Connect Your Meetings

JULY 8, 2019

Louisville, Kentucky, is recognized as an international destination for festival events—most notably the Kentucky Derby—and conferences like Connect 2019. See what awaits you this August.

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MeetingsNet

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Meeting Professionals International announced new certificate programs, the purchase of a Canadian event, details about the upcoming World Education Conference, leadership changes, and other developments during the IMEX America show in Las Vegas.

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Connect Your Meetings

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Who knew conference crashing could be a good thing? are rethinking typical site visits, instead organizing them in conjunction with conferences and events they’re hosting. The post Trend Alert: Conference Crashing appeared first on Connect Association. Cities and venues across the U.S. Photo credit: Bustle.com.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Bennett has been promoted to executive vice president for Louisville Tourism in Kentucky, effective July 1; Bennett was formerly senior vice president of convention development. Burks has also held conference service positions at Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta, The St. Doug Bennett, CASE. Ellen LaMaire.

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Connect Your Meetings

JANUARY 2, 2019

Honorees will be recognized in the print editions of Connect’s magazine, on our websites and at Connect’s annual conference, held Aug. 26-28, 2019, in Louisville, Kentucky. If you know event professionals who are at least 50 years old and worthy of recognition, nominate the person for this special honor.

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EventMB

JUNE 15, 2022

When bourbon maker Old Forester started offering alcohol-free mint juleps at the Kentucky Derby, it became clear that non-alcoholic beverages had become a thing. And to many event planners, the companies they work for, as well as attendees, that is a good thing. There are plenty of reasons to provide non-alcoholic (NA) alternatives at events.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s this easy access—combined with Kentucky Exposition Center with its 1.3 million square feet of exhibition space and reputation for hosting premier spectator events like the Kentucky Derby—that has helped build the city’s long-standing reputation for the convention market. Louis and five hours from Chicago. Center Stage.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 21, 2023

We’re going to be at Kentucky Derby coming up and soon we’ll be at Maid In America. You’ve got the winter culture and winter sports, whereas in Austin, typically it’s a little bit larger. They’re just different cultures, and it’s fun to interact with. We’ll be at Life is Beautiful and the Re:SET tour.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s this easy access—combined with Kentucky Exposition Center with its 1.3 million square feet of exhibition space and reputation for hosting premier spectator events like the Kentucky Derby—that has helped build the city’s long-standing reputation for the convention market. Louis and five hours from Chicago. Center Stage.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

1 in Louisville, Kentucky. Part of the 19 th -annual Teams Conference (TC) , a sports industry conference and expo, the forum is a collaboration between TC and Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA). The conference runs Oct. Answering those questions is the impetus behind the first U.S.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Cities with the largest convention centers and most hotels aren’t always the best cities for conferences. SmartAsset cited San Antonio’s number of large event spaces, including the 65,000-seat Alamodome, as one of the key reasons for being the top city for conferences. ” Top 25 Best Cities for Conferences.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Cities with the largest convention centers and most hotels aren’t always the best cities for conferences. SmartAsset cited San Antonio’s number of large event spaces, including the 65,000-seat Alamodome, as one of the key reasons for being the top city for conferences. ” Top 25 Best Cities for Conferences.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

ShelbyKY Tourism has hired Dennison as its sales coordinator for the Shelbyville Conference & Welcome Center in Kentucky. Lynsey Dennison. Dennison was most recently in a retail position as assistant general manager, where she gained experience in sales and customer service. Brent Lessing and Natalie White.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 11, 2017

In Kentucky, another of the banned states, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer called the travel ban a “real threat to our growing tourism economy” after a hotel in the city announced it had lost two conventions as a result. “We ” He urged state leaders to rework the language of the Kentucky law that spurred the California ban.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

She has previously been executive director of Sumba Hospitality Foundation in Indonesia, F&B manager for Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, conference services manager for Riviera Palm Springs and more. Louisville Tourism in Kentucky welcomed Runyon as destination services manager. Chris Rynkiewicz. Melea Runyon.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky is opening its meeting spaces for an early-week experience away. Annual Smart Woman Summit Conference & Awards Gala. Smart Meetings is taking California’s business and event professionals south for a stay at The London West Hollywood on Feb. National 3-Day Experience. Join us Aug.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Connect announces the home of its 2019 trademark event as Louisville, Kentucky. “Connect Marketplace will give more than 2,000 planners a firsthand experience of the newly expanded Kentucky International Convention Center. . 21 at the Louisville Visitor Center during a press conference organized by the Louisville CVB.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Paducah, Kentucky. Paducah, Kentucky, known as “Quilt City USA.” Located in western Kentucky, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, Paducah has been a member of UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network under the sub-network of Crafts and Folk Art since 2013 thanks to its rich history in the quilting and fiber arts.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

All 4,000 of the attendees at Connect 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky, can attest that this year’s conference was our best. Engagement and activations were at an all-time high. It’s safe to say our partners—you!—really really came through for what was a thrilling three days.

