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Ray Ezelle Lays Out Vision for Virginia’s Blue Ridge

Connect Your Meetings

As vice president of sales, he helped customize solutions for different market segments. Most recently, he was a third-party operator for a housing and site selection company. We do a lot with Virginia and North Carolina state associations, as well as the typical specialty markets—religious, some fraternal, a lot of social.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

Who’s Booking : Hyatt is seeing a huge increase in leads from third-party RFP platforms like Cvent, and site selection companies like HelmsBriscoe. People are “cautiously optimistic” about the small meetings market for Q4 of this year. Where They’re Booking : Hyatt’s top destinations are Washington, D.C.,

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Conference Planning Seattle – Here We Come…

Master the Event

Seattle is bound by waters from Lake Washington to Lake Union to Elliot Bay and includes incredible views of the Cascade and Olympic Mountains as well as Mount Rainier. Conference Planning Seattle – So Much to See and Do…. When planning a conference in Seattle there really is so much to choose from.

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The Inc. 5000 List Gives Insight into Meeting and Event Trends

MeetingsNet

Gallery Slide description: Provides marketing, logistics, and management for events held at hotels. Clients include BET, MGM, and the Washington Post. Gallery Slide description: Provides meeting logistics, event marketing and promotion, sales training meetings, user conferences, and more. Gating level. anonymous user.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

We understand it’s not always going to be practical, particularly when you’re working on federal advocacy in Washington, D.C. Climate change is making its way into more than the site-selection process for many associations by becoming part of their curriculum. It can be really compelling to share your voice in person.”.

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Booking Meeting Venues Site Unseen

PCMA Convene

Over the last year, destination marketing organizations also have expanded their use of digital tools to make personal connections with clients. Washington Convention Center. One area where Abbate thinks that virtual site inspections will be helpful is in cutting costs. “If Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.,

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Unclear and Present Danger

PCMA Convene

Two years later, the client wanted to hold a private event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. That is not the issue for you.’”.