SmartMeetings

MAY 31, 2017

Best Special-Event Venue. Whether it’s an intimate reception, black-tie gala or a corporate evening affair, the Monterey Bay Aquarium offers an inspired venue for one-of-a-kind gatherings and celebrations. The pillar-less, 40,000-square-foot grand ballroom is a venue that challenges your imagination. Best Golf Resort.

2017 81

2017 Hotels Meetings Conference 81

Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2023

And in the past year, a dozen new meeting and event spaces have opened throughout the city. With these new venues, San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area offer more than 360 special event facilities in addition to the city’s impressive Moscone Convention Center. Covid and its aftermath made us look inwards at ourselves.

Meetings 98

Meetings Food and Beverage Hotels Sustainability 98

SmartMeetings

APRIL 21, 2017

The National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia , is doing its part to reduce the Beltway’s carbon footprint. The center, which offers 250 meeting rooms comprising 265,000 sq. of event space, is celebrating Earth Day 2017 by encouraging meeting planners to go green. Located about 40 miles from Washington, D.C. ,

Meetings 65

Meetings Sustainability Contracts 2017 65

SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 1, 2016

This year, 44 venues from the United States, Canada, Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Thailand, China and India participated in the 142-question Green Venue Report survey, providing the most comprehensive collection of results yet on topics ranging from food waste to energy efficiency and sustainability.

Sustainability 40

Sustainability 2015 Transportation Venues 40

PCMA Convene

JANUARY 3, 2017

It was this moment where I realized that experiences in meetings can have an impact on attendees, and reshaped how I viewed my career. At some point, I would like to branch out in my career and experience what meeting planning is like in the private sector. Meeting planning is very exciting because of the variety it offers.

2017 69

2017 Education Hospitality Meetings 69