Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

Rock takes on the role of marketing director at Wythe Hotel, bringing her eclectic background in publishing, retail, and commercial real estate. D’Wayne Leatherland D’Wayne Leatherland Leatherland has been promoted to chief operating office (COO) at Agenda: USA , Kansas City’s first and only Destination Management Company (DMC).

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

Rock takes on the role of marketing director at Wythe Hotel, bringing her eclectic background in publishing, retail, and commercial real estate. D’Wayne Leatherland D’Wayne Leatherland Leatherland has been promoted to chief operating office (COO) at Agenda: USA , Kansas City’s first and only Destination Management Company (DMC).

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

At the Thursday lunch, attendees were treated to a taste of the festivities that await next year when the annual event moves to the Mexican Caribbean, Riviera Maya, June 12-15, 2023, as a culmination of conversations that have been going on at the highest levels of MPI and the Mexican government since 2011. Forward Looking.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 20, 2016

Pokémon can crop up anywhere, and some event venues are capitalizing on the trend to attract even more foot traffic. Travel Portland put together a similar list , as did Visit Houston , and eXplore Lawrence , in Lawrence, Kansas.) . A Pokémon is ready for battle at the Anaheim Convention Center. “It The post was the No.

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SmartMeetings

JULY 12, 2017

The expansion has taken CRN into a lot of new markets—Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Hilton Head, Savannah, Charlotte, Birmingham and Hawaii Kona. They also entered the areas surrounding Kansas City Crown Plaza, Houston Galleria, Denver Convention Center , Dallas Downtown and the Boston waterfront and convention center. “We

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Decibel Management

DECEMBER 27, 2021

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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SmartMeetings

JULY 13, 2017

The expansion has taken CRN into several new markets, including Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Seattle, Hilton Head, Savannah, Charlotte, Birmingham and Hawaii Island’s Kona Coast. Booking these venues has been made easier as well. CRN debuted a new website with enhanced features for event professionals.

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Unique Venues

JULY 9, 2020

Don’t Just Plan an Event…Plan an EXPERIENCE! They have everything you need for a successful event - plus offer unique experiences that your guests will remember for years to come. Striking and Memorable Events At Scottsdale Private Event Venues. • Make Your Event CLASSIC!

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If you’ve spent any time in the business-events industry, you know destinations like Las Vegas, Paris, Chicago, or Barcelona like the back of your hand. That’s amazingly exciting to be able to share that with anybody that’s doubting whether Rapid City is capable of hosting an event like this.”. Rapid City, South Dakota.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 10, 2021

The virtual site tour for Excel London features a series of videos for different venues within the complex. After a year spent moving in-person events to digital platforms and monitoring the shifts in the feasibility of meeting in person, the timelines for holding safe in-person meetings in the future are slowly coming into focus.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 13, 2018

Loews Kansas City, opening in the first quarter of 2020, will have 800 guest rooms and more than 60,000 square feet of meeting space. by Loews in Arlington, Texas, will open in summer 2019 and feature 302 rooms and 35,000 square feet of meeting space. The hotel will be adjacent to the new Texas Live!

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 7, 2020

COVID-19 has caused the business events industry to rethink everything. The Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) is a registered trademark of the Events Industry Council. Rethinking Destination Marketing. Kansas City’s American Jazz Museum. Illustration by Malisa Suchanya). ReThinking Creativity. Wish You Were Here.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

For Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, however, the region’s flourishing startup culture was a story that needed telling, which is why, in 2008, they founded an online publication called Silicon Prairie News (SPN) — taking its name from a tech-friendly area that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.

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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. By the beginning of 2014, Cleveland and seven other cities were in the running: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. Oftentimes they’ll mention the RNC.

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