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ASAE-DI Partnership to Focus on Security and Diversity

Smart Meetings

A partnership born out of a long-term friendship is how ASAE President and CEO Michelle Mason described the agreement to work together with the association for destinations announced at Destinations International’s Sales and Services Summit in Washington, D.C., during Business Events Industry Week. That is exactly what ASAE did in 2021.

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In the Cloud We Trust

Smart Meetings

How meeting profs can keep event data safe with the latest cybersecurity tools You don’t want to be the next data leak to hit the headlines. Read More: 10 Important Technology Questions to Ask in Your Next RFP The most recent data breach involved a Washington, D.C.-based It limits your liability in the space and limits your risk.”

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

MeetingsNet

Risk-reduction actions for safer events in 2019. How safe are your meetings and events? Here are some action items and ideas that you can implement at whatever stage of your meeting you are in, from Choosing a Location or Venue, to negotiating The Contract , or creating a Communications Policy.

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Hurricane Warnings Activate Marriott’s Global Security Team

Smart Meetings

“Hotels have storm preparation plans and protocols for severe weather in place, and our staff is well trained to implement these plans,” said Hector Mastrapa, senior vice president of risk management with Marriott. “We One of the newest entries to the risk response list is the company’s Covid-response plan.

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Lessons Learned From Combining Two Meetings

PCMA Convene

The first-ever ASM Microbe program — the American Society for Microbiology’s grand experiment in combining its General Meeting and Interscience Conference on Antimicrobrial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) into one new annual conference — wraps today. Look for my article about that in our September issue.). That’s been interesting.”

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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

SmartMeetings

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. Federal meetings almost singlehandedly bailed out the hospitality industry following the tragedy of 9/11.

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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.