Event Industry News

APRIL 6, 2023

The arrangement sees Brookfield, Wisconsin-based, Implecho providing the show with a two-way radio system for event logistics and 300 audio communications headsets for the live sessions. Implecho will be Audio Partner for Event Tech Live (ETL) Las Vegas, organizer Event Industry News has announced.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

operations manager at Tarsus, it’s hard to believe she grew up in Forman, North Dakota , a town of less than 600 people. “I To help pay for college, she worked as a sales associate at Eddie Bauer and later became an assistant store manager after graduating. What’s it like to be in Wisconsin instead of North Dakota?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Jean-Francois Lincourt Hilton Quebec appoints Lincourt general manager. He was most recently hotel manager of Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston. 2018 Hilton Heather Johnson Mexico’s Velas Resorts appoints Johnson regional sales manager of its East Coast division. She is based in Connecticut. She was promoted from within the company.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

She has managed hotels, on-boarded and opened new properties and developed outstanding hotel finance teams. He will oversee all functional areas of people management with a focus on retaining the group’s exceptional talent and acquiring new talent. Cote Family Destinations appoints Dresnin as chief people services officer.

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 12, 2021

A year after converting their annual business conference to an online event, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) returned to an in-person event in March, 2021. Held March 17-18 at Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, the PDPW Business Conference drew approximately 900 in-person participants.

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Connect Your Meetings

APRIL 29, 2019

Senior Business Events Manager. RIMS, Risk Management Society. Destination Management Connection. Muskego, Wisconsin. Senior Director of Conference and Events Management. Manager, Meetings/Events & Exhibits. International Meeting Managers, Inc. Woodhaven, New York. Kathryn Gleesing, MBA, CMP.

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APRIL 22, 2024

The 21-story glass building on Wisconsin Ave. A Strategic HQ The building dedicated to managing more than 30 hospitality brands and 8,800 properties in 139 countries is filled with physical manifestations of the company’s touchstones. When it is the new nerve center for Marriott International in up-and-coming Bethesda, Maryland.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 8, 2021

For Bob Chain , strategic account manager for virtual events platform Swapcard, the definition of a hybrid meeting has changed at least four or five times over the course of the last year, he told the in-person and digital audience attending the session, “Selling and Marketing in New Now,” on Thursday.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 30, 2023

TRADE SHOW TRENDS: Tech Trends from CES 2023: Metaverse Showrooms, Robots and Simulators CES 2023 Recap: 18 Brand Experiences from Across the Show Floor For family-owned Kohler, which owns a five-diamond resort, Destination Kohler, in its hometown of Kohler, Wisconsin, hospitality is a differentiator.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Koji Akaboshi Akaboshi joins Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Surfside, Florida as hotel manager. Michael Schoonewagen Ahead of its 2019 opening, Dominica’s first beachfront, five-star resort, Cabrits Resort & Spa Kempinski Dominica, names Schoonewagen general manager. Amanda Hills Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 14, 2023

The report found that more than three in 10 remote workers recognize that business travel is critical to forming meaningful connections with coworkers (38%) and building stronger relationships with managers (37%), compared to in-office workers (27% and 24%, respectively). 7 Wisconsin $32.03 2 Rhode Island $35.18 3 New Mexico $35.11

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 17, 2022

These destinations will sit alongside new and returning exhibitors such as Ecuador, Experience Columbus, Lexington, Napa Valley, Park City, Pasadena, Salt Lake, Uruguay and Wisconsin. Simplified education programme strengthens show floor meetings.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2020

In March, despite the fact that the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) had never before offered an online education component to their annual meeting, the association converted a face-to-face meeting to a virtual one in just seven days. Illustrations by Celyn Brazier). Jang, who has a Ph.D.

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PCMA Convene

MARCH 18, 2021

Last summer, meeting professionals Mary-Ann Urbanovich, Heather Seasholtz, and Shannon Majewski were all “in some stage of lay-off or furlough,” according to Urbanovich, MS, CMP-HC, meeting manager at HMP Global. About halfway through the course, I’m like, ‘There’s a lot of parallels to what we do’” as planners, Urbanovich said.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

Andaz West Hollywood , LA’s premier hotel on the Sunset Strip, named Tucker general manager and Frederick director of sales, events and marketing. He has also held sales directorships at Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead, Meliá Hotels International, Capella Hotel Group and Coakley & Williams Hotel Management Company.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

38 • Sales Manager. 37 • Conference and Events Manager. 26 • Conference Services Manager. 36 • Account Manager. 35 • Conference and Event Manager. AMR Management Services. 26 • Business Events Manager. 38 • Conferences Manager. 37 • Senior Association Manager. 29 • Sales Manager.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Managed by Sodexo Conferencing, this state-of-the-art center provides theater, classroom, and standing reception style events and offers in-house and cultural catering, available venue hosted alcohol, and complimentary parking for your guests. Thomas, Minneapolis & St.

