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Michael Dominguez to Be Honored for Career of Service

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He’s also among the leaders who, again and again, have volunteered their time for industry associations. If you drew a Venn diagram of board members over the past decade who have served Meeting Professionals International, U.S.

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Sign of the Times? GE Sells its Famed Training Facility

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While the opening of Crotonville to the outside world might be good news for corporate and association meeting planners, GE’s decision to sell the venue highlights the remote nature of many work environments as well as a generational shift in employees’ perceptions of their employers.

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One ‘Genius’ Registration Solution

PCMA Convene

When 19,000 attendees descended on Orlando this week for SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference — hosted by SAP and ASUG (America’s SAP Users’ Group) and billed as the largest global business technology event — they weren’t dreading long registration and check-in lines at the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC). .

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Break Down Those Cliques: 3 Ideas for First-Timer Receptions

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First timer receptions are important, says Sharon Fisher, Idea Sparker (CEO) at Orlando-based Play With a Purpose, but it’s not enough to just get everyone together for a cocktail. read more.

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Saving Millions on Exhibit-Hall Design and Build

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When Senior Director of SAP Events Keegan Hooks, CMP, told a group of meeting professionals during our behind-the-scenes tour of SAPPHIRE NOW that she had saved “millions” by splitting the design and build of the show’s “assets” between two companies, more than a few jaws dropped.

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

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First, however, Meet Minneapolis had to wait for the ABF and the Eastern Apicultural Society — Apimondia’s U.S. members — to choose a potential host city between the three they were considering: Minneapolis, Orlando, or Washington, D.C. and Orlando. In spring 2014, they finally settled on the City of Lakes. “We