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. Menechella brings over eight years of hospitality business and marketing experience. Chris Rynkiewicz. Melea Runyon. Kate Thompson.

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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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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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Unique Venues

AUGUST 22, 2022

Chicago Southland Dazzles with Unique Meeting Spaces. The Chicago Southland is enthusiastically ready to assist you in planning your regional meetings and events! We pride ourselves on stellar service and going the extra mile in assisting all planners, regardless of meeting or event size. Guided tours are available as well.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

DeRaad has also held positions at Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, also in Arizona, including executive vice president and vice president of marketing. ShelbyKY Tourism has hired Dennison as its sales coordinator for the Shelbyville Conference & Welcome Center in Kentucky. Carolyn Turnbull. Lynsey Dennison.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2018

From the excitement of Palm Springs International Film Festival to the fascinating cities of South Korea, the Smart Meetings editorial staff was busy traveling throughout the world in 2018 to bring back ideas and inspiration about destinations for you to consider for upcoming meetings and events.

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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. Meet the next generation of leaders, these “Class Acts.” 39 • Director of Marketing. 37 • Conference and Events Manager. 26 • Conference Services Manager. 39 • Senior Vice President of Marketing.

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Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

Meet the “In-Crowd,” our 2019 Connect Association 40 Under 40. 31 • Associate Manager of Meetings. Destination Tahoe Meetings & Events. 33 • Senior Manager, Meetings and Events. 33 • Director of Sales & Marketing. 37 • Director of Education and Meetings. 35 • Director, Meetings & Conventions.

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Connect Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Connect announces the home of its 2019 trademark event as Louisville, Kentucky. The appointment-only trade show brings together the most active planners, suppliers and experts in association, corporate, expo, sports and specialty meetings for one-on-one Marketplace appointments. “We ” The announcement was made Sept.

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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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PCMA Convene

MAY 31, 2016

And while food- and drink-focused trails may initially have been designed with leisure travelers in mind, they’re now being used to entice business travelers and meetings as well. When people are here for a conference, they want to experience the city beyond the meeting-room walls,” Robinson said. That sparked an idea.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

These top-tier cities are meetings hotspots, with enough convention space and hotel rooms to accommodate thousands of attendees at any given time, plus the cultural amenities and intangible cachet to keep them around. Convene recently spoke with representatives from three such cities that recently have hosted renowned international meetings.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 1, 2023

Especially in the wake of devastation to the meetings and hospitality industry wreaked by the pandemic, leadership insights are relevant and needed. Lessons in 5 Answers What about the meetings and hospitality industry keeps you up at night? Where can the collective industry make the greatest difference in growing the meetings pie?

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Chakravarti previously served as assistant professor of management and marketing at IIT Stuart School of Business in Chicago. Olson most recently worked as vice president, managing director of Magnify, the creative agency at mg, where he led the marketing strategy, digital, and 2D and 3D design teams. Emily Hixon. Matthias Schultze.

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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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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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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

“We looked at our existing loyalty program, and industry programs overall, and found we had a real opportunity to recognize and thank our clients in a different way,” said Dan Surette, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Omni Hotels & Resorts, regarding the new Omni Select Planner program.

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Canadian Special Events

JANUARY 26, 2017

Prepare for international fusions where combining foods from two different cultures will result in unique dishes like Patiala Perogies where Poland meets India. There has also been a lifestyle shift to healthier foods and this has impacted how chefs are designing their menus, in particular for corporate meetings, conferences, etc.

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