Event Industry News

JULY 27, 2021

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI), a leader in luxury hotel sales for meeting incentives, conventions, and exhibition (MICE), welcomes the addition of Silvia Zamora to the ALHI executive team. Zamora culminated her tenure at Virtuoso as the Director of Event Operations. and developing a team of event experts.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

LaToya Scott, CMP, 35, works in Austin, Texas, as a m eeting planner for Texas District & County Attorneys Association. As a 2017 40 Under 40 honoree, Scott discusses her passion for the events industry. What I do: TDCAA has meetings every month, with the exception of October.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Meeting professionals are tasked with making sure the audio of presentations is clear , that there’s no feedback and that it is at a comfortable volume—but what about the attendees who live in silence? The child was ecstatic after meeting the characters because he didn’t know they would speak ‘his language,’” a rep for the group told KABC-TV.

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MARCH 1, 2019

More : How to Add WeHo Glam to Any Corporate Event. Dressed up like a living room, the lobby at Four Seasons Hotel Houston has several books that people can read and enjoy while waiting for a meeting to start. Library also offers several rooms for group events. Lake Austin Spa Resort, Austin, Texas. Jumeirah Frankfurt.

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Endless Events

APRIL 7, 2020

Canceling an event is never pleasant. And while a lot of planners’ attention is focused on virtual events , a part is also concerned with cancellation. Is there any way you can repurpose the costs of your in-person event? Is there any way you can repurpose the costs of your in-person event? But we are here to help!

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

Plano Centre named Karen Fey as sales representative for the convention center in North Texas. She has also worked for Texas Instruments, Texas Health Resources and Travelers Insurance. “We Bailey develops programs and events for new and existing clients, as well as managing the program development department. “In

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MARCH 28, 2017

Cvent has unveiled its annual list of the top hotels for meetings and events in the United States. The event management software company uses booking data from its Cvent Supplier Network to determine which properties make the list. The strong meetings and events industry has led to fierce competition among hotels.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Tiras, CMP, works in Houston, Texas, as p resident at International Meeting Managers, Inc. As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Tiras discusses her passion for the events industry. After seven years, I left to start my own independent meeting planning company in 1986, which was rare at that time.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As meeting planners, we want to know more about the interesting locations we’re seeing. We take you on a planner’s tour of the films’ picturesque settings— from Montreal to Atlanta to Sydney —and break down where to host an event. Lawrence Convention features 53 meetings rooms for a total of 77,952 sq. Filming location: Sydney.

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JULY 10, 2017

Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas. Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. Meeting space: 4.2 Everything really is bigger in Texas, including Houston. Meeting space: 5 million sq. Meeting space: 600,000 sq.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

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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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Texas dominated the Top 10, with El Paso at No. SmartAsset cited San Antonio’s number of large event spaces, including the 65,000-seat Alamodome, as one of the key reasons for being the top city for conferences. ” Breaking up Texas’ stranglehold on the top five positions, San Diego checks in at No. San Diego.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

A veteran in the meetings industry, Puckorius brings extensive experience in event planning and education management to the Center. What is the best advice you have ever received as an event planner? What is the purpose of your event or meeting? 2: Have a master plan that includes flexibility.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

As CEO of the OLC Education and Conference Center, Lisé Puckorius is responsible for managing and overseeing the day-to-day operations of this 14,000 square feet state-of-the-art conference and training center in Rosemont, IL, a venue that hosts conferences, seminars, educational meetings, and special events for participants from around the world.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The September event brought destination marketers from Alaska to Texas to Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho, for networking, breakout sessions, a lesson in crisis communication and a taste (and a twirl) of downtown Boise’s booming Basque Cultural District. Here are takeaways every meeting professional can benefit from.

