Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The ILEA Europe board and wider chapter will be supported by newly appointed regional vice president EMEA of ILEA, Cecilia Lavin.

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Meeting Tomorrow

APRIL 5, 2023

Photo: Georgia Aquarium 2. Make a splash at the Georgia Aquarium The expansive and stunning exhibits at the Georgia Aquarium will have any visitor feeling a childlike wonder, and they provide a beautiful backdrop for receptions, galas, awards dinners, conferences, and more.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 30, 2018

Your favorite venues in the South represent some of the best facilities in the country. Jekyll Island Convention Center is a “beautiful building” with “good customer service,” says Rebecca DeShazo, CMP Director of Association Services of the Georgia Association of Realtors. Convention Centers. Also receiving votes were John Q.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 21, 2016

She then moved on to become The Director of Marketing and Special Events for a venue in Georgia, earning her bachelors degree at the same time. It is great working with so many venues as a partnership, and seeing how competitors can work together for something huge. What makes you successful as a planner?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

You might want to take a second look at big city venues, where the access is convenient, amenities are abundant and hotel partners are eager to welcome you back. Tracy Barr, director of sales and marketing, Sheraton Grand Los Angeles. The post Urban Venues Seeing Return of Group Business appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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TicketBud

AUGUST 28, 2023

Marketing for the event touted celebrity guests, top-level speakers and a highly anticipated ball pit. The only way organizers avoided canceling the highly-anticipated event was by asking attendees to fork up $17,000 to the hotel venue – by midnight! TomorrowWorld 2013 in Chattahootchie Hills, Atlanta Georgia.

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Ponce City Market is another well-known attraction in Atlanta; it’s a renovated historic building that houses shops, living space, and a food hall. The Georgia Aquarium boasts 10 million gallons of fresh and salt water and is home to more than 500 species from around the world. appeared first on Unique Venues.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2022

The indoor venues each have spacious 20-foot ceilings with floor-to-ceiling windows showing off downtown Austin. The Diner Bar and The Grey Market riff on traditional Southern dining experiences with a full-service restaurant and lunch counter. Thompson Austin has more than 10,000 sq.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In the meantime, however, “we’ve got a couple of tricky years to get through,” Andy Conklin, executive vice president, sales and marketing, Visit Cincy, told Convene over a Teams call. But there is also the need to continue to attract small events in the city that existing hotels and special event venues can host.

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Unique Venues

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Ponce City Market is another well-known attraction in Atlanta; it’s a renovated historic building that houses shops, living space, and a food hall. The Georgia Aquarium boasts 10 million gallons of fresh and salt water and is home to more than 500 species from around the world. Outdoor Activities in Atlanta.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. Atlantic, Georgia 7. This is the first time Cvent has generated the list since the pandemic halted events. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 25, 2019

By Danielle Curtis, Exhibition Director – Middle East, Arabian Travel Market & IBTM Arabia. The city hosts around a third of all conferences held in the Czech Republic and is enjoying vigorous investment in new congress and convention facilities; growing its portfolio of dedicated MICE venues.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

We’d like to send out special congratulations to the following: Hawaiian Island of Kauai; the state of Georgia; Anchorage, Alaska; Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada; Cartagena, Colombia; Hamburg, Germany; and Madrid, Spain. “We Georgia is featured in the Best of the World list for its live music and music heritage. Nathan Deal.

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Event Industry News

JANUARY 31, 2022

The destinations should focus on creating unique experiences for the travelers as well as the event guests, while marketing themselves.”. ” Georgia Ward, Managing Director, Revive Marketing & PR: The comeback of experiential marketing. “As Erica Pew, Client Services Director, Brands At Work: Audience engagement.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

We researched the top meeting venues in each of these destinations. Guests can visit the Union Square Holiday Market, ice skate at Rockefeller Ice Rink or retreat in the warmth of a Broadway musical. of flexible meeting space, including the largest ballroom in Georgia. City of Lights and Over 22,000 Conventions.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 17, 2017

Susan Sexton Blend Custom Parfum Studio’s CEO Susan brings decades of experience in marketing communications, branding and event strategy, and planning gained from both the corporate and agency sides of the business. Among the challenges was the dim lighting and the difficulty to set-up the venue due to unusual supports in the rooms.

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Eventinterface

AUGUST 18, 2017

Susan Sexton Blend Custom Parfum Studio’s CEO Susan brings decades of experience in marketing communications, branding and event strategy, and planning gained from both the corporate and agency sides of the business. Among the challenges was the dim lighting and the difficulty to set-up the venue due to unusual supports in the rooms.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 14, 2019

There will still be people at any event who want to smoke and it’s in your business interest to make provision for them,’ says Nicola Boon, marketing manager at Keep Britain Tidy. You can also end up with smokers congregating around entrances and exits at a venue, making for a horrible experience for non-smokers walking through them.’.

