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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

Smart Meetings

Amtrak cancelled dozens of trains across the mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, several of which were in major areas like New York City, Boston and Philadelphia. Read More : How Meeting Planners Can Pre-plan for Event Crisis Management The storm is expected to make its way north into Canada with wind gusts of up to 95 mph.

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Events and Venues Face New Challenges to Safety, Security

PCMA Convene

That brutal attack was fresh on Lauren Parr’s mind as two protesters from the audience rushed and jumped on the stage as a plenary session was about to get underway at last year’s Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for Earth and planetary scientists at Chicago’s McCormick Place. Samuel Thomas Jr.

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The Truth About the Urban Oasis Destination Trend for Meetings

Smart Meetings

What elements should meeting planners look for when sourcing to forge better group connections With the focus on the return of meetings, many meeting planners are seeking unforgettable locations for their next event that will provide ease and accessibility for their attendees.

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New and Renovated: Convention Stays and Premium Lounges

Smart Meetings

The $4 million refresh of the meeting and event spaces and addition of the Sheraton Club mark the total transformation of Arizona’s largest hotel. Meeting attendees at Sheraton Phoenix Downtown will find new lounge-style seating in the pre-function spaces. of meeting space a clean, modern finish. Hyatt Regency Boston/Cambridge.

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10 reasons to attend The Meetings Show 2023

Prestige Events Magazine

The event app is live, hundreds of appointments have been pre-booked, and The Meetings Show 2023 is now just a week away. Quality hosted buyers The Meetings Show attracts a high calibre of hosted buyers and this year is no exception. See the full programme here.

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How Four Major Global Events Pivoted from In-Person to Virtual

Attendease

The novel coronavirus outbreak has had a significant impact on the events industry, from venues and vendors to speakers and sponsors. This year, over two days, we drew more than twice as many speakers and more than twice the number of attendees. What SXSW did to adjust. Collision (Toronto, Canada - June 23-25).

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Managing Meetings Means Managing Stakeholders

MeetingsNet

Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. Post pandemic, a lot of faces have changed; a lot of meetings have changed. We have new internal stakeholders.