Smart Meetings

JUNE 3, 2021

Contreras is director of rooms for Caribe Royale Orlando. Most recently, Contreras worked with Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center as director of room operations. Before joining Innisbrook, Riggio was resort sales director for Disney Meetings & Events in Florida. Robert Contreras. Mary Rogers.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Editor’s Note: This is the first edition of Meetings Uncovered—Smart Meetings’ newest column focused on keeping you up to speed with the latest news in the hospitality industry. . Orlando Health, Visit Orlando Form Official Wellness Partnership. The post Meetings Uncovered appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

At Muir, Autograph Collection , an oceanfront property in Halifax, Canada, planners who are seeking a unique and memorable setting for their event can book meeting spaces with 360-degree water views, or even rent the hotel’s 36-foot private yacht. W Philadelphia , which offers more than 45,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. Cvent’s Top Destinations data shows: Orlando remains the No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 6) and (No.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 1, 2022

Orlando has long been a favorite destination for attendees for numerous reasons, with world-famous theme parks and attractions, ample sunshine, and the state-of-the-art Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) topping the list. And now, business groups have even more motivation to meet in Orlando. Plan with Confidence.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Creating a Safe and Welcoming Environment Last week, the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) hosted a one-hour webinar led by key staff and volunteer leaders openly addressing their member’s concerns for their safety and wellbeing at their 2024 annual conference in Orlando.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 9, 2021

With health and safety as the number one priority, we are confident—as seen by the co-located fashion industry events in Orlando—that the face-to-face business events industry can operate successfully,” said Bob Priest-Heck, a member of the Go LIVE Together Operating Committee and CEO of Freeman. “In-person The event held Feb.

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PCMA Convene

JANUARY 22, 2024

We still want to market our destinations as inclusive — how do we go about doing that and still attract meetings and groups in a state where there are either restrictions on coming to Florida or there is messaging saying, ‘You don’t belong here’? Because there are a lot of groups not coming to Florida.” That was a big deal for us.”

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Across the board, new meeting spaces make for premium, curated events. New and renovated meeting spaces and hotels debut with immersive experiences in mind. Virtual Reality takes center stage in Orlando, where attendees can meet and celebrate like never before. As a whole, the resort offers 240,000 sq.

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BizBash

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In Orlando and Central Florida, a number of significant event and meeting venues opened this year. Here's our picks for.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sustainability and accessibility are now essential ingredients for a meeting menu. For meeting professionals looking for places that can accommodate this growing population, WalletHub recently released a survey ranking the most vegan-friendly cities in America. Orlando, Florida: A Vegan-friendly City.

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BizBash

JANUARY 4, 2019

Here are the most anticipated Orlando/Central Florida restaurants, corporate event venues. Looking for a new venue for your next event?

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EventMB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Skift Take: Destination leaders from Orlando, Baltimore, and New Orleans sat down to discuss the challenges of attracting events in the face of a polarizing political atmosphere and how to ignite change through education and positive conversation. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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BizBash

JANUARY 10, 2018

Here are the most anticipated Orlando/Central Florida restaurants, corporate event venues. Looking for a new venue for your next event?

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BizBash

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Here's a look at new Orlando/Central Florida eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces available for.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 31, 2024

Destination meeting spaces for groups all about luxury These new and renovated properties offer all you can imagine in the category of luxury—resort life like you’ve never seen it. Royal Retreat The Tea Rose Executive Meeting Room Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach Club , fondly known as the “Pink Palace,” boasts over 22,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Denver and Phoenix lead the way in the resurgence of business travel and meetings in the United States. It also makes the point that “perennial pandemic favorites Las Vegas and Orlando failed to make the Top 10.”. Others in descending order of bookings were Los Angeles, Denver, Orlando, Dallas/Ft.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

It’s no Comedians in Cars getting Coffee , but here’s my draft script for Seating while Eating at Meetings. Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education.

