Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

MGM Conference Center, Ideation Studio, Park MGM. Michael Dominguez, chief sales officer for MGM Resorts International, was excited as a boy on Christmas Day as he demonstrated the state-of-the-art technology and design features of the new MGM Conference Center and Ideation Studio at Park MGM. Absolutely beautiful!

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Endless Events

JUNE 8, 2018

Business and event planners around the globe are raving about this year’s C2 Montreal conference. There were over 6,000 participants that attended the C2 Montreal event this year and although the 2018 event was at the end of May, the groundbreaking is already planning for the 2019 conference with the theme of tomorrow.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2023

He earlier served as the property’s director of events from 2018 to 2021. She now serves as conference services manager at the Westin Grand Cayman, bringing with her over seven years of experience in the hospitality industry. John Dillis John Dillis Heading the team is Dillis as director of event management.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 22, 2024

The post Keynote speakers announced for The Advantage Travel Partnership’s 2024 Conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The Advantage Travel Partnership has announced two keynote speakers for its flagship conference taking place in Costa Mujeres, Mexico from the 15 th – 18 th May 2024.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post The Advantage Travel Partnership announces its 2024 conference is to be hosted in Mexico appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. All conference delegates will be hosted in the resort’s junior suites. For the first time, the conference will be a global event for our global partners and members.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

We’ve established a comprehensive directory of the most prominent women-in-tech conferences happening in 2024. These events focus on empowering women through conferences that help attendees learn new skills, make valuable connections, discuss innovative trends, promote intersectionality, and access motivational leaders.

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Endless Events

JULY 25, 2018

We all want to create an event that is full of uniquely engaging conference speakers, but how do we do that? First, we need to change the way we look at conferences. Most events no longer want basic conference speakers. Ensuring conference speakers are engaging will lead to audience engagement which creates loyal attendees.

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Endless Events

JUNE 28, 2018

When planning your next conference event, it’s always important to think of ways to add value for your attendees and promote your brand outside of the ballroom. While this can be done in many ways, one of our favorites is by planning conference events and parties. Reasons Behind Conference Events and Parties. Let’s jump in!

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Conferences that Work

JANUARY 20, 2020

The Association for Software Testing (AST) has just issued a free guide to creating peer conferences. I believe the software testing community adopted my term “peer conference” for their get-togethers after a conversation I had with pioneer software tester James Bach in 2004. email templates and helpful checklists.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Software testers do peer conferences right! They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. a short history of the peer conference. The 2022 SoCraTes peer conference. But first…. …a

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Explore dozens of must-attend higher education and general education events in 2024, including conferences for higher education, education administration, education management, and education tech. Education conferences in 2024 will take a new approach with these major shifts in mind. 2024 Ann Ferren Conference 1/11/24 Hybrid Jan.11

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The European Association of Archaeologists’ annual conference in Belfast included an interactive program for the local community — including children — to learn about their heritage. 2, was supported by Conference Partners International’s “fantastic team,” Murphy said. We tried to then keep those running during the conference.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Here’s my article “ Five Reasons to Change Conferences “ , published in the December 2018, NSA Speaker magazine. But our conference programs still focus on lectures, where a few experts broadcast their knowledge to passive listeners. Related posts: Conferences That Work goes to Japan!

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 2, 2023

The post Prague Retained International Congresses and Conferences in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Although this was an increase of several hundred percent compared to the years of pandemic, meetings Prague has not yet come close to the record years of 2018 and 2019. of events vs. 8.1%

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

Smart Meetings has curated a list of the hottest trends and destinations meeting planners will want to consider when planning a meeting or conference this summer. With these tips and recommended venues, your summer meeting or event will be memorable, meaningful and even give back to the community.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 2, 2023

In fact, during the pandemic, women’s participation in virtual STEM conferences increased by as much as 253% when compared to in-person conferences ( USC , 2021). We’ve established a comprehensive directory of the most prominent women-in-tech conferences happening in 2022. Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2018

From the excitement of Palm Springs International Film Festival to the fascinating cities of South Korea, the Smart Meetings editorial staff was busy traveling throughout the world in 2018 to bring back ideas and inspiration about destinations for you to consider for upcoming meetings and events.

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Crowdriff

JUNE 14, 2018

For four days in early June, New Orleans played host to over 400 destination marketing and PR professionals at the 2018 PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference. Here are our five main takeaways from the conference. Some of the speakers and session leaders from the 2018 PRSA Travel and Tourism Conference.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Discover blockchain events and conferences happening throughout the world in 2023. Today there are a plethora of blockchain conferences, blockchain networking events, and more happening worldwide every year. Nordic Blockchain Conference. 6 to 7—Future Digital Finance is more than a conference – it’s an experience.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He has spent 11 of these years at InterContinental properties, and most recently served as general manager of Marriott International – Sheraton Tel Aviv, which saw him named Marriott General Manager of the Year in 2018 for successfully guiding the properties through numerous renovations and a rebrand.

