California Meetings Risk Management Venues 
SmartMeetings
OCTOBER 6, 2017
It used to be, planners could focus their efforts solely on the success of the meeting or event. Severe weather, earthquakes, protest demonstrations and, yes, acts of terrorism or mass violence must concern every meeting planner now. This applies to all venues, whether it’s an aquarium or high-rise hotel or a tent.”
SmartMeetings
JULY 8, 2022
Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings asked Sharon Bonner, founder of Bright Ideas Events, after she staged a ball for 1,500 employees.
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SmartMeetings
JULY 10, 2017
Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 4.2 million sq.
SmartMeetings
DECEMBER 12, 2017
Fires raging in Southern California have already destroyed 1,000 structures. We spoke with Julie Mauer, vice president of marketing for Silverado Resort and Spa , which evacuated during the Wine Country fires in October for insights into how to keep everyone in your group safe and calm during an emergency at a venue. Lessons Learned.
SmartMeetings
JUNE 22, 2017
When 2,500 meeting planners gathered at the MGM Grand in the entertainment capital of the world to learn and connect, it was inevitable that a party was going to break out. The Northern California Chapter was recognized for Marketplace Excellence and Educational Programming (also given to the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter).
PCMA Convene
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.
PCMA Convene
AUGUST 31, 2016
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.
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