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Demystifying Covid Testing: The Differences, Access and What It All Means for Travelers

Smart Meetings

The most recent update to Kansas’ travel restrictions came Thursday, Nov. The most recent update to Kansas’ travel restrictions came Thursday, Nov. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment lists further specifics on restrictions on their website.

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Mortgage Group Brokers Deal for Face-to-Face Convention

PCMA Convene

who manages the event. The association wanted to move forward with its event originally scheduled for July 31-August 3 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, but FAMP had some challenges to overcome first. Postpone to 2021 with the same contract terms.”. The contract terms were favorable,” said Saunders. Held Sept.

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Missing Live Events? Here is a Look Back at Six That Went off in 2021

Decibel Management

Back when there were large-scale events held. You’d attend the event. And then, you’d wash, rinse, and repeat with another large-scale event a month or two later. COVID swept the nation and the world and all large-scale events were canceled or postponed. Some were held as virtual events. It was a meh event.

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California Travel Ban Provokes Scorn and Cancellations

SmartMeetings

A website in Alabama speculated state-funded California collegiate sports teams might not be able to travel to recruit athletes in banned states or attend major sporting events such as the 2018–2019 NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal game planned for Dallas. And our city lost that business, plain and simple.”

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6 Steps to Planning a Safer Meeting

SmartMeetings

It used to be, planners could focus their efforts solely on the success of the meeting or event. Here’s our checklist for meeting safety, with thanks to a pair of veteran event planners—Greg Jenkins, partner at Bravo Productions in Long Beach, California, and Brady K. Miller, CSEP, owner of Unbricked Communications in Topeka, Kansas.

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Wynn Resorts Vows to Move Forward

SmartMeetings

Yes, we are planning an event at Wynn this year, and nothing we hear is much of a surprise these days—only disappointing,” said Barbara Spear-Prokopik, president of LT Planning & Incentives in the Greater New York City area. ” Other planners were, if not sympathetic with Wynn, more philosophical.

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Is Your Event Tech Ready for GDPR?

CadmiumCD

If you’re involved in the events industry, you’ve probably heard of the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR , that’s going into effect this month. So what do you as an event planner need to think about now that GDPR is here? The post Is Your Event Tech Ready for GDPR? Data Breach Policy. GDPR Employee Training.