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Bizzabo

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Experiential Marketing Summit 2020. The ultimate training conference on the ultimate marketing discipline: experiential marketing. This international show for the Meetings and Incentives market aims to promote this industry’s infrastructure and services in South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 25, 2022

One thing is for sure – the United States is full of breathtaking cities filled with spacious and one-of-a-kind event venues. If you’re searching for a venue to hold a conference in Orlando, we suggest The Hangar – a 20,000 square foot airport hangar at the Orlando Executive Airport. Atlanta, Georgia.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Rethinking Destination Marketing. The goal, according to Renée-Frédérique Aubert, marketing advisor for the Québec City Business Destination, was to re-create a live educational tour but in a way that felt authentic, easy, and fun. Jennifer N. How Hybrid Is Taking Center Stage in Convention Centers. Rethinking the Event Experience.

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Connect Your Meetings

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The app promises to lead users on unexplored sections of a city, and indeed features multiple trips per market. “We Groups will be particularly drawn to historic venues explored in Charleston, South Carolina, Savannah, Georgia , and Boston. Think of it as a teambuilding trip exploring your event’s host city.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Tbilisi, Georgia. A post shared by Tbilisi, Georgia (@ninagersamia) on Feb 16, 2018 at 8:07am PST. Catch a performance at the Georgian National Opera and Ballet Theater of Tbilisi or stroll along Rustaveli Avenue for an assortment of cafes, shops and notable monuments, including Rustaveli Cinema, the largest cinema in Georgia.

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All Seated

MAY 7, 2021

Location: Atlanta, Georgia. We are changing the game in our industry sector by leveraging 3D and Virtual Reality technology to provide vivid visualization of setups and venue settings. We have thousands of customers representing both small businesses up to enterprise, and there’s significant market opportunity ahead!

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 12, 2017

“As major sporting events often offer a history-making moment, they create a unique opportunity for employees to bond over the shared, once-in-a-lifetime experience,” says Bryan Pettigrew, senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship for the Breeders’ Cup Thoroughbred horse races. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

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Bizzabo

JUNE 12, 2020

Media, LLC is a Brooklyn based marketing, branding, and events agency that specializes in creating strategic, one of a kind experiences for its clients. provides event production, public relations, brand imaging, and integrated marketing services to some of the biggest brands and celebrities in the world. Media, LLC. Pop'N Creative.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Georgia Tech professor Charles Isbell was the opening. The software also seeks to function like an all-in-one hub, much like marketing platform Hubspot, in that it can do everything from sending branded e-mail campaigns to spitting out in-depth analytics and data reports. “We’ve Jeremy Kahn, who writes the “Eye on A.I.”

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 8, 2019

Located across from the largest park in the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, Mansion on Forsyth Park greets you with a cozy hometown setting and dares you to mix business with pleasure. We invite you to step away from the usual and create memorable experiences that will last beyond a meeting. Uncover a New Passion.

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QC Event School

MAY 31, 2023

Our team will work to support your planning timeline from the moment you wake up until your venue departure. Eminent Events will be the first on site at the venue and the last to leave every event. What are your business strategies when it comes to: finding/attracting clients, marketing/getting your name out there, networking, etc.?

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 30, 2019

Petersburg, Florida area, relied on the CreativeMornings chapter in Atlanta, Georgia, to help her connect when she was a student. Petersburg CreativeMornings, says, “It is incredible the magic that happens at these events.” Rachel Jolley). Tara Segall, a designer from the St. I eventually realized there was me.”.

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Social Tables

MAY 7, 2019

Hello Productions Why You’ll Love Them: They’re a wedding planning company and a marketing company all in one. Lisa Kahn Events Why You’ll Love Them: Lisa is highly professional, organized, and has relationships with some of the best venues and vendors in SoCal. Pittsburgh Wedding Planners 1. San Francisco Wedding Planners 1.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 2, 2017

And so most venues have firm stipulations about sample sizes, cost, and other parameters , usually provided at the start of the planning process. And at the Infinite Energy Center (formerly the Gwinnett Center) in Duluth, Georgia, alcoholic samples are forbidden outright.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Marketing Internship | Wow! Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Event Coordinator / Event Marketing | Mammoth Marketing | Denver, CO. Senior Marketing Events Manager | Hennessey Industries | Bonita Springs, FL. Associate Manager, Events | Time Warner, Inc. Burbank, CA. Burbank, CA.

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QC Event School

MAY 31, 2023

Our team will work to support your planning timeline from the moment you wake up until your venue departure. Eminent Events will be the first on site at the venue and the last to leave every event. What are your business strategies when it comes to: finding/attracting clients, marketing/getting your name out there, networking, etc.?

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 29, 2016

It provides more than 10,000 hotel rooms and nearly 300 restaurants and major conference venues, including Georgia World Congress Center and Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart. Austin: This lively city is best known for its 250 live-music venues, but that only begins to tell its story. of event space. of meeting space.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Special-Event Venue. Whether it’s an intimate reception, black-tie gala or a corporate evening affair, the Monterey Bay Aquarium offers an inspired venue for one-of-a-kind gatherings and celebrations. The pillar-less, 40,000-square-foot grand ballroom is a venue that challenges your imagination. Best Golf Resort.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 30, 2016

About a decade ago, corporations began involving their procurement departments in the meetings supply chain, giving them ultimate say over goods and services such as venues, hotels, travel partners, catering, technology providers — basically, almost every aspect of live events. Procurement then runs the RFP process.

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