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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. Company or organization: Rangers Enterprises, for MLB’s Texas Rangers in Arlington,Texas. Kate Patay. Pamela Payne.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

He’ll be tasked with growing the client base to book more meetings and conventions. Most recently, Murphy was director of sales and marketing at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel in Texas. He previously worked at the Renaissance Austin, Marriott International-Texas Sales Office and the Las Vegas Hilton. Photo Credit: Aubrey Hord.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 26, 2018

Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2018

Bring your ap-PIE-tite to meetings today! of meeting space and 1,254 guest rooms. The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain in Tucson, Arizona, is known for its prickly pear margarita, but the pastry chef would be happy to custom-make the pie version for a catered event. of indoor/outdoor meeting space. Arizona: Prickly Pear Pie.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

5, the Super Bowl will again take its place as America’s biggest sporting event. The big game will be held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. Just how big is this event? As with any event, one of the most important factors is food and beverage. F&b is even more important for an event of this size.

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MAY 25, 2017

Winebelly (Austin, Texas). The post 7 Coolest Wine Bars for Your Next Event appeared first on Smart Meetings. Spanish-Mediterranean style food and an internationally-curated wine list establish the laid back, bohemian atmosphere that the South Austin area is known for.

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MAY 4, 2017

Cinco de Mayo has arrived—it’s time to pull out those sombreros and infuse your event with the spirit of Mexican culture! The traditional lime, salt and tequila combo will get any fiesta going, but these Mexican-inspired cocktails will add a little more flair to your event. Mexican Martinis are hugely popular in Austin, Texas.

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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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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Job title: Lead associate for events and strategic market development. What I love about my job: I love thinking about meetings and events as a key strategic offering within our overall marketing and business development plans. We have to engage beyond just the day of the event. Job title: Chief meeting strategist.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. Van Deventer also spoke with Smart Meetings TV about change coming to MPI.

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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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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Meeting Professionals International (MPI) began implementing an organization realignment this week to better position the association for long-term, strategic growth, which involved the creation of new leadership positions, realignment of management responsibilities, and the restructuring staff roles and teams. “We

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE) Annual Meeting in Toronto opened bright and early Aug. As an organization, ASAE has a policy to not hold a meeting in a city where discriminatory laws are in effect , but he said he understood that some organizations don’t have a choice if that is where their membership lives. “We

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AUGUST 2, 2016

Brew pubs are trending and so are the event spaces they provide. Here are six options to help attendees meet, and drink, outside the box. Taproom Meetings. At the 100-year-old Genesee Brew House in Rochester, New York, meeting groups sip on hand-crafted brew from the six-row barley malt, corn grits and hops from Yimka Valley.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Murphy has gone on to work at nine properties in eight states across the country, including Austin, Westlake Plaza, California and Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Cedar Creek, Texas. Michael Tiseo Marriott Marquis Chicago welcomed Michael Tiseo to the Windy City as the director of event management.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This gives me the opportunity to grow professionally and personally through attending the various workshops and meeting so many different types of people. Sometimes we want to make things more complicated than they need to be, or we have meetings about meetings. I planned and executed two events for the festival.

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MAY 31, 2017

Best Outdoor Event Space. Best Special-Event Venue. Add a heap o’ meeting space—34,000 sq. A multi-million-dollar transformation added a fresh design scheme, all-new plush furnishings and tech in the 802 guest rooms, and enhancements to its 38 versatile meeting and functions rooms. of indoor meeting space.

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Hubilo Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Why have a keynote speaker at your event? The sole idea of organizing any business event or a conference is to engage with your audience and build a strong brand by providing value by the means of sharing knowledge, insights or present compelling stories. This where you need keynote speakers at your event or conference.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Convention center projects around the globe signal a very bright future for meetings and events in the new year. Houston, Texas. billion renovation that will totally change the face of meetings and conventions in America’s fourth-largest city. of event space… More. of space for outdoor events… More.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Whether it is hurricanes, fires, live shooters or picketers, most event professionals will eventually find themselves in the situation of putting into action emergency measures developed with the hope that they would never be used. Meeting for a Good Cause Mattered. The meeting industry was down 80 percent for 16 months,” he said.

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