Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Visit Greater Palm Springs in Rancho Mirage, California, appointed Bruggemans director of sustainability and community engagement. Over the last 17 years, she has garnered experience in hospitality, event, food and beverage, and business management. Chris Rynkiewicz. Most recently, he was front desk manager at ME Cabo in Mexico.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Maeder brings 20 years of hospitality experience to the position, most recently serving as director of food and beverage at The Maybourne Beverly Hills. Among other properties he has worked for are Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara and The Setai, Miami Beach, as director of food and beverage at both.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

Make your summer meetings meaningful and memorable with these tips and trends Summer is approaching fast and meeting professionals want to stay up to date on every seasonal trend. With these tips and recommended venues, your summer meeting or event will be memorable, meaningful and even give back to the community.

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APRIL 1, 2019

RCVB specializes in hospitality and customized assistance throughout the entire process offering additional incentives to third meeting planner partners. Rejuvenate with citrus-themed signature beverages and farm-to-table menus from our creative culinary staff. Think summer fun—Meet in Riverside SO CA!

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the meetings industry, many conversations about food and beverage center around food allergies , healthifying menus and working with your venue’s catering team to develop a delicious meal while staying on budget. But if you think of the food industry as an onion, we’re only peeling off the very first layer.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 6, 2021

The Italian Society of Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care, and Resuscitation (SIAARTI) turned its annual meeting into a traveling event that included educational content and meetings with experts, health managers, local administrators, and sponsors in socially distanced settings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2022

How Meeting Planners Can Use It: Nobu Caesars Palace refurb includes the Hakone, Sake, Nobu Penthouse and Nobu Villa suites—all prime accommodations for VIPs and CEOs. The property also has a private conference room and an eight-seat table available for hourly or daily rental. of meeting space nearby. The property’s 31,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Until January of this year, Martin was partner events manager for RingCentral, and before that, she was senior meeting manager for National Conference of State Legislatures, both in Denver. Shafi is director of operations for the AC Hotel Miami Dadeland , and Salinas is now the hotel’s food and beverage manager.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While in Beverly Hills, Williams was also on the board for Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau. Before joining Hyatt Regency Maui, Baer was director of sales and marketing for Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort and Spa in California. Read More : Orlando: A Meetings Destination for the Ages. Jason Baer. Vinnie Polito.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Others like it, designed as special events during conventions and meetings, are happening throughout Colorado , Nevada and California. And as recreational marijuana achieves greater acceptance, cannabis events could become a regular part of many mainstream meetings, conventions and incentive programs. Grassroots Appeal.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

She has also held high-level sales positions at numerous hotels, including Woodside Hotel Group in California and Mirabel Hotel and Restaurant Group, and has worked as an independent sales representative for Relais & Chateaux. He earlier served as vice president of global accounts with Conference Direct.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. More than seven percent had produced more than 10 face-to-face meetings during that time.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

When setting out to brand their annual LEAP conference, PCMA’s Southwest & Pacific and Northern California chapters, who collaborated on the event, which was held at the San Diego Creative Space on April 8, wanted it to be anything but typical.

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AUGUST 3, 2023

Rules, regulations and innovations in the design of medical meetings In 2019, Radiological Society of North America drew 51,800 people to McCormick Place in Chicago. Planning an advisory board or annual shareholder meeting brings very different requirements than planning a product launch, educational dinner, conference or internal training.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Smart Meetings founder and CEO Marin Bright. After a decade of bringing event professionals together to share strategies and learn about new ways to wow attendees, Smart Meetings pushed the format to pack in even more meaningful networking and sharing. The first Smart Meeting of 2019 was on Jan. That's the top.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Editor’s Note: Meeting professionals are still pivoting on the regular and can learn a lot from the experiences of their peers. She said, “This isn’t ideal, but, I have a captive audience of customers and suppliers that want to meet. The week of the conference happened to be an “off week” for the Padres.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The farm-to-table culinary movement has been sweeping the nation and meeting professionals have been taking notice. San Francisco, California. Conference rooms and meeting spaces are also included for 10-72 guests and are fully supported with AV and STEM Kitchen and Garden’s farm-to-fresh catering.

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APRIL 15, 2022

Tucker has also been director of rooms at Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort Spa and Casino and Hyatt Regency Trinidad, and has held multiple management roles at Hyatt properties in Long Beach and Huntington Beach in California and in the greater Denver area. Codianne has 30 years of experience in hospitality and food and beverage management.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

In 2018, she was awarded Partner of the Year by MPI Northern California Chapter and Supplier of the Year by PCMA Northern California Chapter. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be shrimp. At an industry conference or event, you can typically find me at the photo booth. But you knew that already.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Business Events, conferences, exhibitions, seminars are all crucial to add on zeal in your monotonous 9 to 5 routine. Conferences and events are places with numerous opportunities for an attendee, so research and plan well before you attend any event. RSA conference. Business Agility Conference. Annual Roth Conference.