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Unique Venues

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Managed by Sodexo Conferencing, this state-of-the-art center provides theater, classroom, and standing reception style events and offers in-house and cultural catering, available venue hosted alcohol, and complimentary parking for your guests. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thomas, Minneapolis & St. Minneapolis, MN. Edmond, OK.

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SmartMeetings

MAY 16, 2017

Janet Sperstad, program director for event management at Madison Technical College in Wisconsin, is seeing more meetings where sessions aren’t necessarily shorter, but speakers and topics within a session change every 20 minutes. Breaks allow time to check email and tend to immediate work needs.

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Event Leadership Institute

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Fundraising Event Management. Event & Meeting Management Fundamentals. Experience Manager | Live Nation | Phoenix, AZ. Events Strategy Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ. Event Manager | Casino Del Sol | Tuscon, AZ. Live Events Production Administrator / Operations Manager | 4Wall Entertainment, Inc.

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Keynote speaker Janet Sperstad, program director at Madison College in Wisconsin, explained that human-centric experiences deliver lasting impact by tapping into behavioral science, meeting design, technology, health and well-being , and CSR in new and interesting ways. Time Management is Success Management.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

Socha, CAE, 34, works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as executive director of the International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society, a client of Executive Director, Inc. As a 2018 40 Under 40 honoree, Socha discusses her passion for the events industry. Connect with Socha on Instagram.

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Social Tables

JULY 13, 2023

Depending on the size, style, and type of birthday affair you want to host, you can manage the event yourself or enlist assistance. Make a list of questions to ask the club event managers or course directors to help ensure they don’t slip your mind during venue site tours, such as: Is there ample onsite parking?

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Event Leadership Institute

APRIL 2, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Experience Manager | Live Nation | Phoenix, AZ. Events Strategy Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ.

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GatherHere

MAY 8, 2018

If you love history, good beer, and find yourself near Green Bay, Wisconsin, you’ll want to visit Titletown Brewing Company. As their events program continued to grow exponentially, they knew they needed a software to help them manage it all. The post Titletown Brewing Company appeared first on Gather.

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Event Industry News

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

She holds an MBA in International Business from Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a BBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin. Gengler is the Chief Executive Officer of Softjourn, Inc. 2021, August 10).

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 9, 2021

Back to Face-to-Face for the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. All of these initiatives focused on interactive experiences “allowed for connectivity and community building.”. Casey Gale is associate editor at Convene. Another Case Study.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 1, 2016

Before 2015, meeting planners had appeared in the same sub-sector as lodging managers, restaurateurs, and dishwashers.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Experience Manager | Live Nation | Phoenix, AZ. Events Strategy Manager | Creative Circle | Scottsdale, AZ.

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Event Leadership Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Check out Event Leadership Institute’s on-demand library with over 100 courses & interview videos for as little as $25 per month, as well as our online Professional Development courses in event management. Manager, National Events & Brand Campaigns | Make-A-Wish Foundation | Phoenix, AZ. Learn More. California .

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PCMA Convene

APRIL 11, 2019

That advice to event planners from Rachael Riggs, CMP, Tourism Vancouver’s Midwest sales manager, got laughs when it was shared — partly in jest — at the recent Health and Wellness Forum in Chicago. The next Health and Wellness Forum is May 30-June 1 at Lake Lawn Resort in Delavan, Wisconsin. Don’t do a doughnut wall.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

One of the most enjoyable parts of my role as corporate sales manager at The Abbey Resort on Geneva Lake in Fontana, Wisconsin, is collaborating with groups to plan their holiday events. Janine Osborne is corporate sales manager for The Abbey Resort and Avani Spa.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2018

The Johnson Foundation manages Wingspread, a Benchmark Global Hospitality Company property. The mission of the bucolic 36-acre retreat and conference center near Lake Michigan in Racine, Wisconsin, is, Dower said, “to utilize Wingspread as a place for the right people to deal with big issues in a small-group fashion.”.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

In 1970, when it was a small boutique agency in Appleton, Wisconsin, her company created one of the first incentive programs, for a wholesale food distributor. As for what that looks like, Traphagen cites a pioneering program her company has managed for a decade. It’s still a great example of this,” she says.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Ron Kind of Wisconsin, whose wife, Tawni, was a court reporter. Many veterans have never shared their story,” said April Weiner, NCRF’s foundation manager, “so some need additional nudging, while others may only need to be asked a few questions.”. One of the bill’s sponsors was Rep.

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PCMA Convene

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Ron Kind of Wisconsin, whose wife, Tawni, was a court reporter. Many veterans have never shared their story,” said April Weiner, NCRF’s foundation manager, “so some need additional nudging, while others may only need to be asked a few questions.”. One of the bill’s sponsors was Rep.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2022

In November five people were killed and 40 injured when an SUV ploughed through a street full of dance troupes, marching bands and onlookers at a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Putting together a security management plan is no mean feat for event organisers of large events, given the amount of things to consider.

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