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Smart Moves in Aspen, Islamorada and More

Smart Meetings

Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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What to Expect from Event Safety in 2021

SmartMeetings

Cartotto is complex director of security and risk management for Caribe Royal Orlando in Florida. Smart Meetings spoke with Cartotto about what new security trends next year may have in store. Managing the Physical Space. What Meeting Planners Should Ask Hotels.

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Case Studies

SmartMeetings

Lessons from a Harmonious Return to Meeting in Anaheim. The pivot to digital events over the last year revealed that a lot of value delivered at face-to-face meetings can effectively be online. Case Study: Orlando’s 3-Day Virtual FAM. These stories dive behind-the-scenes of events. Read on to get the inside scoop.

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10 Best U.S. Cities for Business Travel

SmartMeetings

Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 4.2 million sq.

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Successful Event Planning Considerations: What Makes or Breaks an Event?

The Castle Group

To a meeting planner, a successful event means achieving these goals and more. When planning a large meeting with attendees from around the country/world, select a location with an easy airlift and infrastructure suitable for big groups (i.e., Chicago, Dallas, Orlando, Las Vegas, etc.). What makes an event successful?

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5 Next-Gen Technologies That Already Are Changing Meetings

PCMA Convene

Feeling overwhelmed by technology is a common sentiment expressed by meeting-professional respondents to Convene surveys, who say that they struggle with the fast pace of change, the latest tech tools and up-to-the-minute applications, and the shiniest new things. What about meeting organizers themselves? Artificial Intelligence.

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8 essential event security details for planners

Plan Your Meetings

Every new safety and security incident is a wake-up call for meeting and event professionals. Given the current trajectory, metal detectors, bag searches, security dogs and frisking represent the shape of things to come for large business meetings, conferences and trade shows. Even false alarms can send crowds into a panic.