Smart Meetings

MAY 16, 2022

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 Carlsbad welcomed Arrogante as business development manager. Jeff Carlson.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Steve Maritz and David Peckinpaugh.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.

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Unique Venues

JANUARY 23, 2023

Event venue marketing can be tough. Hollywood has a habit of portraying marketing, advertising, and lead generation as a glamorous lifestyle and profession that comes with ease and inevitably ends in success. In 2023 there are plenty of options for marketing your event venue, so what sets Unique Venues apart?

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Event Marketer

JULY 26, 2021

Storytelling has always been the beating heart of experiential marketing. The most memorable events immerse attendees into a story, make them part of the story and send attendees home feeling like they have a better understanding of the story the brand is trying to tell. Mark Henneberger , Vice President of Events Solutions at Walmart.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

However, Stevens suggested that hotels could be part of the solution for many. When it comes to open space, resistance training and aerobic capability, hotels can offer the tools to empower people to take care of themselves on the road.” Mushtaq pointed to sleep as one of the most important aspects of wellness.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

He has also worked in management for Krisam Group & Global Event Partners and Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, and has held the position of regional director of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International. She’s also worked for Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Extended Stay America. Trisha Grisko. Joel Costa.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

RFP activity and hotel group room nights showed a significant increase in 2022 Q2, with both indexes reaching over 80% of 2019 levels, according to the 2022 Q2 Global Business Events Barometer released today by the Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. Most recently, Sullivan served as director of sales and marketing at Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. Ali Moussa. Lindsay Inman. Victor Clavell.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Bruni-Perkins is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of San Francisco Travel Association. Before this appointment, Bruni-Perkins served as SF Travel’s interim chief marketing officer and senior vice president of global marketing communications. She serves on the U.S. Dave Walsh. Georgetown. Debra Osborne.

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EventMB

MAY 12, 2022

That gap in market intelligence was the impetus behind the startup he co-founded, Zartico , which collects and analyzes geolocation and anonymized credit card spending data to uncover traveler spend and movement patterns. They don’t, for example, have a CRM that can capture a customer record, ticket transaction, or a hotel reservation.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2021

Greenwald is director of sales and marketing for Yotel Boston. Before joining Yotel, Greenwald worked as director of sales for AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Cleveland Circle and AC Hotel by Marriott Boston North. White is general manager for Hu Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Before this, he worked as hotel manager of The St.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. Choices, Choices. Tell a Story.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is just one of the examples from a new Million Dollar Event Planning Career learning course by former Google marketing Events leader and author of “The Art of Event Planning” Gianna Cardinale Gaudini. Hotels rarely include resell clauses by default, but usually will if you ask for one. Bottom Line. “We

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

Marriott’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. Technology: Removing Friction from the Hotel Stay Marriott has been investing in the Marriott Bonvoy app since it was created as part of the Starwood merger in 2019. The deal made Marriott the largest hotel company in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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MeetingsNet

MARCH 16, 2021

In partnership with Oxford Economics, EIC announced a new research initiative on March 16 that will quantify the global events industry’s economic impact and, for the first time, the total losses experienced in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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MeetingsNet

MAY 23, 2023

While hardly a surprise to those who have had to plan corporate and association meetings in the booming post-pandemic events market, the rate of price growth for most meeting-related elements is expected to be higher by at least five percent yet again over the next 12 months.

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Event Marketer

MAY 17, 2023

More than 1,000 members of the event marketing community convened at Caesars Palace Las Vegas for the 21 st annual Experiential Marketing Summit, May 9-11. When you look at all the forms of communication in marketing, experiential has the greatest opportunity to make a conscious and unconscious difference.

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Event Industry News

APRIL 8, 2022

The ambitious Economic Significance Study comprises four insight streams to examine the global events industry’s economic impact and, for the first time, quantify the cumulative losses experienced in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the Events Industry Council, visit: [link].

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Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 8, 2022

The ambitious Economic Significance Study comprises four insight streams to examine the global events industry’s economic impact and, for the first time, quantify the cumulative losses experienced in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the Events Industry Council, visit: [link].

