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EXHIBITOR's Certified Trade Show Marketer Program Announces Recipient of First Annual Joe Ries CTSM Educational Grant

Exhibitor Magazine

EXHIBITOR Magazine is proud to announce Elisa Mackie, Trade Show Specialist from Conover, North Carolina, as the first recipient of the newly establis.

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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

Meeting profs in Charlotte, North Carolina, are meeting at the newly expanded Charlotte Convention Center for lunch, accompanied by a speech by the state’s House Budget Writer Jason Saine and the North Carolina Travel Industry Association lobbying team. Read More : At MPI WEC 2021, Michael C.

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How the IMEX Crowd Prioritizes Human Beings at Events

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings walked the trade show floor asking people how they help put attendee humanity at the center of event agendas and found that caring for guests is something everyone is focusing on in 2023. This is stimulation overload,” she said, indicating the trade show floor around her. “By

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

Smart Meetings

“This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. Virtual participation has fallen off a cliff,” Meyer said.

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Keep Meetings Caffeinated: 3 Coffee-Forward Destinations to Wake Up Your Event

Smart Meetings

Seriously— Coffee Fest , the B2B trade show for coffee professionals, is coming to Indianapolis in May 2019. Door Delivery in Durham, North Carolina. We’re talking small-batch artisan roasters, community nonprofit shops and latte artists so good that they’re getting the best to come to them. View this post on Instagram.

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14 Must-Attend Hospitality Conferences for Industry Professionals in 2022

Social Tables

The 15th Annual Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference is a joint effort between North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia chapters of HFTP. February 23-25 | Francis Marion Hotel | Charleston, SC.

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Trying to Solve for Networking in a Virtual Event

PCMA Convene

For scientific conferences with trade-show components, attendees can meet with exhibitors in one-on-one virtual appointments. “In the digital world, you have a whole new digital landscape for opportunities,” Gunther said. The only thing you can’t do is shake their physical hand,” he said. Growing Pains. and the U.K.