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Hosting Your Perfect Meeting in Northern Virginia

Smart Meetings

Fairfax County, Virginia is the ideal place to hold your next meeting, conference, convention, or special event. Our proximity to Washington, D.C. , our unique attractions , and our affordable pricing make us the best event value in the National Capital region. Reason #1: Making the trip is easy.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings got a sneak peek at the Event Leadership Institute’s (ELI) opening general session of their upcoming Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3, The State of the Industry: Where We Are With In-Person Events. Where They’re Booking : Hyatt’s top destinations are Washington, D.C., 75 in February to.81

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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

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events industry many would-be international attendees, buyers, and exhibitors. Tommy Goodwin “The big-picture, 30,000-foot story is that Washington, D.C., Ongoing Challenges While Washington, D.C., works to reduce visa processing times, event organizers have been left to navigate the issue themselves.

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Hosting at Hispanic Cultural Centers

Smart Meetings

How culture and history elevate events Celebrating cultural heritage, whether one’s own or that of others, is an engaging method to provoke thought and inspiration in attendees at events hosted at venues focused on celebrating various backgrounds. With eight ample meeting spaces, the NHCC is ideal for any group size and event.

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Ray Ezelle Lays Out Vision for Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Connect Your Meetings

Ray Ezelle, vice president of sales and services at Visit Virginia’s Blue Ridge, has seen it all from all angles of the events industry. He spent nearly two decades as a hotelier before bringing that perspective to Connect (then Collinson Media & Events). We are only four hours away from Washington, D.C.,

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The Inc. 5000 List Gives Insight into Meeting and Event Trends

MeetingsNet

The list indicates that experiential events are on the rise. There are a healthy number of meeting and event planning companies on the list, check out the slideshow for a sampling of privately held companies with impressive growth rates. Provides assistance with a specific task or manages the entire event. Gating level.

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Conference Planning Seattle – Here We Come…

Master the Event

Seattle is bound by waters from Lake Washington to Lake Union to Elliot Bay and includes incredible views of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains as well as Mount Rainier. The best bet when conference planning in Seattle is to work with an event and convention planning company that will work with you and get you on the right path.