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Smart Moves in Roanoke, New Orleans and More

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Zupanski has spent over three decades in hospitality management, previously working for Shangri-La’s Far Eastern hotel in Taipei, Taiwan as both area manager and general manager. Additionally, Cunningham has worked at hotels, convention centers, a destination marketing organization and a professional conference organization.

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15 of 2016’s Hottest Meeting Destinations

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It provides more than 10,000 hotel rooms and nearly 300 restaurants and major conference venues, including Georgia World Congress Center and Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart. city for conferences for the second straight year, citing its large number of event spaces, affordability and warm weather. The hotel’s 21,000 sq.

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PCMA Expands Business Events Programming Throughout Asia Pacific

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“Business travel in Asia-Pacific continues to grow and PCMA is uniquely positioned to help the region’s meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibition industry meet demand.”. 2019 PCMA APAC Annual Conference. PCMA will hold its three-day APAC Annual Conference from 6-8 November at The Parisian, Macao. Kuala Lumpur.

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Mapping the Way Forward

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Megan Finnell, director of meetings and conferences with Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), which counts as its members more than 45,000 medical practice administrators, executives and leaders, held out as long as she could before cancelling her fall annual. “We The horizon isn’t any clearer on the meeting planner side.

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A Guide To Doing Business in China

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McKeon stayed in Taiwan for five years, living in Taipei and Kaohsiung, where she taught Chinese students English, imported clothes from Katmandu, edited children’s books, and immersed herself in the local culture. For conference organizers, it’s important to know how this concept impacts Chinese attendees at events. Leonie McKeon.

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Up Your Virtual Value Prop

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If you asked average conference-goers, prepandemic, why they attended, chances are, most of them would say two things: education and networking. On a whim, he called a contact at The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Jersey, a few minutes from his house. But for how long? It was May, and it had just reopened.

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