Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

The 1,700 attendees checking in live at Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Conference ( WEC ) at Moscone Center in San Francisco this week were treated to a performance in three acts designed to provide “perspective,” “approach” and “action,” according to Paul Van Deventer, MPI president and CEO.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 16, 2023

Amanda Rodriguez Miami’s Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel named Rodriguez director of sales and marketing. She also worked as a meeting planner for American Public Works Association in Kansas City, Missouri. Velez most recently worked as regional director of catering and conference services for Remington Hotels.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 3, 2018

They are proactively changing the world for the better through conference, meetings and other events. 39 • Director of Marketing. 37 • Conference and Events Manager. 26 • Conference Services Manager. 39 • Senior Vice President of Marketing. 35 • Conference and Event Manager. 38 • Conferences Manager.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 37 • National Conference Coordinator. 36 • Director of Sales and Marketing. 36 • Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Alliances. 35 • Conferences and Meetings Manager. Kansas City, Missouri. Pamela Wike Boyd. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events.

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Unique Venues

JUNE 2, 2021

There is usually more than one space to utilize within the venue such as meeting and conference rooms, cafeterias, lounges, press boxes, and so many more flexible indoor and outdoor spaces for your event. Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, MO | Request a Quote. REBEKAH FINAFROCK | MARKETING ASSISTANT, UNIQUE VENUES.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 28, 2020

One new tool on the market helped the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) meet safely in person for its Cattle Industry Summer Business Meeting, held July 27-30 at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention in Aurora, Colorado. “The Photos courtesy NCBA). Follow her on Twitter @DanicaTormohlen.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Stephanie Gassen Gassen is the director of sales at the newly opened Cyrus Hotel in Tokepa, Kansas. In her previous position, she served as director of market sales for Residence Inn in Topeka and Fairfield Inn Topeka. Nikolina Felton Felton is the new vice president of marketing at Live! She joined the Live!

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Photo Credit: Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Kathleen Robb Kostka Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel in Boston appointed Kathleen Robb Kostka director of sales and marketing. Photo Credit: Kimpton Nine Zero Hotel Mark Krtek Mark Krtek has joined Hotel Phillips Kansas City, Curio Collection by Hilton as general manager.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Attending conferences is one of the best ways to stay ahead in the ever-changing marketing industry. At these events, you will learn from the top industry executives while networking with marketing professionals just like yourself. Summit - Similar to conferences but usually smaller and features higher-level executives.

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SmartMeetings

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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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

He’s previously worked at The Silversmith Hotel in Chicago, One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic Beach, Florida and various Marriott International hotels in Kansas City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. She most recently worked at Sheraton Austin Georgetown Hotel & Conference Center of Georgetown, Texas.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 29, 2017

I had always also been working directly for an association or a corporation here locally [in Kansas City]. Valerie Sumner When I started in the industry, I started in the hotel sales and marketing area. Melissa Johnson, CMP MJMeetings Prairie Village, Kansas Time as an independent planner: 3 years.

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Unique Venues

JULY 9, 2020

Annapolis Basin Conference Centre is located on a picturesque property on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in beautiful rural Nova Scotia. The special events department of the Kansas City Chiefs football organization is focused on making Arrowhead Stadium an entertainment destination that serves the entire Midwest region.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Witt, who is a partner and board member at jwc, a Germany-based management consultancy firm specializing in the trade fair and conference business, emphasized during the all-virtual Web Summit session that while conference after conference has migrated online during COVID-19, the nature of trade shows has made digitization a trickier proposition. “We

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CadmiumCD

MAY 24, 2018

For example, if you’re holding a medical conference in Kansas and a German citizen attends, the data you collect in the United States would not be subject to GDPR. collect personal data only as part of a marketing survey. target data subjects in an EU country (generic marketing, i.e. not marketing specifically to EU residents).

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, however, the region’s flourishing startup culture was a story that needed telling, which is why, in 2008, they founded an online publication called Silicon Prairie News (SPN) — taking its name from a tech-friendly area that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. The format was a success.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Creative Cities Austin, Texas, and Iowa City, Iowa, were also there, representing UNESCO’s Media Arts and Literature sub-networks, respectively, as were three Creative Cities candidates — Carrara, Italy; Kansas City, Missouri; and Lexington, Kentucky. I always say, ‘Culture’s not just going to the symphony. This proved to be the case.”.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

forms to develop a private-sector marketing program after Congress and President Lyndon B. ” 1984: First ESTO conference held, in Lawrence, Kansas. ” 1984: First ESTO conference held, in Lawrence, Kansas. from overseas by improving visa and entry system, creating a global marketing program.

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. By the beginning of 2014, Cleveland and seven other cities were in the running: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. TORRES   I do love a challenge.

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