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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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Tips for Difficult Conversations from FICP22

Smart Meetings

As if the job of meeting professional weren’t difficult enough, many have had to take on the role of Chief Difficult Conversation Starter. In fact, if approached with thoughtfulness and preparation, those interactions could lead to the meeting professionals taking a rightful place as strategic advisors. By the Numbers. Jeff Calmus.

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How Can Hotels Better Serve Planners’ Needs?

PCMA Convene

To maintain a strong relationship with its meeting and event partners, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation relies on its own Meeting Planner Advisory Council (MPAC), made up of 16 event strategists who come from diverse corporate backgrounds across the United States. REALLY RIVERSIDE. LIGHTNING ROUND.

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

PCMA Convene

What could in-person meetings during the time of COVID-19 — meaning there is no vaccine or effective treatment yet available — look like? Those are among the requirements attendees must agree to for Metrock’s Voice of Healthcare Summit 2020 , scheduled for early August in Boston. Courtesy Abbott Labs). Audience Capacity.

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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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Clothing Swap Meets Pop Up at Hotels and Conferences

SmartMeetings

If you are sick and tired of your old wardrobe, pack your bags with everything you don’t want to wear and head to a hotel participating in a swap meet. It’s important to dress for success at meetings. Since its inception, volunteer chapters opened in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, NYC, Boston, Winnipeg and Calgary.

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Temp-Staff Procurement Firm Expands to Biggest East Coast Cities

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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.