Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Behind the scenes of The NAMM Show In January, Smart Meetings had the privilege of attending The NAMM Show (National Association of Music Merchants) in Anaheim, California. Cindy Sample Smart Meetings: The NAMM Show has been in Anaheim for a while now. What made this destination an ideal location for NAMM?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2023

One recent law in California only alluded to the event industry as hiring DJs and photographers for parties, clearly not understanding the impact that this legislation also had on trade shows and conventions. This affects us in the form of legislation that gets passed. This is not a hobbyist job.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The gathering was equal parts hosted-buyer appointments, educational content, trade show and reunion. The renovated SAFE Credit Union Convention Center was the perfect backdrop for this reunion of 400 California association executives @CalSAE 's #SeasonalSpectacular. — SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) December 16, 2021.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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EventMB

JUNE 9, 2022

cannabis trade show, to understand the depth of the business opportunity the cannabis industry provides. “The legalization of cannabis in the State of New Jersey opened a new vertical market for meetings and conventions in Atlantic City. All one has to do is stroll the aisles of MJBizCon , a top U.S.

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SpotMe Blog

JULY 25, 2021

Consider these hybrid event examples, both with different focuses, but still blended experiences: A large trade show that’s principally an in-person event with exclusive online content and an event app. Trade shows. Marketing and sales events. Training seminars. Product launches and demonstrations. Team meetings.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. DiFrancesco is director of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua. Patrick Lacassagne. Michael DiFrancesco.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 24, 2019

The California Consumer Privacy Act is similar to GDPR and goes into effect on January 1, 2020. If your organization does not have marketing-automation software, you are putting the cart before the horse by tracking attendee behavior. #3. Don’t track who is in a certain area, their dwell time or other implied behaviors.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2023

She possesses fine-tuned expertise in strategic event planning, experiential marketing, brand activation and working with the media, lifestyle and entertainment sectors. Throughout her career, she has worked at various properties in Koloa and Honolulu and served as director of sales & marketing at Hyatt Centric Waikiki.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Convene Deputy Editor Barbara Palmer wrote about the PCMA Northern California Chapter’s L.E.A.P. 8, where Flavia Oliveira, director of sales and marketing for Visit Santa Cruz County, gave a presentation on maximizing environmental impact through meetings and asked, do conferences really need more bags and water bottles ? Participate.)

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Event Industry News

JUNE 1, 2020

By Kimberly Hardcastle-Geddes, chief marketing strategist at mdg. The event strategists at mdg have been providing ongoing guidance to producers of trade shows, conferences, meetings and corporate events about how to approach the necessary shift in planning, marketing and communications. Here are a few highlights.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Murray is director of sales and marketing for Waldorf Las Vegas. Before this, she was city group manager, where she oversaw group sales and marketing for five Kimpton properties and area group sales manager for three Chicago-based Kimpton properties. Louis-based marketing agency Switch. Ali Murray. Darren Temple.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Denise Mope Hotel Crescent Court in Dallas’s Uptown neighborhood added Mope as director of sales and marketing. He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. More : 6 Smart Moves: Wellness Edition.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 5, 2021

That functionality will allow Cisco’s Webex product to be more competitive with the market dominator, Zoom. Also in the big fish swallows startup bucket, New York City-based Verizon closed the deal in May to buy California-based cloud video conferencing and event platform BlueJeans Network.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

The Middle of the Action By design, The District activations in San Diego Convention Center’s sun-bathed atrium of an Expo Hall felt more like an adult playground than a trade show floor. Visit California took professional photos and Caesars Entertainment offered digital aura reading in their lounge. People want to get involved.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Citizens Business Bank Arena hosts over 300 event days annually including concerts, family shows, and sporting competitions. Greater Ontario, California Made up of two cities, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga, Greater Ontario is located in the center of Southern California. Start your next adventure with us – visit GOcvb.org.

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Eventinterface

JULY 24, 2017

How about creating an event for 800 people in the middle of the Mojave Desert – including VIPs like founder Sir Richard Branson and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger? Understand how you plug into the broader marketing mix. Challenges? Of course just your average 800-person event wouldn’t do. CONNECT WITH JUSTIN.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 20, 2023

April 22 is Earth Day, a time for those in our industry to consider the substantial environmental impact of holding meetings, conventions, and trade shows. and is initially expanding into 14 markets: San Francisco; Seattle; Los Angeles; Silicon Valley; Boston; New York City; Chicago; San Diego; Washington, D.C.; Jay Inslee.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

San Francisco, California. At The Special Event 2020 (TSE), the industry's premier trade show and conference for event professionals, you'll connect with other event colleagues, exhibitors, and mentors. Experiential Marketing Summit 2020. Long beach, California. Event Name. Description. Start Date. IBTM America.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 21, 2021

Under California’s current health protocols, in-person conventions will be capped at 5,000 attendees through Oct. The world’s biggest mobile trade show is prepared to go fully hybrid this summer. The post Ticker: Regular Updates on Events Taking Place in Person appeared first on Event Marketer.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 27, 2021

Elizabeth Sage, associate director of events and trade shows with San Diego-based biotech company Illumina , anticipates being back stronger with a live component by 2022—her expanded audience is sensitive to price and contagion. By the end of the year, he had hired someone full-time as a field marketer to manage the experiences.

