Unique Venues

JUNE 10, 2020

Having your event in the Midwest region of the United States is a wonderful idea. We’ve scoured the region – check out our choices for Top Picks for Meetings in the Midwest! We’ve scoured the region – check out our choices for Top Picks for Meetings in the Midwest! Thomas, Minneapolis & St.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 12, 2018

As we kick off 2018, we’re excited to discover a lot of new event ideas for 2018 to energize our event planning. More than the technology itself, it’s really great to finally see innovations in personalization and customization gearing up to be the central theme in this year’s events. Click To Tweet.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Outdoor spaces add a truly memorable element to events. Whether it’s for a mixer, appetizers before a reception dinner, or a relaxing breakout in between business sessions, event planners look for venues with outdoor space options to add to their itinerary. Check out our Top Picks for Venues with Rooftop or Terrace Spaces.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 17, 2020

Finding a venue for your retreat can be a challenge. You want an inspiring location, but you also want flexible meeting spaces, delicious culinary options, state-of-the-art technology, and extreme customer service. The Office of Conference Services is expert at helping to plan and ensure successful events. Minneapolis, MN.

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Holding your next musical event at the right venue adds absolute magic for your guests. Whether you are planning a personal or professional social event, celebration, meeting, training, conference, retreat, wedding, ceremony and reception, or a musical performance, our Top Picks guarantee an unforgettable event for your guests.

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Unique Venues

JULY 19, 2022

Did you know that college and university campuses are an ideal venue location? These venue types may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you start planning your conference or event, but they should be! The Center features over 38,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space to suit all your event’s needs.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 5, 2020

GALA Festival 2020 Mineappolis has signed a new deal with Integra Planner to use its event technology platform for the 10th year. Launched by former event organisers, Martin Brophy MBE and Chris Denning, the comprehensive solution takes the stress out of planning, organising and delivering events.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2022

*TWT means “This Week in Travel”: a curated selection of stories specially chosen for meeting planners and meetings professionals. JetBlue is waivering four airports: Chicago (ORD), Kansas City (MCI) Milwaukee (MKE) and Minneapolis/St. Winter Drops a Weather “Bomb”.

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Eventinterface

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Meeting and conference planners spend on average 60 hours per conference sourcing, reviewing, negotiating and finalizing venue contracts. On this episode of Event TALK we share how you can get that time back. What are the benefits for a meeting or conference planner to be working with a hotel sourcing company?

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Unique Venues

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Unique Venues is loaded with amazing locations across the United States and Canada to host your 2021 Corporate Holiday Party, and below are some of our Top Picks to host this year’s gathering. Arrowhead Stadium is quickly becoming more than just a venue for football games. Lone Star Park. Arrowhead Stadium.

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Unique Venues

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It’s an added perk to hold your events at places that attendees actually want to travel to. Whether it’s a venue with beauty, elegance, or a unique location, putting that extra touch into your event locale really makes a difference. That’s why we love our venues with a touch of history to them.

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Unique Venues

AUGUST 27, 2020

Planning the perfect event can be stressful and so can picking out the perfect location. Unique Venues is home to nearly 1,000 non-traditional spaces throughout the United States and Canada. This week, we are highlighting a few of the Special Places for Special Events. 3 WEST CLUB. LONE STAR PARK.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 24, 2020

Two former event organisers, with over 40 years of event planning experience between them, have launched an event management system which takes the stress out of planning, organising and delivering successful events and “organises the organisers”. Integra Planner is the brainchild of Martin Brophy MBE and Chris Denning.

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Unique Venues

JULY 18, 2019

As usual, Unique Venues is here to help! In this edition of Top Picks, we offer some of the best venues to leave your guests in awe at your next holiday party. Beginning in Alexandria, Virginia, the Carlyle Club is the go-to venue if you’re searching for a location only a few miles from Washington, D.C. Minneapolis, MN.

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Unique Venues

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

When it comes to planning regional meetings and events, sometimes the Midwest is best. Lied Lodge & Conference Center in Nebraska City makes it into our favorite picks for its stunning capabilities as a retreat and full-service meeting option. Minneapolis, MN. presidential campaign stops in recent years. Denison, IA.

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Eventmobi

JUNE 23, 2020

Are hybrid events a short-term solution to current conditions or a long-term shift in the events space? We asked Event Planners if they are planning to incorporate a hybrid strategy for events going forward, and if yes, to share their insights into how that will work. Adeola Fowodu, Celebration Events Management.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Meeting professionals have always shouldered a hefty bag of tricks to fix the jagged edges that emerge at even the most meticulously polished events. Today, though, even veteran meeting organizers face Code Red calamities previously unimaginable. Right now, those sorts of challenges are popping up at events all over the world.

