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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Shaffer has spent over two decades in tourism and hospitality sales. Most recently, she was sales director at Resort Lifestyle Communities in South Carolina, a hospitality company that provides resort-style living options for its retired residents. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years.

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

Smart Meetings

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. Associates Meeting, and the legendary Associates Celebration to wrap up the week.

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Focus on Collaboration Helps Event Company Through Pandemic Times

PCMA Convene

A traveling iCare truck, outfitted with a broadcast studio, traveled to hospitals in eight Italian cities, setting up tents and outdoor screens at parking lots in hospitals. “It It was a hybrid meeting, in a way, because we had an audience at the hospital, but at the same time we livestreamed all the sessions,” Buongiorno said.

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Cvent lists on the Nasdaq as “CVT” after announcing close of business combination with Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II

Event Industry News

Nasdaq: CVT), a market-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, and Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. Starting on 9 December 2021, the common stock of Cvent began trading on The Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “CVT”. Cvent Holding Corp.

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ABPCO reveals content for inaugural Festival of Learning

Event Industry News

Key themes explored during the festival will be: Future and Innovation, Marketing, CSR and Career Development. The seven-day Festival of Learning will be online for the first six days before moving to a hybrid format for the final day at ExCeL London.

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etc.venues sees £1 million of bookings confirmed in 3 days and a major surge in short lead time business after Prime Minister confirms 17 May reopening

Prestige Events Magazine

“There is strong evidence that the confidence of event planners has been given a massive boost by the Prime Minister’s speech last Monday as we look at the surge of booking confirmations and new bookings,” says Adam Simpson, Director of Marketing and US Sales at etc.venues. “In

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

SmartMeetings

One of the massive financial challenges facing destination marketers all over the country is the sudden loss of funding from transient occupancy taxes when hotel properties were forced to at least temporarily close to slow the spread of novel coronavirus , a budget-killing reality that is still happening in many parts of the country.

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