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7 Arguments for Hiring Top Trade Show Staff

Smart Meetings

Running a trade show both an art and a science. Aligning all aspects of your show from getting the right venue, to publicity, to staffing is a job for professionals. You may only get the chance to get an annual show right once a year, so it is essential that you get it right. Customer Service Enhancement. Team Morale.

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What to Expect at Cvent Connect 2024 in San Antonio

Smart Meetings

A Citywide With a Purpose While the emphasis will be once again on empowering attendees with education about how to manage events more efficiently, it will roll out against the backdrop of a city steeped in deep cultural and historic heritage and a fun San Antonio Riverwalk option for getting out and about.

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15 Best Hospitality Trade Shows and Events

Hotel Engine

Then you must not be regularly attending trade shows. We’ve put together a list of the 15 top annual hotel trade shows with a synopsis of what they cover and where they’re happening in the world. Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Supply Show of the Southeast. Where: Myrtle Beach, SC.

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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Trade Show at Meet with Momentum The panel discussed at length how to curate experiences that are not cookie-cutter—it gives planners a reason to stay on property and is an opportunity to involve the local community. Communication is difficult because staff is limited.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

She attended seminars at the IMEX and IBTM World trade shows and sought advice from leaders and professionals who had expertise in areas that she was less familiar with. Professional Life Even before earning her CMP, Mahmoud was deeply involved in her professional education.

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Why is DEI Critical to the Hospitality Industry?

Smart Meetings

Out of multiple conversations and in-depth research, the task force passionately unveiled an educational tool to bring awareness of the DEI initiative to ESPA and the hospitality industry overall. DEI impacts the hospitality industry with the three pillars: education, inclusive marketing and supplier diversity.”

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The New Language of Events Spoken by Today’s Audiences

Convene by PCMA

The events industry coined the term “virtual,” but “attendees stayed with, and prefer mainstream terms that have been used for years, like online learning, online training, webinars, and online events,” Holsinger said. For those respondents, “learning” or “content” resonates more than “education,” he said. Those will shift.

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