human race at a time when daily news feeds are filled with so much hardship and adversity. You have to give them balance.”

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Before joining Maritz, she worked as Tourism Vancouver’s meeting and convention sales manager for Chicago and the Midwest. David Hoffman Photo: Pendry Hotels & Resorts Hoffman is general manager for California’s Pendry Newport Beach , scheduled to open late summer 2023. Riggs joined Maritz Global Events Design Studio in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Stewart is director of special event for Visit Panama City Beach in Florida. The post Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MAY 26, 2022

Four of the top 10 airports where you can fly on the cheapest airfare are in Florida, according to data from the U.S. Smart Meetings has compiled these top five airports and added nearby hotels with ample meeting spaces and ocean views. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There are plenty hotels along the coast for meetings.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

Fernandez is touring tennis professional and Cox is director of racquet sports for Innisbrook, A Salamander Resort in Tampa Bay, Florida. Delamore is sales enablement manager for Array , a content engagement solution for life sciences meetings based in Denver. Bryan Fox (left) and Gigi Fernandez (right). Michael Woody. Simon Rodrigues.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Harlander is managing director and director of project services for Rosewood Amsterdam , slated to open late 2023 as the brand’s first property in the Netherlands. Kranzle is general manager of Hilton Monterrey in Mexico, scheduled to open early spring 2023. Thomas Harlander. Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, Tokyo and Seoul. Cynthia Boyett.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Read More: Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022-Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing. of meeting and exhibit space and 150,000 hotel rooms, more than $4.5

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Christopher Walling Christopher Walling Walling joins The Salamander Collection as vice president of operations and managing director of Innisbrook in Tampa Bay, Florida. Rohit Radhakrishnan Rohit Radhakrisnan Radhakrishnan joins Embassy Suites by Hilton Asheville Downtown , set to open in winter 2023, as general manager.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

For meeting and event planners, the venue is paramount, and the recently announced 2023 Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards just made the decision a tad easier. Others, like the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Florida and Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square, have also been spotlighted.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 2023 FICP Annual Conference will be staged Nov. Jennifer C.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Global DMC Partners (GDP), the network of independent destination management companies and event service providers, has recently unveiled its 2022 Global Destination Index , which highlights the most popular meeting and incentive destinations around the world, according to booked and pending business across its worldwide partners. 5: Florida.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

The Boring Company is also planning on expanding into Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida (Elon Musk, founder of The Boring Company, submitted plans to build a 6.2-mile, The third phase is scheduled to be completed in 2023. The post Las Vegas Loop Continues to Expand appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

17, 2023, appoints Pinette as Lodge Manager. She will promote Fort Myers as a top destination for meetings and group travel to the MICE industry in her assigned region. Tiffiany Holmes Tiffiany Holmes, Hawks Cay Resort Hawks Cay Resort , in the Florida Keys, welcomes Holmes as resort director.

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Event Guru

MARCH 6, 2023

If you can’t make it to meet the team at the CaterSource event in Orlando, Florida in March, don’t worry! This conference and expo will be held from March 12-15, 2023. You have another opportunity. Our very own Mark Williams will also be running an exhibiror booth at the ACCED-I Conference located in Chicago, Illinois.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

A wine trade association does a post-Covid rebrand Like many in the world of face-to-face gatherings, 2023 was the first time in a few years that Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA) held its previously annual convention. The post Event Case Study: Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

How attention pays in the world of meeting professionals As event strategists and experience designers, you create unforgettable, luxurious experiences and elevate every event to leave a lasting impression and provide lifetime memories for your attendees. This article appears in the December 2023 issue.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Profiles on five woman chefs of color leading the culinary industry Chef Alice Seo, DM of Wolfgang Puck Catering in Seattle, was one of five incredible woman chefs of color in a leadership position who spoke to Smart Meetings about their careers. Secretary of State. Additionally, 55% of chefs are white, with 17.1% being Asian, and 10.3%

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Petersburg Resort & Golf Club in Florida. He has also worked in management roles with JW Marriott Austin in Texas, Langham Place in New York City, The Gates Hotel Miami Beach in Florida, JW Marriott Chicago and more. Read More : Orlando: A Meetings Destination for the Ages. Vanessa Williams. Jason Baer. Kelly Catherine.

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MAY 27, 2021

Those numbers illustrate the popularity of a hybrid experience that is a growing part of the meetings and conventions infrastructure. of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, and a destination spa. We are leaning into being meeting- and event-centric, but also [we want to] appeal to the leisure and spa experience.”.

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MAY 4, 2023

Thanks to some exciting new spaces opening across the country, meeting planners can host events at cultural centers that provide educational experiences that will have a lasting impact. It’s an opportunity for our guests to meet and see the artwork actually being produced and handmade,” she said. Meeting space at IPCC.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

SITE Classic, Society of Incentive Travel Executives Foundation’s annual fundraiser at The Boca Raton in The Palm Beaches, Florida, unveiled the latest trends according to new research and demonstrated to the 230 attendees from around the world how effective a personalized approach to giving can be—all while raising almost $240,000 for the cause.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Smart Meetings has collected some examples of how corporations can organize to support Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), the ways in which corporate gift giving can pay it forward and how the event industry can give back to their environments through partnerships with charities and nonprofit organizations.

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MARCH 31, 2022

With this outperformance, it’s no wonder why Wyndham is launching Echo—an acronym for Economy Hotel Opportunity—its economy extended-stay brand in 2023. Hyatt Place and Hyatt House will comprise 6,400 of the rooms planned by the fourth quarter of 2023. Read More : The Why, Where, How and Who of Ecotourism Today. at the end of 2021.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Dadhich also worked as general manager for Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach in Florida, the first Conrad property in the continental United States. McCarron is general manager and Yurko is director of sales and marketing for Conrad Orlando, slated to open summer 2023. Angela Kisskeys. Sean McCarron and Jill Yurko. Cliff Brutus.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, has named Clark senior sales executive; she will focus on the New England market. The Global Ambassador in Phoenix named Gray managing director and general manager, ahead of the property’s late-2023 opening. Lisa Clark. Geoff Gray.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Augustine, Florida. Celtic Feis at New York-New York delivers a celebration like no other and we’re excited to continue that tradition in 2023,” said Mike Neubecker, president and chief operating officer of New York-New York. Patrick’s Day with Special Events appeared first on Smart Meetings. The post Slainte!

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MARCH 22, 2023

In-person conferences are making a BIG comeback in 2023. Heading along to Learning Tech 2023? Heading along to ATD 2023? Explore the future of learning technologies, hear from leading industry experts, and network with other training professionals. Here’s our round-up of the top conferences for training professionals.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Looking for hotels with an array of meeting options? Experienced professionals who are passionate about bringing your meeting to life? With 42,000 feet of flexible indoor meeting space, we can handle the big events, the intimate meetings and everything in between. Portofino Bay Hotel TM & © 2023 UCF Hotel Venture.

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