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Omicron Event Cancellations Abroad, Travel Bans and Returning Resident Restrictions

Smart Meetings

But what does this mean for meeting planners and business travelers? Is it time to “lift and shift” events again? There isn’t much consensus on how countries should respond and whether international travel should be suspended. Holiday travelers are adjusting their trips. but fears certainly have. but fears certainly have.

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Introducing the 2021 Event Planning Playbook

Event Farm

View the session recording Finding an event location. Reopening tracker that describes travel, gathering, and mask restrictions by state. Event risk assessment planning tool. 90-day global event tracker. Pay extra attention to indemnification and insurance policies.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said. Defining Risk. Things happen!”

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Session Preview: Everything You’ll Learn at ELI’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

But internal and external events were key to motivating employees, maintaining relationships with clients, and more. Jennifer Savica, vice president and head of corporate events at New York Life Insurance Company, will share how her team thrived during the pandemic and how in-house teams can pivot to stay relevant in uncertain times.

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Event Leadership Institute to Host Inaugural Business, Design & Strategy Summit

Event Leadership Institute

” 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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Job opportunity: Vice President Business Development – North America Open to candidates globally.

Event Industry News

This is the opportunity of a lifetime to join an established, successful and rapidly expanding technology supplier serving the exciting global events sector. Established in 2013, Konduko is a global event technology supplier headquartered in Biel, Switzerland. Company Information. The Successful Candidate. Applications.

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Commentary: Don’t Cancel Your Overseas Travel

MeetingsNet

Don't let attendees' perceptions keep you from giving them the opportunity to enrich their lives through international travel. The only way to know what it's like on the ground in your destination is to be on the ground. read more.

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