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How Walmart and Sam’s Club ‘Connected Together’ at 2022 Associates Week

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Editor’s Note : As part of Back Light, an ongoing series of looks behind the scenes at how events are being produced today, we asked Paula Mettler Marketing and communications manager with Leo Events to share a look at a recent production for a major retailer. Read More : How Leo Events Nails Immersion. Live Better.’”.

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The Heatwave of the Future Is Here

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Unbearable, earth-scorching temperatures posing a threat to the environment also endanger the health of meeting attendees exposed to such extreme heat. However, the current conditions allow for similar events of extreme heatwaves every three years, ETH Zurich climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne said. How Planners Can Beat the Heat.

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Prepare for GMID 2023: Resolve to Continue Advocating for Events

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If 2022 was the year of scrambling to accommodate revenge meetings, travel industry leaders are hoping that in 2023, the industry will build on the mandate earned during the pandemic downtime and remind everyone that #MeetingsMatter. That is the theme for this year’s Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) planned for March 30 by U.S.

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4 Misconceptions About Millennials Working in Meetings

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Some of the meeting planners and hospitality professors we talked to think the Millennial generation gets a bad rap. They’re glued to their phones “[Employers] see them on their phone they see them texting that’s what they think about them,” said University of Arkansas hospitality professor Godwin-Charles Ogbeide, Ph.D.

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Smart Moves in Atlanta, Dallas and More

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Jon Itoga and Tiare Tipota Jon Itoga (left) and Tiare Tipoti (right) Itoga is general manager and Tipoti is director of event management at Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. Tipota previously worked across Oahu and Maui as director of sales and marketing for event rental company Accel Events & Tents.

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Little Rock, Big Ambition

PCMA Convene

Convene participated in a press trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, that began on Nov. With lunch stuck to our ribs, we drove up President Clinton Avenue, through the River Market District, formerly a desolate stretch along the Arkansas River, today a revitalized 10-block neighborhood anchored by the Clinton Presidential Center.

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How attendees can get the most out of events in 2021.

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We all have a lot of “eventing” to make up for this summer. There are old friends to catch up with, new friends to meet, sessions to see, projects to pitch, deals to lock down, and maybe even some vacationing to do, if we’re lucky. This is all good for events, right? Book your trip early. We couldn’t approve of this idea more.

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