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Smart Moves in Roanoke, New Orleans and More

Smart Meetings

Dawson joined Vespera Resort on Pismo Beach, an Autograph Collection Hotel as director of sales for this c entral California coast venue. Zupanski has spent over three decades in hospitality management, previously working for Shangri-La’s Far Eastern hotel in Taipei, Taiwan as both area manager and general manager. Jaclyn Dawson.

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New Research Reveals Attendees’ Preferences for Live Events in the COVID-19 Era

Event Leadership Institute

You may have seen the news headlines or social media clips of a ten thousand plus crowd watching Eric Chou, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, perform in Taiwan – the first event of its kind since the pandemic began. Developed in partnership with MPI, the course is eligible for 20 Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) continuing education credits.

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35 Must Attend Events For Event Planners in 2020

Bizzabo

Attending these conferences will allow you to learn more about the events industry and meet other event professionals. A premier B2B event in the Baltic Sea Region for the meetings industry that will accelerate the interest in, and demand for, holding meetings, incentives, and conferences in the area. The Meetings Show.

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Guest blog: How technology is enhancing festivals

Event Industry News

For example, Tomorrowland has launched UNITE with Tomorrowland with locations in Spain, Germany, Lebanon, Taiwan, Malta, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, to stream the main festival live from Belgium. Truly understanding customers. Areas of interest. Brand Events. Concerts & Tours. Conferences. Exhibitions. Event Tech.

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Why Attendees Keep Coming Back

PCMA Convene

For over a decade, the annual Herbalife Asia-Pacific Extravaganza has drawn some 15,000 to 23,000 participants from 14 countries for three to five days of training, meetings, and a big party. With such a huge turnout, venue capacity and facilities are obviously key. Several cities meet these criteria. By Marisa Jampathong.

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The Sustainable Event Awards: What They Are & Why They Matter

Endless Events

But previous to that, we’d actually been out on a familiarization trip as part of Event Industry News to a new exhibition hall opening in Taiwan”, explains Adam. That enables fewer impacts from those items coming from the inbound point to the venue. We made sure that the categories represented that as well” Venues.

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10 Top Places to Host Your Next Event

SmartMeetings

Venues play a key role in hosting an event, and sometimes it can tricky to find a place that is attractive, fun, and accommodates large meetings. Most of them are international destinations , which means there are plenty of options for incentive meetings. of meeting space. of meeting space. of meeting space.

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