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10 Best U.S. Cities for Business Travel

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Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Everything really is bigger in Texas, including Houston. Meeting space: 4.2 million sq. Guest rooms: 30,577. million sq.

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Planning in the eye of the storm

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File the participant list, venue and emergency contacts with the local embassy. If you wish to help meeting and event industry professionals who were affected by Hurricane please donate to the MPI Houston Area Chapter Disaster Relief Fund. On July 31st., This information will help authorities provide assistance swiftly.

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More industry challenges and solutions

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Security was a big concern for the attendees of PYM LIVE Houston. Another voiced concern about the IT infrastructure at venues, stressing the need to know how third-party or in-house AV teams were preserving secure internet connections. Don’t forget, we published a risk management guide in our 2014 PYM Annual.

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Bracing for Irma

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Houston has barely begun drying out and tallying the damage from Hurricane Harvey, but the next potentially cataclysmic weather event is already on the way. A screenshot of Hurricane Irma’s projected path from the National Hurricane Center, taken at approximately 4 p.m. ET on Sept.

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How Do You Handle Special-Meal Requests?

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Sharmagne Taylor, CMP, president of Houston-based On-Site Partners, theorized that attendees see other attendees being served an entrée that looks appetizing, and “all of a sudden,” she said, they’re “not so concerned about [their] special meal unless it is a dietary restriction for health reasons.”.

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

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Destinations have been early, obvious adopters, offering VR tours of attractions and venues for meeting planners and tourists alike. It’s risk management. 3D projection is often used for product launches and gala dinners — as eye candy that turns almost any venue into a dynamic landscape. And darker. Christopher Durso.

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Ordering Off the Menu

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Sharmagne Taylor, CMP, president of Houston-based On-Site Partners, theorized that attendees see other attendees being served an entrée that looks appetizing, and “all of a sudden,” she said, they’re “not so concerned about [their] special meal unless it is a dietary restriction for health reasons.”.

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