SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Gabriela Ong Gabriela Ong was promoted to vice president of sales for Meet Puerto Rico, where she has been brand sales manager, northeast for three years. Based in the New York area, Ong will drive sales and grow brand awareness through meetings, incentives and marketing events. Photo Credit: MPI.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

“Her customer service and sales background is a beneficial asset in our efforts to attract additional meeting and events clients to Plano Centre.”. Heather Bailey has been appointed director of program development for MC&A, Hawaii’s largest full-service destination and event management company, based in Honolulu. Ken Barnes.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

Meeting planners often possess a superhuman command of details. A major assist can come from event services managers. A venue’s event manager—either through brilliance or blunder—can dictate whether a planner’s event succeeds or fails. So what makes an event manager great? Even so, they rely on others.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Outdoor Event Space. Best Special-Event Venue. Exhale deeply upon entering this oasis of sophisticated luxury from the hustle bustle of Dallas Fort Worth Airport’s Terminal D. Add a heap o’ meeting space—34,000 sq. of indoor meeting space. The new meeting and event space offers 37,500 sq.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

So who’s showing some love for meeting and event planners? Brittany Ryan, a full-time corporate planner based in Dallas, Texas, is the brains behind the operation. On the Profbox website, Ryan writes “I wanted to create Profboxes as a way to regularly celebrate all of the hard work we put into our events and careers.”.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 17, 2018

Lemmond has 20 years of experience in boutique and lifestyle hotels, and previously worked with The Highland Dallas and Hotel Vitale, San Francisco, among others. Acosta will be tasked with increasing the Manhattan hotel’s occupancy and revenue, as well as generating bookings for the 6,000-square-foot meetings and event space.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: I love to see the pride my team takes in their work and the creative ideas they come up with to create value for each client’s events.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Martin managing director of Delta Hotels-Marriott Dallas Allen & Watters Creek Convention Center scheduled to open in Allen, Texas, in January of 2019. She quickly moved into the role of event manager, then senior event manager before her promotion to assistant general manager. Martin Benchmark named Stacy T.

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 10, 2017

Interactive corporate events create opportunities for unique event layouts and designs. . Every convention is planned so the company can achieve specific goals, such as training, awards and presenting new technology or products. Casual Cocktail: Unevenly placed chairs and tables create a more organic, casual feel to the event.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Nutrition: Guests who step into the BodPod at Well & Being at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess and >Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas will receive the world’s most advanced body composition assessment, measuring percentage of total weight that is fat compared to lean muscle. The post Got Class?

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I work on an amazing team that secures and executes meetings, conventions and sporting events for Greater Des Moines. Job title: Director of sales and special events. Second of all, we have an incredible backdrop for any type of event. It is a necessity to success in the events industry.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. Company or organization: Conference Event Management in West Des Moines, Iowa. What I love about my job: I love to see the pride my team takes in their work and the creative ideas they come up with to create value for each client’s events.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Therefore, beginning in April, a network of up to 11 people can combine points toward a stay—a feature especially geared toward enhancing parties, events and outings. Offering a 40,000-square foot ballroom, the property hosted its first event in February. Both adjustments reflect the hotel chain’s movement toward simplicity.

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Maritz Global Events

OCTOBER 17, 2019

What if you used some of the same elements sports teams use when designing event experiences? While one group lathers itself in body paint and the other thirsts for personal and professional knowledge, event guests and sports fans have several things in common. Wifi is probably one of the biggest thorns in the side of event planners.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Looking for an event or experiential marketing agency? We've compiled the most comprehensive list of US event agencies on the internet for 2019. According to the Event Marketing 2019 Report , events are the single-most effective marketing channel. Some of them are focused soley on events, others are full-service agencies.

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