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Wedding venue management software: How we saved Hidden Barn Venue from spreadsheet paralysis and saved them 62 hours a month

Planning Pod

It’s fairly common for new wedding venues to use free software like Google Docs, Excel spreadsheets, e-calendars and email plus cost-saving tools like whiteboards, paper printouts and folders while landing their first bookings and gaining a foothold in the event industry. Michelle Sanabria – Wedding Coordinator at Hidden Barn Venue.

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20 Nashville Event Venues

Bizzabo

This list of 20 event venues represents the best locations Music City has to offer. Choosing the right event venue can be difficult. This list will help you hone in on the right venue for your next event. So without further ado, let's take a look at the top event venues in the beautiful Music City! The Ryman Auditorium.

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Case Studies

SmartMeetings

The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Smart Meetings interviewed Nondie Jemison, special event sales manager for the venue, about how a brand known for animating even the wildest planner dreams breaks new ground.

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Don’t Let a Weather Emergency Derail Your Event

SmartMeetings

This storm will disrupt millions of lives, including meeting planners’. Corporate meeting planners generally choose their destination and book the venue a year or more in advance, making it hard to plan around monumental weather events, natural disasters or other citywide emergencies.

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Art Basel Uses Miami as Its Canvas to Paint Inspiring Event

SmartMeetings

7-10 at Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) and various nearby venues. Since 2002, this event has been attracting some 77,000 people annually, allowing Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau to use it as a prime example of how well-equipped it is to host major meetings and conventions.

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Event Jobs | March 2018

Event Leadership Institute

Corporate Meeting Planner | Direct Travel | Chicago, IL. Director of Sales & Events | Hyatt Hotels Corporation | Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. Venue Logistics Manager | FIRST | New York, NY. Corporate Meeting Coordinator | Benefitfocus | Charleston, SC. Event Venue Coordinator | Westphal Staffing, Inc.

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How Michael Cerbelli Stays Atop the Hot List

Connect Your Meetings

At the first event, in Miami Beach, Florida, I went in front of the room and spit out 100 ideas in 90 minutes. What venues stand out? I’ve started on the social events side and that’s blended into corporate events. How did you transition from family events to corporate meetings and incentives?

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