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Unique Venues

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why we’ve done the work for you and come up with a short list of the Top Pick venues for corporate trainings! These spots offer top-of-the-line amenities, conference centers, and event facilities, making them ideal for professional development. experience for all event attendees! In need of lecture halls?

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SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

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 Brown Convention Center’s red, white and blue nautical theme offers meeting professionals 1.2 Meeting space: 5 million sq. Meeting space: 600,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

What It Means for Meeting Planners. Bottom Line for Meeting Planners. Some recent media events for press in NYC were cancelled this week because of the rising levels of Covid, the absence of mask mandates and F&B issues around both in crowded indoor venues. Minneapolis-St. Best (and Cheapest) U.S.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

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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Cvent: Event Marketing

MAY 9, 2018

When choosing a location for your meeting, what do you look for? Meeting room capacity? Whatif the experience that attendees have outside of the meeting is just as important as the meeting itself? Attendees will leave with an impression, and the meeting isn’t the only factor. For Minneapolis, the answer is easy.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When the inaugural Manova summit welcomed more than 1,000 attendees and 100-plus speakers to the Minneapolis Convention Center Oct. Five months later, it was a full-blown event. The second event will be held this month, Oct. 14–16, this time at the Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel, the Depot. And I knew what would happen.

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Unique Venues

MAY 29, 2019

The challenge with coordinating an academic camp is picking a venue that will immediately set the stage for learning. Our Top Picks for North American Venues for Academic Camps do all this and more. Loyola offers year-round meeting spaces, housing accommodations and gourmet catering for up to 700 guests. Minneapolis, MN.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

One of the main reasons event professionals learn with us is to hone the skills needed to advance their event planning careers, and many of them ask us about job openings. Fundraising Event Management. Technical Meeting & Event Production. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Learn More.

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Connect Your Meetings

MAY 4, 2017

Event professionals are the ultimate puzzle solvers. To most, the idea of putting together a set of dates, a venue, a program, a speaker lineup, an education schedule, food and beverage orders, audiovisual packages, marketing materials and more is overwhelming, to say the least. 26 • Meeting Services Specialist. Eduardo Arabu.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 26, 2023

But unfortunately, this festive atmosphere was temporarily suspended due to the pandemic and was later rocked by civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers. billion Summit Building, which hosted its first event on January 12. of total meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Anyone who has attended a Super Bowl party or a pregame tailgate gathering knows that sporting events have a way of bringing people together. Meeting professionals can adapt that game plan to their next incentive outing or corporate retreat by building the trip around a top-tier sporting event. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In this region, the University of Illinois Conferences & Special Events is home to a 1,400-acre campus with high-tech classroom spaces, lounges, and overnight accommodations for up to 1,800 people and a dedicated event staff to help plan it all. Minneapolis & St. West Lafayette, IN. Iowa State University. Dayton, OH.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 8, 2017

We asked Steve Goodling, president and CEO of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau , about meeting in Long Beach, the 36th-largest city in the U.S. Long Beach is a very big cit y — bigger than Cleveland, Minneapolis, and New Orleans. What recent event in Long Beach stands out in your mind?

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 20, 2016

VR has been on the “trends to watch” list for some time now in the meetings space , but the amount of destinations who are actively using it to showcase their venues and cities has seemingly blossomed overnight. At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., At a media breakfast hosted by Meet L.A., Radisson Red.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

JULY 31, 2018

Bloomington is adjacent to Minneapolis and St. Paul and just minutes from MSP International Airport, making our destination a central location for meetings, conventions, and tourism. Most of our hotels offer free shuttle service to both Mall of America and MSP, and meeting space accommodates groups from 10 to 2,000.

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Social Tables

MAY 7, 2019

Featuring dozens of excellent wedding planners across the United States, you’re sure to find the people you need to pull off this extra special event. Now without further ado, here are the top 63 wedding event planners in the United States, organized by region and city. No ask is too big for your special day! Boston Wedding Planners 1.

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Connect Your Meetings

MARCH 5, 2018

What regions does Eau Claire typically attract events from? As far as geographic promotions, we really do have a grasp in Minneapolis and St. Besides sports and music, we’re really a festival and events city. We do large events really well and every few years, we bring in an air show with the Blue Angels.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 30, 2021

Planning a multi-day conference can be stressful but finding the perfect venue for you and your guests might be the hardest part of all. Often overlooked in this search are colleges and universities who often provide nearly any type of event space you are looking for and a dedicated staff in place to make your event go off smoothly.

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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. How do you keep your destination top of mind when planners can’t visit and groups can’t meet during the pandemic? Illustration by Malisa Suchanya).

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PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 2, 2017

It was an eye-opening moment,” Aaron Wolowiec, AORE’s event manager and founder and president of Event Garde, a Michigan-based professional-development consulting firm, said in an interview with Convene. “It As a result, some of the people who come to your meetings are “otherized.” Like they belong somewhere else.

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