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Smart Chat: Martha Sheridan, CEO of Greater Boston CVB

SmartMeetings

On advocating for the meetings industry. President and CEO, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau. Recently selected to join Michael Massari, chief sales officer of Caesars Entertainment, in chairing the Meetings Mean Business Coalition. Will the integration of Meetings Mean Business (MMB) with U.S.

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How Can Hotels Better Serve Planners’ Needs?

PCMA Convene

In May, Convene was invited to join its most recent meeting at the Royal Sonesta Boston. After a delectable breakfast in the Royal Sonesta’s Parkview meeting room — miniature bagels and fruit parfaits, anyone? — we walked across the hall to the Riverside meeting space, which indeed overlooks the Charles River and Boston skyline.

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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers.

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What It Takes to Host a Face-to-Face Event During the Pandemic

PCMA Convene

Those are among the requirements attendees must agree to for Metrock’s Voice of Healthcare Summit 2020 , scheduled for early August in Boston. He’s been speaking with four potential sites about hosting the two-day event, including the Dana Farber Center, another health-care facility, a hospital, and a small meeting venue.

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3 Rooftop Igloos to Cozy Up in This Winter

SmartMeetings

Meet like an Eskimo inside a trendy, heated dome. These transparent structures have popped up in Boston, New York and London. Lookout Rooftop and Bar at The Envoy Hotel in Boston Brave the brutal cold at The Envoy Hotel in Boston.

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Temp-Staff Procurement Firm Expands to Biggest East Coast Cities

MeetingsNet

NYC, and Boston. percent—a 50-year low—meeting planners might be finding it harder to procure reliable temporary staff for registration and help desks, F&B functions, and other event elements. New York City, and Boston. New York City, and Boston. With the unemployment rate at 3.7 hospitality industry.

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Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups

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He cites Cafe X , a robotic sidewalk coffee monger in San Francisco’s financial district (it’s mechanical arm even waves goodbye) and Spyce, a Boston startup affiliated with celeb chefs Daniel Boulud, Gavin Kaysen and Thomas Keller, that’s mostly automated. Whiteman also predicts sour will have its moment.

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