MeetingsNet

MAY 9, 2023

A veteran security consultant says that planners should implement many of the same protocols used for executive-level events across all their meetings. The perpetrator was captured eight hours after the shootings, which killed one person and wounded four others at a medical facility in Atlanta’s midtown neighborhood. Where do we go?’”

Risk Management 59

Risk Management Management Consulting Hotels 59

Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

Tourism 102

Tourism Food and Beverage Hospitality Hotels 102

PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2021

Last summer, meeting professionals Mary-Ann Urbanovich, Heather Seasholtz, and Shannon Majewski were all “in some stage of lay-off or furlough,” according to Urbanovich, MS, CMP-HC, meeting manager at HMP Global. About halfway through the course, I’m like, ‘There’s a lot of parallels to what we do’” as planners, Urbanovich said.

Education 98

Education Risk Management Advertising Contracts 98

EventMB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Skift Take: Gary LaBranche, the CEO of the Risk and Insurance Management Society, shares what it was like to have to cancel the last day of its conference where close to 10,000 were gathered due to a nearby shooting. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

Insurance 192

Insurance Conference Management Meetings 192

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Greg Sparrow, senior vice president and general manager at CompliancePoint, an Atlanta-area consultant for cybersecurity and risk management, bemoans the fact that repeated occurrences of data theft at major companies in recent years has led to a “desensitization” of public reaction. appeared first on Smart Meetings.

2014 76

2014 Risk Management Social Media Hotels 76

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings has held industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. Let’s face it: Meeting planners and suppliers have the same goal. It’s the No. It’s the No.

Hotels 28

Hotels 2014 Risk Management Tech 28

Plan Your Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Throughout this year, Andy Johnston, president of the Atlanta-based Idea Group, has published an informative series of posts regarding event emergencies. Until recently, he says, the topic of guns at meetings and events simply hasn’t received much attention. Our staffs met with the management of the Henry B. Match Your Culture.

2015 28

2015 2016 Hotels Insurance 28