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AUGUST 2, 2017

Viewers can look at it as a travel show, while meeting professionals can get inspiration for locations to hold meetings and events. On the second episode of the Monday night series, Lindsay was joined by a group of guys, along with special guests Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 2, 2017

Viewers can look at it as a travel show, while meeting professionals can get inspiration for locations to hold meetings and events. On the second episode of the Monday night series, Lindsay was joined by a group of guys, along with special guests Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher, at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

He’s held multiple senior leadership positions, including general manager for Roka Akor and Roka Bar, both in San Francisco; director at Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas; and director of food & beverage at The Battery hotel in San Francisco. Lynsey Dennison.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2022

Newly opened Thompson Austin is tailored to the needs of meetings and events professionals. of event space, Origin Austin’s Flight Room can accommodate up to 49 guests for small to mid-sized meetings. It combines remixed comfort food with a chic mid-century modern indoor and outdoor seating. Thompson Austin. With 799 sq.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

Kindred Resorts & Hotels has compiled a list for meeting planners to find out what’s in and out in 2017. Cooking classes, community service projects that benefit the local community and cultural food tours are all great options to boost camaraderie. Healthy, local food and beverage. Traditional meeting rooms.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 23, 2019

In 2018, she was awarded Partner of the Year by MPI Northern California Chapter and Supplier of the Year by PCMA Northern California Chapter. If I had to eat one food for the rest of my life, it would be shrimp. At an industry conference or event, you can typically find me at the photo booth. But you knew that already.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Business Events, conferences, exhibitions, seminars are all crucial to add on zeal in your monotonous 9 to 5 routine. Conferences and events are places with numerous opportunities for an attendee, so research and plan well before you attend any event. RSA conference. Business Agility Conference. Annual Roth Conference.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 28, 2017

General Manager Michael Musarra announced the appointment of Marie Lanaud as director of catering for Fairmont San Jose, a landmark in Silicon Valley, California. Lanaud will be responsible for organizing and promoting food and beverage, while exceeding guest expectations and financial targets at the 805-room hotel. Lisa Josoff.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 6, 2019

By Friday, some of the international attendees already had landed in or begun their journey to California, which was in the midst of the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in the state’s history. We had a great program to share and we knew that people had spent a lot of time and money to attend the conference.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

Here are some fun ways to celebrate at a meeting or on a business trip …and they don’t all require consuming calories. Doughnut walls are one of the latest food trends to take over Instagram and Pinterest in 2017. These colorful creations would certainly make quite the impression on the buffet table at a meeting. Doughnut Wall.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

She begins the story of her career path in California. “I It’s a wild time to be having conversations about how we gather, how to make it not suck, and how not to revert to in-person events with elitism that happened in most onsite conferences.” . My dad got me a job washing dishes there, and I eventually started working in food prep.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2016

rely on industry observations, international travel, discussions with industry leaders, meetings with hotel and restaurant clients, industry conferences, media interactions and thousands of hours of research in hotels and restaurants around the country to compile their 2017 hospitality trends. Freeman and his team at AF&Co.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Portland resident Laura Morgan has a passionate interest in food, along with architecture, culture, history, and the stories of the people who live in her city. Her inspiration, Morgan said, was to provide “a deeper dive into the food and drink culture of the place for the people who are looking for it.”. Travel Portland).

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Pasadena , California’s growing reputation as a hospitality leader for domestic and international meetings and events saw a major transformation between 2017 and 2018, when several of the city’s hotels underwent multimillion-dollar renovations. 20, 2018, in time for the 130th Rose Parade and 105th Rose Bowl Game.

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MARCH 14, 2019

San Jose is a large city with over one million residents, making it the third most populous city in California after Los Angeles and San Diego. It has a rich history having originally been founded in 1777 as the first city in the Californias, taken by Mexico in 1821, and ceded back to the United States in 1848. Improv San Jose.

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JULY 30, 2019

F or the last 12 of his 19 years as a chef, Andrew Strader has worked as executive chef for Sodexo at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering in Irvine, California. Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. “At

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

A quest to find sustainable event experts leads to an emerging wine region in California’s Central Coast It’s not your imagination. The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. Green meetings are here to stay.

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