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Smart Moves in Colorado, Utah and More

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Before joining Aspen Hospitality, Azevedo worked as vice president of acquisitions and development for Loews Hotels and vice president of development for the Americas for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events.

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

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With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Visit Seattle welcomed Andersen as senior director of convention strategy.

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Tips from Event Pros: 5 Lessons Learned from Executing Safe Live Events

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In March, we held Part VI of our Pandemic Compliance & Safety at Live Eve nts virtual series, to bring together three very experienced event professionals and discuss tips and lessons learned along the way as they planned and executed large scale events across the country during a pandemic – Ryan Costello, ??Chief

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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

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Joining the board are Elyse Dawson , CMP, senior manager of corporate events and conference center at Invesco; Susan Harding , CMP, event strategy consultant with FM Global; and Julie Wilson , CMP, assistant vice president of meeting and events with Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa.

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Smart Moves in San Diego, Chicago and More

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Hess has also previously been director of operations at Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Resort & Club while he also served as director of rooms at Waldorf Astoria Boca Beach Club, both in southern Florida. The global event tech and production company Encore welcomed Duffy as director of external communications. Florian Kunkel.

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Tips from Event Pros: 5 Lessons Learned from Executing Safe Live Events

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One approach is to choose the least stringent areas—for example: Florida, Texas and Arizona, who have looser mandates than other areas of the country—and have an open space in which to set whatever protocol you feel is necessary. “I Here are the takeaways from the panel discussion.

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Event Case Study: Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America

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Given the free time the WSWA team had, the association chose 2023 as the year to introduce a rebrand and additional changes to its event.

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