Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

Samuel Spurrier Samuel Spurrier Spurrier is appointed as The Westin Maui Resort and Spa Ka’anapali ’s director of sales and marketing. Margaux Helm Margaux Helm Helm steps in as marketing manager for meetings at Visit Seattle , the city’s tourism and promotion bureau.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

MAY 21, 2018

Known as the city’s new epicenter of dining, entertainment, and more, Avenida Houston is quickly becoming an integral part of meetings and conventions in the Greater Houston area. The Hilton Americas-Houston has 1,200 rooms, an onsite spa and health club, and a FedEx Office in the hotel.

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Simone White, SVP-AfroTech and Live Events Since 2016, AfroTech has been the place where inclusive tech companies and Black professionals and innovators meet. In addition to its signature conferences, AfroTech hosts several happy hours and meetups throughout the year across the U.S. The media company, under Blavity Inc., How did it go?

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Evolution Dome is thrilled to announce the successful deployment by its US distributor of two temporary structures at the Society of Hematologic Oncology’s (SOHO) eleventh annual meeting in Houston, Texas, from September 6 – 9, 2023.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 11, 2024

Watch Live: 2024 Hospitality Predictions from Mike Dominguez President Clinton ventured that meetings could be the antidote for bad decisions being made by divided, angry people. “Asia-Pacific and Latin America, we’re just scratching the surface is that surface and all those markets,” he said.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Fort Worth Convention Center in Texas has it all, according to Becky Rowbotham, president of Hunt Conference Group, Inc. She says there is a mix of “great location, exceptional staff and a lot of meeting space.”. Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis hosts major conferences every year and it’s easy to see why. Louisville.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Small steps taken by the men and women returning to the meeting space are being heralded as giant leaps for the industry for demonstrating best practices for a safe return to gathering. But what will the meetings inside these sprawling campuses look like in the not-so-distant future? Every week is a learning opportunity,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

At ADMEI 2019, the annual gathering of DMCs from around the world, four people who lived through worst-case scenarios in Houston, Puerto Rico, New Orleans and Las Vegas described their experiences—and the lessons learned. Visit Houston President and CEO Mike Waterman described the first months of 2017 as “bad ass.”

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Hubilo Blog

APRIL 2, 2020

Want to attend virtual conferences, but can’t go out of your city? The year 2020 is full of virtual events and conferences for you to attend. Let’s get one point straight — Virtual conferences and events are more cost-effective than physical events by all means. Virtual Conferences in 2020. No trouble at all!

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Boise, Idaho: A cosmopolitan oasis where your meeting is the star. When the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) gathers 1,400 epidemiologists in Boise this June 4–8 for its annual conference, it will mark the first time Idaho’s capital city has hosted a group of this size.

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Expo Pass

JUNE 29, 2021

Also, we’ll go in-depth on what organizers can learn from everything coming back as they plan, book, market, and monetize events of their own. The Rooftop Cinema Club hosts near-daily outdoor movie screenings in Los Angeles, New York, Houston, and many other spots — and always in front of a picturesque skyline (as seen above).

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Event Industry News

JULY 14, 2022

Customers including Cisco, SAP and Adobe hosted large scale events this spring, as did South by Southwest (SXSW), the massive tech/music/film conference and festival. Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend. .

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Event Industry News

JULY 14, 2022

Customers including Cisco, SAP and Adobe hosted large scale events this spring, as did South by Southwest (SXSW), the massive tech/music/film conference and festival. Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend. .

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 21, 2022

Rogers has also held past sales and marketing directorships at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, The Palazzo Las Vegas, Teneo Hospitality Group and FRHI Hotels & Resorts. Bukhari is now director of guest relations at Blossom Hotel Houston. The post Smart Moves in Roanoke, New Orleans and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Before this, he worked with Arizona Grand Resort, where he worked in various managerial roles, including director of front operations, conference services manager and front desk manager. Before joining Destination Cleveland, Taylor worked as complex director of sales and marketing for Waldorf Astoria Chicago and Conrad Chicago.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JULY 31, 2018

Known as Houston ‘s new epicenter of art, dining, entertainment, and more, Avenida Houston is quickly becoming an integral part of meetings and conventions within the Greater Houston area. The Hilton Americas-Houston has 1,200 rooms, an onsite spa and health club, and a FedEx Office within the hotel.

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Bizzabo

MARCH 30, 2018

One of the best ways to network and learn about the latest trends in education is to attend an educational conference. Conferences - Conferences are large events that bring together education professionals in the field. Summits - Summits are often meetings with high level professionals to discuss the newest findings in a field.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 30, 2018

Brown Convention Center in Houston hosts some huge events, making it a perennial favorite. Hammons Convention Center Northwest Arkansas and the Alpharetta Conference Center, home of Connect Georgia 2018. Brooks also like the Ross Bridges, as well as Westin Nashville, as well as Embassy Suites Nashville SE & Conference Center.

