Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Guests can visit the Union Square Holiday Market, ice skate at Rockefeller Ice Rink or retreat in the warmth of a Broadway musical. While in Atlanta, Marlin Luther King, Jr. A few blocks from Centennial Olympic Park, Hyatt Regency Atlanta offers event planners 181,173 sq. Concrete Jungle Covered in Snow. Centennial Olympic Park.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2022

The Diner Bar and The Grey Market riff on traditional Southern dining experiences with a full-service restaurant and lunch counter. of indoor and outdoor event space across two conference centers, banquet and reception areas, outdoor gathering space and more. Downstairs, The Coffee Bar hosts community worktables for locals and guests.

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Connect Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta earns the support from Kay Clark, CMP, director of meetings and events at MHI. She cites the airlift—Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest airport—and close distance to landmarks like The World of Coke and Georgia Aquarium. Felag, P.E., New Venues.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 37 • National Conference Coordinator. 36 • Director of Sales and Marketing. 36 • Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances. Dunwoody, Georgia. 35 • Conferences and Meetings Manager. Pamela Wike Boyd. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 30, 2018

Jekyll Island Convention Center is a “beautiful building” with “good customer service,” says Rebecca DeShazo, CMP Director of Association Services of the Georgia Association of Realtors. Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta is a favorite of Felice Levy, manager, global accounts, at HelmsBriscoe. Favorites included: Atlanta.

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TicketBud

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketing for the event touted celebrity guests, top-level speakers and a highly anticipated ball pit. Somehow, they were able to crowdfund the debt; but then, speakers who were left unpaid began to drop from the conference. It was meant to be the perfect event: a weekend of music set on 8,000-acres of Georgia farmland.

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Eventbase

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

According to an SAP Concur study , Millennials are the most common bleisure travelers taking 38 percent of trips but Baby Boomers and Gen Xers aren't far behind making up 31 percent of the bleisure market each. For example, SXSW offers a ‘Guest Pass’ option for access to free events during the conference.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 12, 2020

Whether you need help with event planning and strategy, conference production and execution, or securing sponsors for your gathering, Idlewild can offer you the assistance you need to ensure your event is a success. Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia. Media, LLC. Headquarters: Brooklyn, New York. Twitter Handle: @KIMMediaLLC.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Atlanta : One of the hottest destinations in the Southeast, Atlanta attracts 43 million visitors per year. It provides more than 10,000 hotel rooms and nearly 300 restaurants and major conference venues, including Georgia World Congress Center and Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart. of event space.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 30, 2017

The city that calls itself “Gateway to West” just witnessed the birth of the first new, full-service, up-market hotel to open in more than a decade. Hilton Atlanta An Atlanta landmark, Hilton Atlanta has poured multi-millions into a redo all 1,249 guest rooms and 129,000 sq. of meeting space.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

“We looked at our existing loyalty program, and industry programs overall, and found we had a real opportunity to recognize and thank our clients in a different way,” said Dan Surette, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Omni Hotels & Resorts, regarding the new Omni Select Planner program.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 30, 2019

It was a little breakfast, a 20-minute talk, and then you go off to work,” Eisenberg said in a talk she delivered at the 99U conference in New York City five years ago. “It Petersburg, Florida area, relied on the CreativeMornings chapter in Atlanta, Georgia, to help her connect when she was a student. Rachel Jolley).

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

billion users around the world, Facebook has become one of the most powerful platforms for promoting conferences and trade shows. In addition to increasing online engagement, IWF used the videos to enhance the in-person experience in Atlanta. We’ll share these videos on YouTube and use them for future marketing material.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

billion users around the world, Facebook has become one of the most powerful platforms for promoting conferences and trade shows. In addition to increasing online engagement, IWF used the videos to enhance the in-person experience in Atlanta. We’ll share these videos on YouTube and use them for future marketing material.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Atlanta, GA. Emeryville, CA.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Events Manager | The Coca-Cola Company | Atlanta, GA. Atlanta, GA.

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Ins'Tent

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

California Cannabis Business Conference. A massive expo that takes place in Long Beach, California, the California Cannabis Business Conference includes 3,000 cannabis business leaders, over 100 of the industry’s thought leaders and policymakers, all in a massive space of 60,000 square feet. AirVenture Oshkosh.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Event Coordinator / Event Marketing | Mammoth Marketing | Denver, CO. Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Senior Marketing Events Manager | Hennessey Industries | Bonita Springs, FL.

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Marketing Internship | Wow! Marketing Event Coordinator | Barefoot Networks | Santa Clara, CA. Special Event Planner / Marketing Manager | Saks Fifth Avenue | Boca Raton, FL. Events Manager | The Coca-Cola Company | Atlanta, GA. Special Events Logistics Coordinator | Live Nation | Atlanta, GA. Emeryville, CA.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

And at the Infinite Energy Center (formerly the Gwinnett Center) in Duluth, Georgia, alcoholic samples are forbidden outright. But just 27 miles away, at the Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart, alcohol can be served — as long as law enforcement is present, recalled Kristofer Herlitz, HMCC, managing director of AIM Group International.

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The Castle Group

APRIL 10, 2023

The World’s Local Public Relations Agency Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) is the world’s local public relations agency—a network of more than 50 independently-owned public relations firms servicing key markets worldwide. Sandy previously served as secretary and Wendy has chaired the conference and site committee since 2009.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

American Society of Healthcare Engineering Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition. The government has adopted new requirements for health-care facilities, and our conference provides education on these regulations. ASHE works to capitalize on that growing interest by adding new offerings to the conference every year.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 30, 2019

When Gielan speaks at conferences and events, she introduces an interactive experience within four minutes of the beginning of her talk. one conference where Gielan spoke, organizers asked attendees a few questions in advance about themselves, and at the event, gave them nametags with colored dots tied to their responses.

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