SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In the industry, I started as a leisure travel agent after college designing group tours to sell to consumers through advertising in the Houston Chronicle. Job title: President and owner Company or organization: International Meeting Managers (IMM) in Houston. Company or organization: Maritz Global Events in Philadelphia.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 22, 2018

When Hurricane Harvey struck last year, Riggs saw a startling post on the PCMA Catalyst listserv from a meeting planner in Houston. Chase has been head of sustainability for Freeman since 2011, when the global events company bought Chase’s planning firm, including its portfolio of green-focused clients. Tourism Vancouver.

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Meetings Tourism Sustainability Travel 40

Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Technical Program Manager, Executive and Event Production | Google | Mountain View, CA. Events Marketing Manager, Google Cloud | Google | Mountain View, CA. Events Assistant (Part-time) | The Kapor Center | Oakland, CA. Global Events Coordinator – Contract | Bloomberg | San Francisco, CA. Connecticut.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In the industry, I started as a leisure travel agent after college designing group tours to sell to consumers through advertising in the Houston Chronicle. Job title: President and owner Company or organization: International Meeting Managers (IMM) in Houston. Company or organization: Maritz Global Events in Philadelphia.

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2017 Hospitality Hotels Sports 40

Bizzabo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Besides emailing a fellow conference organizer, there are a couple different ways you can get the scoop on local and global event venues. Post a question, create a poll with your top choices, or join a group for event planner like yourself to help tip you off to locations you haven’t even heard of yet. Miami event venues.

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Conference Venues Food and Beverage Events 67

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 31, 2016

If you are looking for little or no inflationary increases for your groups and these cities are in your rotation, try Boston, Chicago, Houston, New Orleans, Orlando, Phoenix, and St. Dallas and, particularly, Nashville seem unstoppable.

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Bizzabo

DECEMBER 19, 2018

For the past 20 years, CEM has worked closely with community partners and leaders in event production to create world-renowned events in Chicago. Notable clients: Toronto 10K, Chevron Houston Marathon, Aramco Houston Half Marathon, Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. New York, NY. Indianapolis, IN.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Held at NRG Park in Houston every year, OTC focuses on the offshore-energy industry, with attendees coming from more than 100 countries. When we were 13 months out from the event, they already had 40 keynote speakers from all around the world — senior people, CEOs, ministers, policymakers. China, Nigeria, and the U.K.

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