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Smart Moves in Las Vegas, New York and More

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In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. He comes to this expansive new role after three years with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group and over 25 years in hospitality.

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MeetingsNet Debuts New Conference Dedicated to Risk Management

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Risk360 will take place November 29, 2018, at Convene Rockefeller Plaza in New York. MeetingsNet, the meeting industry’s premier resource for news, business intelligence, ideas and more, today launched Risk360, a new one-day conference focusing on risk management for meetings and events professionals.

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MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management

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Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. The post MPI Announces New Courses to Address Security, Risk Management appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Q&A with Fred Dixon on the Enduring Importance of Hospitality

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What did you experience over the last wild year as an industry leader in New York City? A new APCO Insight survey shows that business travelers are eager to return to face-to-face meetings again. How can meeting professionals assure them—and their risk managers—that it is safe? Name : Fred Dixon.

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First Class: Meet the Inaugural 15 Over 50

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Senior Business Events Manager. RIMS, Risk Management Society. Woodhaven, New York. Destination Management Connection. Senior Director of Conference and Events Management. Tradeshow Logic. Acworth, Georgia. Mark Everton. Visit Oakland. Oakland, California. Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM. Stephanie D.

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2019 15 Over 50: Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM

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Blanca Ferreris, CMP, CMM, works in Woodhaven, New York, as a s enior business events manager at RIMS, Risk Management Society. I manage our exhibitor housing and hospitality processes (more than 31,000 peak room nights). As a 2019 15 Over 50 honoree, Ferreris discusses her passion for the events industry.

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Do One Thing: Your 2019 Plan for Safer Meetings

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These steps to a safer meeting come from MeetingsNet’s all-day risk management conference, Risk360, which was held in November and included sessions on social media crisis communicationspresented by Kelsey Dixon, co-founder and president of davies + dixon; legal considerationspresented by Tyra Hilliard, Esq.,

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