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2023 in review—and a book sale!

Conferences that Work

Before 2020, I was designing and facilitating around a dozen in-person meetings and conferences a year. The design I designed and facilitated a classic peer conference. 2 • Philadelphia, May: One-day association conference The majority of my clients are formal communities of practice, aka associations. Thank you, David!

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How to Host a Brava Meeting in Italy

Smart Meetings

News list included Rome (No. The leisure and MICE market time windows have started overlapping more intensively in the past 12 months so the earlier the better. Explore Widely That U.S. 2 with an emphasis on fresh Italian cooking and stately historical sights), Florence (No. 9 for its iconic canals, opulent St.

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Smart Moves in Rancho Mirage, Atlantic City and More

Smart Meetings

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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PCMA announces 2022 Global Meetings Executive of the Year award recipient

Event Industry News

Buongiorno is Vice President, AIM Group International, a company that for over sixty years has been one of the international leaders in events and conferences. 2015: Pieter Swart CMP, CMM, Managing Director, Conference Consultancy South Africa (PTY). The award is presented annually at the IMEX Frankfurt Gala Dinner. . 2014: Phelps R.

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Client media spend to top £25bn at Festival of Media Global

Event Industry News

This year’s event will see senior players from the world’s biggest spending brands attend as delegates, judges and speakers all looking to learn and discover new opportunities to drive their media and marketing campaigns with a combined budget spend of more than £25bn.

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AIM Group International manages 3,000 event experiences in 2019

Event Industry News

During 2019, AIM Group was reconfirmed as a key partner for many clients from different scientific specialities and across diverse corporate sectors and could count 30 Core-Professional Conference Organisation (PCO) contracts with major international associations, some dating back years. We are really satisfied with this year’s achievements.

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Artists of Assembly: 2017 40 Under 40

Connect Your Meetings

To most, the idea of putting together a set of dates, a venue, a program, a speaker lineup, an education schedule, food and beverage orders, audiovisual packages, marketing materials and more is overwhelming, to say the least. 35 • Marketing and Conference Administrator. 31 • Member Services and Conference Planner.

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