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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

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We’re thrilled to welcome meeting and event attendees back to the City by the Bay. If there’s one trait that best defines San Francisco, it’s diversity. San Francisco’s iconic landmarks and scenic beauty always captivate, while new experiences showcase the city’s always-evolving nature.

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Road to SF’s Moscone Center Expansion

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When Specialty Food Association checks in 1,400 exhibitors and more than 80,000 products for the Fancy Food Show at the expanded Moscone Center in San Francisco the third week of January, it will be the realization of the dreams of generations of mayors, a decade of planning and creative logistics, and lots of input from event professionals.

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3 Ways to Source Smarter in a Sellers’ Market

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Let’s face it: This year will be tough for meeting planners. Not only are we in a seller’s market, but planners will also face tighter budgets, higher meeting costs, and less bandwidth. So, what happens when an unstoppable force (supplier price increases) meets an immovable object (meeting planning budgets)? .

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SF and NYC Challenge Planners to Lose Fear, Find Authentic Voices

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San Francisco and New York City meetings scenes have a lot in common. Both are represented by full-service CVBs that market the entire region and the diverse neighborhoods that make up the geographic areas—San Francisco Travel on the West Coast and NYC & Company on the East Coast. million sq.

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

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The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings. Ryan Morris, vice president of Americas sales for Groups360, said that the company conducted thorough market research back in 2020. Meeting professionals are tired of sending out RFPs just to find out that a hotel’s rates are out of budget, or their event’s dates are already booked.

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8 Lessons 2016 Taught Us About Meeting Planning

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Brexit will, eventually, have a substantial impact on European travel, but that’s not to say it will halt meetings there. In fact, London is more equipped than ever to handle high-tech meetings, marketing itself as the Silicon Valley of Europe. Record-Breaking Year for Las Vegas Trade Shows.

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San Jose Lures Major Meetings, Events, Including Apple’s WWDC

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From June 5 to 9, Apple triumphantly returned its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to San Jose, where it hosted the inaugural event in 2002. For the last 15 years, it was held in San Francisco. I know many developers that stopped going to WWDC because the cost of a week in San Francisco was just too high. “I