SmartMeetings

JUNE 2, 2017

Air service via most major carriers is available to Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers, 34 miles north of Naples. The region’s major meetings destinations are all within two to four hours’ driving distance of Miami, Orlando and Tampa. It’s hard to beat a seaside meeting. Fresh Opportunities to Taste.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 3, 2018

Weather advisories being issued from Florida to Maine have prompted airlines to offer re-accommodations, and planners to consider their options. Tallahassee, Florida, hasn’t seen this much fluffy white stuff since 1989, according to the local weather service. Vicki Johnson, founder of Vicki Jonson & Associates in Washington, D.C.,

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 14, 2017

Winter storm warnings have been issued in nearby areas as well, even as far south as Washington, D.C. This storm will disrupt millions of lives, including meeting planners’. During negotiations, ask presenters to recommend a stand-in in the event they can’t make it. and as far east as Ohio.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. First job: Front desk/registration at JW Marriott Washington, D.C. Tracy Blair.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

What I love about my job: I enjoy the art of the sales process and meeting execution. In brain writing, your team writes down their ideas before a meeting instead of brainstorming out loud at a meeting. First job: Front desk/registration at JW Marriott Washington, D.C. Tracy Blair.

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Capterra Event Management

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thankfully, in spite of Washington D.C.’s Considering the fact that the first ten locations on Cvent’s Top 50 Meeting Destinations in the United States are major cities, this means that parking costs will be a factor for most events. Orlando, Florida. Washington D.C. On-Street Meters: $1 per hour.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

I n a real sense, Convene , which was launched in 1986, grew up alongside the meetings profession. As late as 1980, there was no textbook on meeting or exposition management and only one accredited college program devoted to its practice, former Convene editor Peter Shure pointed out in a 2003 story in the magazine.

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