Connect Your Meetings

JULY 9, 2019

From site selection with our meetings task force to contracting, logistics planning, execution and post-event wrap-up—if it has to do with one of our meetings, I am there. I had four months to plan, sell and market the event. We are holding a gala at the Union League Club of New York City, where we were founded in 1919.

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2019 Site Selections Contracts Trade Shows 81

PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

It wasn’t COVID-19 that kept Sandra Geiger, a global account executive with ConferenceDirect, from visiting Hotel Effie, a 250-room hotel in Sandestin, Florida, before she signed a contract for an association group meeting in July — it was because the hotel was still under construction. Leslie Zeck. Making a Digital Connection.

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Venues Meetings Hotels Contracts 97

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

November 11, 2016 – Smart Meetings, the leading media company and most trusted resource for meeting professionals, was awarded two Eddie Awards and two Ozzie Awards at the 2016 Eddie & Ozzie Awards by Folio in New York City. These victories reinforce our position as the No.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

Javits Convention Center, New York City. Her attention to detail, calm and cool demeanor, and willingness to ensure the best t of clients’ programs in the Javits Center make her one of New York City’s great resources.”. Banquet Housekeeping Aide, New York Marriott Marquis, New York City.

2017 76

2017 Trade Shows Insurance Food and Beverage 76

Plan Your Meetings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

1 challenge cited by your peers from New York to San Francisco was 3 reasons why your RFP goes unanswered , but planner-supplier relationships, AV management and safety were also key. If you need expert assistance negotiating contracts or finding sites, hiring a third-party planner might be necessary. I need a CVB.”.

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Site Selections Negotiating Hotels Contracts 28

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. that February to present to the Republican National Committee’s Site Selection Committee. There was a second site visit in June, and in July the GOP declared Cleveland the winner.

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