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Maritz Global Events Wellbeing Leader Rachael Riggs reported that the sustainability challenge executed in partnership with Heka Health from IMEX Frankfurt was back on and very popular. Stevens is a four-time winner of Fittest male #Eventrprof and earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events certificate. Plan Ahead.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 15, 2019

“Safety and security is one of the biggest issues we have in our business currently and people are talking about it continually,” said Ben Goedegebuure, Vice President, Global General Manager of Maritz Global Events. Event security is by no means a new issue. Mitch Cooper is the Content Marketing Manager for Experient.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Your executive is a commitment-phobe but the hotel won’t hold your space. Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. What’s a planner to do?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

Read More : Authentic Experiences 101: A Hot New Hotel and Restaurant in San Francisco. He started in 1978 with Hilton Hotels Corporation, rising from sales trainee to vice president of sales and marketing. Meeting Industry Leadership Award went to CTA Event Designer & DMC Managing Director Valeria Serrano Suzan.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. This was the first time the CSR Closing Experience was included in the program.

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 23, 2022

Since 1937, Encore has been creating memorable event experiences that engage and transform organisations. With imagination and skill, the latest technology, and a passion for excellence, our global team of creators, innovators, and experts, transform events into immersive, collaborative experiences. Facebook.

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Bizzabo

APRIL 23, 2021

That being said, industry professionals see this year as a stop-gap before a return to the budgets of yesterday, and a way to solidify your place in the market in the meantime. In order to create safe and enjoyable events during this period, here are some aspects you’ll likely need to consider when creating a hybrid event budget.

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SpotMe Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

Large events where participants are local but may not be able to attend in person. Marketing events with various participant tiers. Events that need to reach a wider audience. Hybrid event platform. In this type of hybrid event, cross-audience interactions are limited. Marketing content that can be reused.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Hotels have executed multiple rounds of layoffs and attendees are settling in for an extended case of Zoom fatigue. Hotels and venues, too, are stepping up with protocols and GBAC STAR certifications , but, in many cases, no one is there to answer the meeting planner’s call. What if someone gets sick at the event? Kevin Edmunds.

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Stova

JANUARY 17, 2023

They also needed a tool that would allow them to organize the registration, event sessions , hotel and flights for delegates, but also give them that individualized experience that their delegates were used to expecting.

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Event Industry News

MAY 31, 2022

Developed to exceed industry standards in sustainability, the new project will create additional state-of-the-art ICC convention facilities, exhibition halls and conference rooms, together with stunning outdoor spaces – all designed to put London at the forefront of the global events industry.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2022

This is just one of the examples from a new Million Dollar Event Planning Career learning course by former Google Marketing Events leader and author of “The Art of Event Planning” Gianna Cardinale Gaudini. Hotels rarely include resell clauses by default, but usually will if you ask for one. Bottom Line. “We

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

jpg Type Image Caption Credits Gating level anonymous user DataTable subpages Media Image Gallery Slide description: Las Vegas hotels and venues came together with a united message up and down the Strip and beyond: Meetings Matter to Us Image Alt Text: Vegas 1.jpg jpg Gallery Slide Headline: Over the Top! Published: Vegas 2.jpg

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Endless Events

MAY 9, 2023

Plus, AI chatbots are available around the clock, so if you’re hosting an international event across time zones, this tool can help you be there for attendees 24/7. Simplify Event Planning Events have a lot of moving parts. Even the most seasoned event planners get overwhelmed, especially with global events.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 20, 2021

” An impressive list of speakers hails from top event companies such as Freeman, Informa, Maritz Global Events, and Empire Entertainment, and top event minds from Microsoft, the American Cancer Society, and the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Kathryn Frankson, Director of Event Marketing, Informa.

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Glow Global Events

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

When the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic struck countries all over the world, virtual events seemed like a quick, short-term solution to salvage existing events – a placeholder until large groups could resume gathering in person. But virtual events are here to stay. running into a new contact in the hallway).

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 26, 2021

Sponsorship models have to look completely different for virtual and hybrid events. Kathryn Frankson, Informa’s director of event marketing, will explore the new sponsorship mindset and how to sell new solutions and build competitive advantages. Insights from an Industry Leader – Hybrid Events: Design & Execution.

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