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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

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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. MPI plans to announce more program dates in the future.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

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He’s previously worked at The Silversmith Hotel in Chicago, One Ocean Resort & Spa in Atlantic Beach, Florida and various Marriott International hotels in Kansas City, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Robert Rivers Robert Rivers was appointed by Loews Hotels & Co as general manager of Loews Boston Hotel.

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10 Best U.S. Cities for Business Travel

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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. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 600,000 sq.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

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Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches a course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy. Where to find him? Seema Acharya Who is she?

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Top 98 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy. Where to find him? Seema Acharya Who is she?