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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. 37 • Conference and Events Manager. 26 • Conference Services Manager. 35 • Conference and Event Manager. Lexington, Kentucky. 23 • Conference Services Coordinator. 38 • Conferences Manager.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 17, 2018

In the meantime, conferences can continue to take place in Rupp Arena and most of the existing convention center. Kentucky International Convention Center. Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC) re-opened this month following a two-year construction period that forced it to temporarily cease operations. Louisville.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

When people are here for a conference, they want to experience the city beyond the meeting-room walls,” Robinson said. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is something of a senior citizen among modern food and drink trails. It was conceived by the Kentucky Distillers’ Association in 1999, and now sees 2.5 BARREL TASTING.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

37 • National Conference Coordinator. Lexington, Kentucky. 35 • Conferences and Meetings Manager. Kristen Merrifield. Alliance of Arizona Nonprofits. Phoenix, Arizona. Kari Messenger. 32 • Senior Meetings Manager. Association Management Center. Jessica Moy. Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. Parker, Colorado.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 25, 2017

But at the heart of it all is the completely renovated and expanded Kentucky International Convention Center (KICC). It will also feature a state-of-the-art, 175 seat conference theater, advanced WIFI capabilities and LEED Silver Certification.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 5, 2017

Four more modular hotels are under way—Courtyard Pullman in Washington, AC Oklahoma City in Oklahoma, AC Louisville in Kentucky and AC Chapel Hill in North Carolina. The innovation was featured at Marriott’s Connect 2017 conference in Los Angeles for hotel developers.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Group gatherings in conference meetings spaces are great. Read More : Louisville, Kentucky: Bourbon City with a Modern Twist. Group gatherings in meeting spaces with a haunted, scary story behind them are better—or, at least, more adventurous. There are no reports of ghosts meeting in the property’s nearly 20,000 sq.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 28, 2018

As a new Connect employee and a first-timer at the event, I was shocked not only by how much went into putting on a conference of this size, but also impressed by how many attendees Connect personally touches and connects (no pun intended). If there is one thing I learned from the event, it is that Connect knows how to throw a great party.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Louisville (November): A trip to Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby, has to be part of any FAM trip to Louisville, but we discovered that there are many other “must experience” attractions there.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 22, 2017

Complete with a 1970s wood Knoll conference table that seats up to 10 people, the space seamlessly transitions to post-meeting wine tastings with the resort’s sommelier. The Apiary, a special event venue in Lexington, Kentucky , offers a beautiful wine cellar for meetings and catered private dinners. The Wine Cellar. The Apiary.

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Connect Your Meetings

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

We went to Pittsburgh in June for the Association of Luxury Suite Directors Conference and Tradeshow, which has something called the Suite of the Future. We spoke with Monsieur’ s chief operating officer, Mario Taylor, to find out more. Where has Monsieur been exhibited? What venues have used Monsieur machines?

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Expo Pass

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New year, new conferences! Whether you’re looking to meet influential planners, improve networking skills, learn about emerging technologies, or simply reconnect with planner besties, this list of 2024 conferences and trade shows has something for everyone. It’s the event planning conference to attend in North America.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Neff has been a tradeshow and conference operations coordinator with Informa for three years. Hixon is a graduate of the Western Kentucky Hospitality Program. Prior to that position, she worked in several roles at Hyatt Hotels. Matthias Schultze. Schultze serves as managing director of the German Convention Bureau.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 22, 2022

We are located within a five-hour drive from eight different states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin), making the commute to the Chicago Southland quick and easy. Our municipalities are easily accessible via interstates 55, 57, 80, 94, 294 and 355.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 26, 2016

At the heart of it all is the expansion of the Kentucky International Convention Center , which will soon feature: > 200,000 contiguous square feet of open, spacious exhibit space. > > 175-seat state-of-the-art conference theatre. > > 40,000 square foot ballroom. > > 52 meeting rooms. >

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TicketBud

JUNE 7, 2019

The things that are happening in Gerry’s home town in Kentucky are happening across the US and around the world. As demand grew to hear him speak, he also got feedback that some fans couldn’t afford the conferences. The things that educators deal with are often universal. This led Gerry to start his own event series on the weekends.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The 20 conferences, seminars, and festivals listed below will help keep you informed and up to date on the all the latest trends, news, and laws. The conference/expo/consumer showcase hybrid promises a lot opportunity for both education and fun. Location: Louisville, Kentucky. Source: Lift & Co. Location: Vancouver, Canada.

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Connect Your Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2019

So, let’s get this post-conference or post-business meeting party started. The world’s very first Kentucky Fried Chicken is here. In fact, over the last decade or so, Salt Lake has grown and evolved into a vibrant, urban, energetic city full of great breweries, distilleries and more than 200 bars. Getting here is easy. It’s delicious.

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