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The meeting industry new normal – Part 3

Conferences that Work

If attendees and staff follow precautions, traveling to and from meetings is not as high-risk as the following activities. As described below, very few hotels (and venues) seem to have implemented ASHRAE’S building readiness standards for air quality in their properties. Upgrade air quality in venues and accommodations.

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Top medical communications companies: Choosing the best for events

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Event management Medical communication companies come in all shapes and sizes, but they typically offer event management services such as venue and catering selection, budget management, staffing organization, and vendor management. But what exactly are the key services healthcare communications agencies offer?

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Five Star Spangled Meeting Venues

SmartMeetings

If you’re interested in throwing a bash in a patriotic locale, Smart Meetings has hand-picked star spangled venues to consider from “sea to shining sea.”. Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island (New York, NY). A meeting room and The Ferry Building are also available for smaller groups to rent. It’s a bell!

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8 Dreamy Summer Venues

SmartMeetings

Booking a meeting at one of these ultra-dreamy venues is a great way to start planning. Gansevoort Park Hotel (New York City, New York). Centrally-located in New York City’s hip Meatpacking District, Gansevoort Park Hotel offers a bi-level bar, lounge and rooftop pool.

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Does the Meetings Industry Have a Complacency Problem?

Smart Meetings

When author Salman Rushdie was stabbed 10 times just before giving a lecture in western New York, a crucial question was raised, perhaps the only one that matters: Why was such a high-risk person so easily accessible? And this goes beyond meeting planning. Make it part of the planning process. It’s a human issue.

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Planners Scrambling as Bomb Cyclone Hits East Coast

SmartMeetings

The National Weather Service predicted that New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will see heavy snowfall and wind chills of minus 25 degrees in the coming days. says meetings planned for even the most heated patio are being moved indoors—and staying there. “It Plan on delays. Ditto Georgia.

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10 Top Literary Oases for Groups—in Hotels!

Smart Meetings

Andaz 5th Avenue, New York City. The classy property is an official partner of the New York Public Library, which is right across the street. Staff members from the New York Public Library select several hundred books to fill the shelves, and visiting authors sometimes leave a copy of their book.

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