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IHG Diversifies Workforce and Provides Opportunities for HBCU Students

Smart Meetings

IHG, which has hotels, resorts and event spaces spanning Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan and China, is now looking to HBCUs to recruit educated and dedicated hospitality professionals to join their team. Those students that are in computer science may be going to Google or some of the tech companies. IHG Diversifies.

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Team Building: Make It Unconventional

Smart Meetings

There are escape rooms across the globe, from Los Angeles to Kyoto, Japan, and each provide their own twist to the game. Related: 11 Event Tech Trends That Shaped 2018. When planning your event next time, go outside of the box.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. The Japanese reason that ‘events’ creatively conceived and elaborately delivered will put color and intimacy back into people’s lives.”. — “Dateline: Japan,” February 1992. High(ish) Tech. No Phones At Meetings!

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