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New ESPA Event Servicing Certification Debuts

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Meeting professionals rely heavily on the event servicing teams behind the scenes to execute on the best-laid plans for effective meetings. In addition, 20 hours of continuing education, which focuses on event servicing topics, is required over three years. What ESPC Proves.

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Where To Meet In The 20 Most Expensive U.S. Beach Towns

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Let’s take a look at some suggested venues to hold meetings in each of the top 20 beach communities. Nantucket, Massachusetts Name: The White Elephant Village. Provincetown, Massachusetts Name: Harbor Hotel. Chatham, Massachusetts Name: Chatham Bars Inn. The post Where To Meet In The 20 Most Expensive U.S.

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Try Going Back to School for Your Next Meeting

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More universities than ever are including conference hotels on their grounds to accommodate meetings of the mind in academic settings. Check out some of these properties and the opportunities they represent for creating smarter meetings. Ten separate event spaces totaling 43,000 sq. Ten separate event spaces totaling 43,000 sq.

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7 Toy-riffic Ways to Incorporate Toy Story Land into Meetings

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You’ve got a friend in meetings! This announcement got us thinking outside of the toy box with creative ways to incorporate the toys featured in the films and park into meetings. Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Division of Student Life posted instructions online for their Tinker Toy Tower Activity. Toy Story Mania!

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6 Ways to Inject Retail Therapy in Your Next Meeting

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Event planners can take advantage of the unique landscapes offered by stores large and small to bring people together and add a dash of retail therapy. Here are five ways to borrow that boutique vibe for your next event. Blend food, fashion and fun by planning a progressive fashion demonstration.

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How Can Hotels Better Serve Planners’ Needs?

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To maintain a strong relationship with its meeting and event partners, Sonesta International Hotels Corporation relies on its own Meeting Planner Advisory Council (MPAC), made up of 16 event strategists who come from diverse corporate backgrounds across the United States. REALLY RIVERSIDE. LIGHTNING ROUND.

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6 Striking Bowling Alleys for Events

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The original location in Brooklyn has 16 lanes and can host private events of up to 600 attendees. of flexible meeting space, but The Spare Room within the hotel is an intimate gaming parlor with a speakeasy feel. of indoor and outdoor event space. Plank can host meetings and team-building events of up to 1,000 attendees.

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