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Hosting Your Perfect Meeting in Northern Virginia

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Fairfax County, Virginia is the ideal place to hold your next meeting, conference, convention, or special event. Here are 3 ½ reasons why Northern Virginia is the perfect location for your next event. We encourage you to use our virtual site inspection tool to scout any of these potential venues for your next event.

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Ray Ezelle Lays Out Vision for Virginia’s Blue Ridge

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Most recently, he was a third-party operator for a housing and site selection company. He now steps into Virginia’s Blue Ridge—a regional destination centered around Roanoke—after Alex Michaels left to lead Discover Lehigh Valley as their president and CEO. Where do you see meetings coming from?

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2019 40 Under 40: Melissa N. Grigsby, Independent Electrical Contractors

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Grigsby, 33, works in Woodbridge, Virginia, as d irector of communications and events for Independent Electrical Contractors. I manage everything from budgets to site selections to online registration to attendee communications. I also coach girls high school basketball at Osbourn High School in Manassas, Virginia.

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What Amazon’s HQ2 Search Means for Business Events Industry

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The company recently selected New York City and Northern Virginia as sites for its second, and split, headquarters. New York City and Northern Virginia — the eventual winners of the split headquarters — emerged on his shortlist. Amazon photo). In New York, the company will be eligible for approximately $1.2

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A Higher Meetings Education: Future-Proof Your Career

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The curriculum for the graduate program you are launching with San Diego State includes stakeholder management, finance fundamentals and demonstrating ROE (Return on Experience), but nothing on site selection or F&B. Is that a sign that event management has moved beyond logistics?

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Booking Meeting Venues Site Unseen

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When Zeck was planning a 2016 meeting in Los Angeles, the city led a site tour for 20 staff members gathered in the IADR’s organization’s Alexandria, Virginia headquarters, she said. It’s not just about seeing the venue in person, virtual site visits help me educate my entire team.”. “You

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Unclear and Present Danger

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sits less than a mile from the White House and about five miles from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. In the Convene survey, 24 percent of respondents said they take open-carry legislation into account when making site selections. It’s much the same story in the other destination that was targeted on Sept. The Walter E.