Expo Pass

MARCH 31, 2021

Our guests were: Shakiera Helenic – Dual Director of Sales & Marketing – Sonesta Suites Scottsdale Gainey Ranch , Andréa Lyons – CEO and Executive Producer – All About Presentation , Debra Mategrano – Regional Sales Director – Encore , and Lyndon Stewart – Managing Director – Catalyst Ranch.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Meetings & Events. tojulius Julian Solaris, Editor of The Event Manager Blog, always has the low-down on attendance-worthy events and the newest event technology. Tahira Endean tweets about the intersection of experiential, immersive meeting design and technology. Sean McCracken writes for Hotel News Now.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 19, 2021

Bleach and disinfectants disappeared from store shelves, and every public space, from hotels to restaurants, fired up electrostatic sprayers. Meeting designer and author Adrian Segar also has sounded an alarm over the lack of attention to venue ventilation and what he called a “misdirected” focus on surface cleaning.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

Not only do they have a Whole Foods and yoga studios and an Ace Hotel, and all that crap that people like me need, but there’s real history and culture and innovation. Blackman previously managed bands, traveling all over the world, she said. “I More Meeting Trends. What the ‘Sense of Place’ Travel Trend Means for Event Design.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 25, 2019

The appetite for experiential tours among those who come to Portland for meetings and conventions has grown noticeably in the last two years, Morgan said. So much so, that she predicts that the days when business travelers see only see the inside of their hotels, moving from conference room to hotel room and back again, will soon be history.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 17, 2022

We will have an intentional mix of physical and virtual presences with in-person gatherings driven by purpose and designed for collaboration.”. When it matters enough to gather, the meeting design could be much different that in the BC (before-Covid) times. Expectations have evolved for team building as well. Plan in advance.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 8, 2016

Now I’m bringing my expertise to Chicago for a 1½ day October 6 – 7 workshop, a unique opportunity for you to: Learn how to make your conferences and conference sessions far more engaging and effective ; Gain powerful meeting design insights ; Significantly increase participation and satisfaction at your sessions and events; and.

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Meeting Tomorrow

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With hotel commission rates being cut, and travel budgets ever shrinking, planners are finding new ways to hold large events. There are a number of meeting design elements that need to be accounted for, but the cost savings and expanded participation seem well worth it. Rising: Multi-point virtual events.

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2019 Event Tech Tech Food and Beverage 57

Capterra Event Management

JULY 19, 2016

Here’s an alphabetical list of our go-to resources for event management professionals, including blogs, magazines, and podcasts. Aside from its event management software, Bizzabo has a blog that regularly posts useful, easy-to-digest pieces full of actionable takeaways. It also includes rankings of top meeting hotels and destinations.

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Gallus Events

APRIL 25, 2018

The Homeless Hackathon in Glasgow took place on the weekend (as Hackathons tend to do) of the 13/15 April at the brilliant Citizen M hotel. So here is the ubiquitous shot of (almost) all the attendees after the judging on the final day: Not everyone managed or wanted to get into the shot, but most did. The venue is absolutely crucial.

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Plan Your Meetings

JUNE 27, 2016

The MBECS were created jointly by Meeting Professionals International and the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council. B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. H: Meeting or event design. I: Site management. B: Project management.

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Meetings Food and Beverage Risk Management Contracts 62

Event Industry News

JANUARY 22, 2019

By Tom Pick, a digital marketing consultant with event management platform developer G2Planet. And yet technology is indispensable for modern event management, from registration to sound and lighting, digital displays, interactive games, security, data collection, social media engagement, and collecting attendee feedback.

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Event Industry News

MAY 3, 2019

And yet technology is indispensible for modern event management, from registration to sound and lighting, digital displays, interactive games, security, data collection, social media engagement, and collecting attendee feedback. ”— Keith Johnston , Managing Partner at i3 Events and Publisher of PlannerWire.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. National Convention Sales Manager Explore St. Event Manager McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois, USA. I still remember the chills I had while watching her lead an executive meeting. HOLLY LAMMERT.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

We have a lot of momentum happening in Oklahoma City at the moment,” said Tabbi Burwell, communications manager for the Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau. There’s so much more in the decision-making process for meeting planners than that.”. It just doesn’t have one at all. But that may change fairly quickly. “We

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Marketing Meetings Social Media 2013 81

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

The March conference, which brought the neurologist community together to discuss progress on diagnosis and early treatment of multiple sclerosis, was not the first of its kind that AIM has organized, said Barbara Sambugaro, business manager, AIM Education. Another multi-hub AIM event connected as many as 40 venues, she told Convene.

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Conference Design Hotels Conference Hospitality 98

Social Tables

APRIL 17, 2019

Each week, we email a short survey to a mix of over 23,000 planners, venues, and hotels. Venues such as Wyndham Hotels are hearing the call and putting wellness front and center as they promote their groups and meetings product. Hotels and other venues have to be realistic about the things they can offer well.

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Hotels Food and Beverage Negotiating Venues 149

Endless Events

JULY 19, 2019

Everything from “apps to live voting and attendee management in a single platform, that can also be integrated with other tools”, Thorben explains. This time around, we welcomed Maarten Vanneste of the Meeting Design Institute to go over a topic we’re all too familiar with – internet connectivity.

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Event Tech Tech 2019 Events 79

Planning Pod

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In addition, general managers, catering managers and group/event sales managers at restaurants, hotels, banquet halls and other event centers also want to optimize their space usage in order to maximize how many events they can book over a given time period. Hollow Square Setup.

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Speakers Trade Shows Conference Entertainment 95

Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Industry Performance Trends Attendee Experience Trends Meeting Destination Trends Event Technology Trends Meeting Design Trends. The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Industry Performance Trends.

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