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SmartMeetings

APRIL 14, 2017

Lilly Rocha has covered a lot of ground during more than 17 years in global and local event management by helping clients reach their marketing goals. The show also occurs annually in Dallas, New York and Orlando. Rocha, a longtime resident of California, lived in London while studying marketing at St. Lilly Rocha.

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Event Industry News

JULY 2, 2021

RockIt Events is a boutique marketing and events agency located in Scotts Valley, California. RockIt Events specializes in experiential marketing and many of their clients are technology corporations in Silicon Valley. The agency collaborates with clients on their goals and transform their vision into a fabulous reality.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Stacey Zeller, executive producer with SZ Productions in Woodland Hills, California, found funding to stream the keynote in multiple languages in the shrinking F&B line item. Snapshots from a Quick Change in Southern California. Creative Catering. It takes a village.”.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 25, 2017

The decision to purchase came on the heels of seemingly casual conversation between the two brands when the C level at each realized they had been working on many of the same events together in the California and Arizona areas, where Kool does most of its business. Better Pricing on AFR Furniture Rental Items for West Coast Events.

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Ins'Tent

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Automobile trade shows dominate America’s expos. New York International Auto Show. This year, it takes place on July 23-24 in San Francisco, California. Washington Auto Show. expo happens just a couple of weeks before the New York International Auto Show in Washington, D.C. The second-largest U.S.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

As a regular attendee at conventions on behalf of his creative agency, Jeff Wolfe found himself growing tired of the traditional trade-show model. “I The Outpost debuted in October 2016 at the private, 400-acre Chanslor Ranch in Bodega Bay, California, for what was intended to be a one-off event.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 36 • Director of Sales and Marketing. Santa Cruz, California. 36 • Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances. 37 • Director of Convention and Trade Show. Pamela Wike Boyd. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. Silver Spring, Maryland. Austin, Texas.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Eye of the Beholder Value as measured by The Sunshine Act in California, Vermont, Minnesota, Maine and Philadelphia and its equivalents in other states with variations even between some cities, means anything provided for free to a health care provider. Costs for everything else must fall under the category of “fair and reasonable.” “You

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

PCMA Canada Chapter West is taking to Vancouver Convention Centre for a breakfast, networking session and a presentation by Kati Quigley, senior director of global industry marketing at Microsoft, titled “How Big Tech Fosters Diversity and Inclusion.”. This was a celebration well earned, as an estimated 2.2

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Phil Aldax, director of event management at Anaheim Marriott in California, filled this market void by purchasing Ramler International’s revolutionary Connect Chair. It won Best New Product and Best in Show in the hotel products categories at the aforementioned trade show. Drumroll, please.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The new DBA follows discussions held by Destinations International’s Large Market Roundtable, leading to the conclusion that more cooperation between convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) and business and event strategists is needed to maximize success for stakeholders.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2019

Do it Best , a co-op hardware company that has been holding its biannual trade show in Indianapolis for several decades, works closely with Visit Indy , the city’s CVB, as well as other partners. Whether it’s the AV or the in-house caterer, it’s about building those relationships and utilizing them to accomplish what we need to do.”.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 13, 2018

Location: San Jose, California. Location: Mountain View, California. Location: Los Angeles, California. Why You Should Attend: As a dedicated conference to virtual reality, this conference is home to world premiers of VR games and interactive technology available to the market. Location: Los Angeles, California.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The business is so successful that it is now synonymous with cannabis tourism, providing digital resources in hundreds of locations including Oregon, California, Alaska , Barcelona and Jamaica. But it’s not just the tourism industry that’s latching onto this idea; it’s affecting the meetings market, too.

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Unique Venues

MAY 6, 2020

Viking Pavilion at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon is a modern, LEED-compliant sports and event arena that hosts concerts, corporate events, conferences, trade shows, family entertainment, and tournaments. California State University Channel Islands, only minutes from the stunning Pacific Ocean, is a hidden jewel.

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a2z Innovation Insider

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This year alone, I’ve gone to Quebec, Southern California, New York, and Panama. I’m consistently collaborating with other team members such as our digital marketing coordinators to create promotional and educational campaigns, project managers with website configurations and our design team to come up with new ideas to create a richer UX.

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