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BizBash

MARCH 28, 2018

Here's a look at new Orlando/Central Florida eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Some have all the meeting space you can imagine; some are in destinations you dream of meeting in; others are brimming with personality and provide a one-of-a-kind experience for your attendees. flexible meeting space between two meeting rooms. of meeting space across 6 rooms and direct access to brand-new 10,000 sq.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 24, 2023

Last week I attended the National Speakers Association’s (NSA) Annual Meeting, Influence 2023. Many of these can be replicated for improving your annual meeting results. Know what goals your annual meeting best amplifies and use it as a filter for your content strategy decisions. They did not disappoint. This strategy worked.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Ishma Haider, director of convention marketing at Visit Orlando, will assume this new role. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Travel Association is restructuring and, in its wake, has created a new position to increase group travel to the United States.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

On April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day was marked by in-person educational sessions and meet-ups, a 12-hour virtual event, hundreds of social-media posts—and even an original poem. Image Alt Text: Poet.png Gallery Slide Headline: The Poetry of Meetings Published: Vegas 1.jpg Watch the video here. Published: Vegas 2.jpg

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EventMB

JANUARY 27, 2023

Skift Take: Hundreds of workers employed by food services company Sodexo at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando who were ready to strike have reached an agreement that includes a historic minimum wage increase from $13 to $18 an hour and a pension. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Conferences that Work

JULY 10, 2017

There are some things that the meeting industry doesn’t like to talk about in public. The Solution Room—a powerful conference session There’s been a lot of interest in The Solution Room, a session that I co-facilitated last July at Meeting Professionals International World Education Congress in Orlando, Florida.

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BizBash

AUGUST 10, 2017

Here's a look at new Orlando/Central Florida eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Awarded to: PRA Orlando. One10 Marketing wanted a meeting that was unlike any other. So, PRA Orlando created a memorable experience. Attendees—top sales employees of the firm—were brought from a meeting in the Bahamas aboard a private jet and placed in high-performance planes. Awarded to: CWT Meetings and Events with PRA.

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Conferences that Work

JUNE 5, 2017

All meetings incorporate power relationships that fundamentally affect their dynamics and potential. Related posts: Designing Participation Into Your Meetings No, that’s not me up on the stage, and that’s not the kind of session I’ll be leading next Tuesday, May 22, at the MPI New England 2012 Northeast Education.

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EventMB

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Skift Take: Sodexo convention center workers in five major meetings markets — Las Vegas, Orlando, Detroit, Sacramento, and New Orleans — are warning of possible strikes as early as December 1. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2024

He will pursue meetings with 200-2,000 attendees from organizations based in Arizona, New Mexico and the upper Midwest. Tammy McCormick Tammy McCormick, Visit Orlando McCormick will serve as director of destination experience as Visit Orlando.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 17, 2023

brings a record pay raise, on the heels of sizable raises for workers in Orlando and Las Vegas. But recent successes in Orlando and Las Vegas along with this deal in the northeastern U.S. For meeting groups, however, there is an upside to these labor agreements, according to Maroko. and on Long Island, N.Y.,

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BizBash

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here's a look at new Orlando/Central Florida eateries, drinking spots, hotels, conference areas, private rooms, and other spaces to open.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

United Adds New Non-Stops to 100+ International Cities This Summer to Meet ‘Soaring Overseas Travel Demand’ United Airlines has announced that it will fly to 114 different international cities this summer and has expanded its flying by 25% versus last year to meet the sharp increase in demand for travel outside of the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2024

Reimagined spaces for destination meetings large and small A number of new and renovated properties bring meetings to life with an integration of luxury like never before. of multi-function meeting space, complete with two ballrooms, two boardrooms, 13 meeting rooms and a number of outdoor spaces.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 24, 2024

Reimagined spaces for destination meetings large and small A number of new and renovated properties bring meetings to life with an integration of luxury like never before. of multi-function meeting space, complete with two ballrooms, two boardrooms, 13 meeting rooms and a number of outdoor spaces.

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EventMB

JULY 26, 2023

Myriad 360, a New York-based cybersecurity consultancy, at their company retreat in Orlando, FL. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings Getting together as a company is more important than ever, and offsite retreats offer the opportunity to bring teams together in one place at one time.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 3, 2017

Usually you can accuse a corporate marketing team of overselling things, but when it comes to Universal Orlando Resort’s “meeting enhancements” program, the opposite might be true. See “digitalNow 2017,” p. Mission pretty well accomplished. Soon to be Six.

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