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Eventbase

JULY 13, 2022

Customers including Cisco, SAP and Adobe hosted large scale events this spring, as did South by Southwest (SXSW), the massive tech/music/film conference and festival. Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2017

Boise, Idaho: A cosmopolitan oasis where your meeting is the star. When the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) gathers 1,400 epidemiologists in Boise this June 4–8 for its annual conference, it will mark the first time Idaho’s capital city has hosted a group of this size.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Event Tech Lab’s mission has been to help their partnership community of event technology companies and developers with their product proposition, communications and marketing activities and helped to develop their professional networks. Conferences. They joined the lab community in 2017. CEO Panos Moutafis Ph.D. has this to say.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Travel Association annual ESTO conference Aug. 27-30 in Boca Raton, Florida, 28 members of the organizations were honored for their accomplishments in destination marketing and imaginative promotional programing. states and territories voted for the individual exhibiting the most impressive achievements in destination marketing.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Association of Destination Management Executives International (ADMEI) wrapped up its 2019 annual conference at Four Seasons Houston with a pledge to increase the visibility of the association globally. The business meeting ended with a gala dinner honoring those who have advanced the field. Excellence Recognized.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 28, 2022

and Whitney Houston. This is happening “especially after COVID-19 put the brakes on global travel, driving firms,” the article said, “to seek alternatives to in- person meetings beyond video conferences.”. We wanted to organize a meeting with him and with our president.” Panos Tzivanidis. And then I got cool.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves? Artificial Intelligence.

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The key to maximizing productivity and effectiveness is improving employee engagement—and according to research from The Conference Board , “Work location—whether on-site, remote, or a hybrid blend of the two—has no impact on self-reported engagement levels.” Flexibility is clearly a key component of engagement and retention.

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Best Corporate Events

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The key to maximizing productivity and effectiveness is improving employee engagement—and according to research from The Conference Board , “Work location—whether on-site, remote, or a hybrid blend of the two—has no impact on self-reported engagement levels.” Flexibility is clearly a key component of engagement and retention.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 24, 2019

It offers me the opportunity to engage more actively in the sessions I attend”, said Annette Suriani, CMP, Chief Marketing Strategist for AMS Meetings Solutions. “EduCon provides focused sessions that help me with my relationships with colleagues, clients and suppliers. Teambuilding and networking.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 22, 2019

The study, conducted by Kalibri Labs and Prism Advisory Group — with funding from the PCMA Foundation, Hilton Worldwide, and NYC & Company — analyzed a mix of citywide conventions in Houston, New York City, and San Diego. Fifty-one percent were won over by special conference-related offers, like invitation-only networking opportunities.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

W hile serving on the executive committee responsible for creating the educational content for the Public Relations Society of America’s (PRSA) annual Travel and Tourism Conference over the last three years, Malcolm Griffiths has focused on “shaking up the way we do professional development.” WARMING UP.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Meeting & Event Job Openings | January 2018. Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Senior Event / Fields Marketing Manager | Jobvite | San Mateo, CA. Event Marketer | Kitchen Magic, Inc. Learn More. Emeryville, CA. Emeryville, CA. Emeryville, CA.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference. Keynote speakers in Marketing and Sales.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Conference Center Hotel. Add a heap o’ meeting space—34,000 sq. A multi-million-dollar transformation added a fresh design scheme, all-new plush furnishings and tech in the 802 guest rooms, and enhancements to its 38 versatile meeting and functions rooms. of indoor meeting space. of meeting space. The Mirage.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Taking a creative approach to market two types of 12-year-old whiskey, Scotch brand The Macallan developed an augmented reality app for Apple’s iOS 11. The Macallan event adds to the growing number of alcohol marketing efforts that combine bottle labels with AR to evoke an ambiance or tell a story. AR and Alcohol: An Unlikely Pair.

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Bizzabo

JULY 19, 2019

They're also known as workshops, bootcamps, and seminars (depending on the company hosting them) and serve as a solid bottom of the marketing funnel content type. Many well-known companies have and continue to hold these kinds of conferences including HubSpot, Amazon, and ServiceTitan. AWSome Day is coming to Houston!

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Of course, business-event strategists are familiar with keeping their antennae oriented toward new ideas in order to regularly refresh their meetings and events. ” For instance, Quigley said that a few years ago, she noticed that Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference needed a creative jolt.

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