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Q&A: San Francisco Travel Association Discusses Event Safety and Business

Event Marketer

Cities across the country are grappling with socio-economic crises exacerbated by the pandemic, but if going by headlines alone, San Francisco is certainly getting the most heat. And the hotels are beautiful in San Francisco. Many organizations use their annual meeting as a fundraiser also.

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Moving Your Meeting Amid Rising Reproductive Rights Concerns

PCMA Convene

That was the case for the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM), whose 43rd Annual Pregnancy Meeting last year — originally scheduled to meet at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas — to San Francisco, Feb. Like many associations, SMFM signs contracts with its host destinations years in advance.

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Hotel-Labor Shortage: How Bad Is It?

MeetingsNet

After a pilot in five markets, the campaign is now active in 14 cities, all of which are big meeting destinations: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, San Diego, and Tampa. Unite Here, the largest hospitality union with 300,000 members across the U.S.

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Eventbase booming with return to live events

Event Industry News

Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. Following record lows in 2021, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue climbed from 6.4% in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend. . There is something special about live events.

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Eventbase booming with return to live events

Event Industry News

Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. Following record lows in 2021, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue climbed from 6.4% in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend. . There is something special about live events.

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Election Results: What the Mid-Terms Meant for Events

Smart Meetings

The first week of November, the union announced that it had agreed to contracts in Oakland, California and Detroit, but 7,000 employees were still on strike at Marriott properties in California, Hawaii and Boston. Celina Villarreal, marketing manager for Visit Laredo , said planners there are creative about finding space.

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Eventbase Booming with Return to Live Events

Eventbase

Gartner’s recent CMO Spend Survey reported a big shift back to event marketing. Following record lows in 2021, marketing budgets as a percentage of company revenue climbed from 6.4% in 2022, with Event Marketing & Sponsorship showing the largest increase in spend. There is something special about live events. Interested?