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Maritz Global Events

DECEMBER 20, 2018

As 2018 ends and 2019 begins, we thought it might be fun to share thoughts from the Experient team – as they look back at favorite event moments in 2018 and look ahead at predictions for 2019. Favorite Moment from 2018? Favorite Moment from 2018? Favorite Moment from 2018? Favorite Moment from 2018?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 27, 2023

Riggs joined Maritz Global Events Design Studio in 2018. Christina Mertz Mertz is Fairmont Dallas ’ director of catering and conference services. She previously worked as the property’s assistant director of catering and conference services.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Union members in Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Sacramento and Detroit held a press conference on Monday, Nov. food service workers in five major meetings markets, has announced the possibility of strike votes over wages and working conditions. 21, to warn of potential strikes in Las Vegas and Orlando and labor disputes in other markets.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

We asked Paola Bowman, CMP, CMM, director of client services and events with Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau, president of Event Service Professionals Association (ESPA) and a 2018 Smart Women in Meetings Award winner, to share her perspective as a native Mexican who grew up in the hospitality industry. As a newly naturalized U.S.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The IMEX Group is predicting that meetings in 2018 will be all about bringing humanity back. Women on the Rise Citing an “overwhelming response” to IMEX’s joint research project with tw tagungswirlschaft on women in the events industry, IMEX believes the spotlight in 2018 will shine on the role of women in the industry.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

We've created a thorough directory of the top women in tech conferences happening in 2019. These events focus on empowering women through conferences that help attendees learn new skills, make valuable connections or access motivational leaders. January Women in Tech 2019 Conferences. February Women in Tech 2019 Conferences.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. From a four-day live event format, the conference turned into an e-format and was live-streamed from Bern, Switzerland from 28–30 August 2020.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 26, 2021

From 2014 to 2018, Caesars Entertainment invested $250 million in its AC resorts, including construction of the East Coast’s largest event facility, Waterfront Conference Center , and renovating Harrah’s Coastal and Harbour towers. The post Caesars Unveils $400 Million Revamp in Atlantic City appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new world-class hotel that will enhance the conference and meetings industry in New York’s Southern Tier—home to a range of innovative industries and talent—recently opened in the village of Celoron on the southeastern shores of Chautauqua Lake, 74 miles southwest of Buffalo. — Chautauquahhotel (@Chautauquahh) September 21, 2018.

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Crowdriff

AUGUST 21, 2018

Braving the Arizona sun in mid-summer might raise a few eyebrows, but for those that attended ESTO 2018 the destination and venue could not have been more perfect. from ESTO 2018: 1) There’s a New Visual Format in Town. Jarrod Lyman (@jarrodlyman) August 14, 2018. Here are my top takeaways (and some fun photos!) Well played!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The revenue per available hotel room (RevPAR) across the conference and meetings market is predicted to grow by 3.5 Forecasts for 2018 in general predicted higher costs across hotels, airlines and venues, and it is a trend that will continue if occupancy remains high. Unfortunately, this means higher prices for attendees.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 9, 2018

The post Jakarta Palembang 2018: host hotel receives first MICE-fueled five-star hotel appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. We’ve seen it in PyeongChang 2018 , as South Korea welcomed approximately 1.57 The 2018 Asian Games will be held from 18 August to 2 September. .

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

But recent years have seen an increasing number of event management applications, culminating in six of 2018’s nine finalists specializing in behind the scenes management or booking. As part of the run up to IBTM World 2018 in Barcelona Nov. 27-29, IBTM announced the full list of 2018’s finalists.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 2, 2018

The post China to host first World Food Tourism Conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The first World Food Tourism Conference will be held in China’s Panda paradise Chengdu on 5-6 September 2018 simultaneously with the Travel Trade Market 2018 (TTM).

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

(These two quotes are from my posts on the parallels between the evolution of journalism and events (2015) and on the parallel missions of journalism and participant-driven and participation-rich events (2018).] This brings us to a key question that is rarely openly discussed: Whom are conferences for?

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The post Sydney to host ‘Maximum Occupancy Accommodation Industry Conference’ appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. A must-attend for hoteliers and accommodation providers, Australasian accommodation industry conference Maximum Occupancy returns to Hilton Sydney on 31 October to 1 November 2018.

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Crowdriff

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Given these trends, it’s no wonder that the theme of this year’s MCN conference in Denver, Colorado was “humanizing the digital.” The annual conference held in mid-November explored “how museums can use technology to foster human connection and dialogue, advance accessibility and inclusion, and champion inquiry and knowledge.”.

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