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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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Smart Moves in Albuquerque, Maui and More

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Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. Lacassagne joined NoMo SoHo in New York City as general manager. Patrick Lacassagne. Susan Carlson.

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5 Smart Moves from VisitPITTSBURGH, Benchmark, The Jefferson Hotel and More

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Martin was previously Benchmark’s general manager for The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Martin earned her Bachelor of Science in hotel administration from Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire.

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Three Professors Weigh in on How Experiential Marketing Degree Programs are Taking Shape

Event Marketer

Now, with more than 15 years of experience in the industry, he’s teaching the next generation of event marketers as an adjunct professor at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU). Sosa says the hospitality school brings the industry in to meet the students where they are, offering an invaluable impact to their career development.