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Smart Moves in Las Vegas, New York and More

Smart Meetings

In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. Joining Helderman on the executive team is Michaels, after her promotion from general counsel to chief administrative officer.

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The Night the Lights Went Out in Boston

MeetingsNet

How one association struggled with whether or not to cancel its convention and expo when disaster struck. read more.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

SmartMeetings

Robert Rivers Robert Rivers was appointed by Loews Hotels & Co as general manager of Loews Boston Hotel. He previously worked for Millennium Hotels as general manager of The Bostonian Hotel and Millennium Hotel Minneapolis.

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Guest Blog: Major Event Growth – A risky business to be in?

Event Industry News

In 2013, the Boston Marathon was the subject of bomb attack. Such risks have additional consequences. Finally, it is wise to consider risk management technologies. Allow each stakeholder to be directly involved through risk registers and dependency mapping.

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Planning a Safe Event: Back to Basics

Endless Events

Around the world, tragic incidents at events like the Las Vegas shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, and natural disasters have shown that we aren’t prepared for every type of security and safety issue in our industry. Have a risk management plan in place for each event. Ways to implement cybersecurity best practices.

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Lessons Learned From Combining Two Meetings

PCMA Convene

I’ve been writing about the planning process for ASM Microbe for the last year ( here , here , and here ), and was on site at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center for the first two days of the conference last week. Look for my article about that in our September issue.).

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Getting a grip on event firearms policies

Plan Your Meetings

It will be true in the days ahead as well: in San Antonio (2016), Boston (2017), Denver (2018), San Diego (2019), Boston (2020) and San Antonio (2021).”. This has been true…in Atlanta (2015), San Diego (2014), Baltimore (2013) and Chicago (2012). Collectively, the AAR and SBL expressed concern about U.S.

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