Smart Meetings

AUGUST 4, 2022

Plan your next meeting in cities like Greensboro, Kansas City and Tulsa to experience while indulging in the antiquity that accompanies these historic cities. Here are the 10 best hotels to meet at when venturing below the Mason-Dixon line. . of meeting space and then end the day relaxing at the 30,000-square-foot spa. .

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Winners of the prestigious 2018 Crystal Awards were honored at the SITE 2019 Global Conference in Bangkok in January. Program: Salad Master India 2018. One10 Marketing wanted a meeting that was unlike any other. Awarded to: CWT Meetings and Events with PRA. Awarded to: Destinos India , working with Global Agency.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A provocative post on LinkedIn charges widespread instances of inappropriate sexual advances at a recent meeting. Here’s the response from the organizer plus important resources for planners developing and enforcing a conference code of conduct. In a group of 29 women, 20 had personal stories of inappropriate behavior at a 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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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Many meetings still focus on creating audiences rather than community. And not just at meetings. Damon Kiesow , @dkiesow@social.kiesow.net, Mastodon toot on Nov 06, 2022, 10:37 Kiesow concisely sums up why the news business and the meeting industry concentrate on audience rather than community.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 18, 2024

The post STAAH successfully concludes the Chennai chapter of ‘The Big Connect’ a hospitech conference appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Globally, the ‘The Big Connect’ conference, that was hosted by STAAH for the first time in the year 2018 at the HHI Kolkata, and since then travelled to over various countries.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2018

IMEX America’s biggest gathering ever propelled full-speed ahead on Day Three in Las Vegas, fueled by meeting planner and supplier energy and the usual steady supply of news and demos by properties and destinations. Smart Meetings kept pace with the biggest happenings. MGM Conference Center, Ideation Studio, Park MGM.

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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) October 9, 2018.

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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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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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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

Related: Smart Meetings’ Top 5 Videos of 2018. Conference Highlights. Grab your popcorn and head over to Smart Meetings TV for tips (anyone looking to relive decision fatigue?), treats (live or relive your favorite Smart Meeting event) and tricks (best of industry conferences at your fingertips).

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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

APRIL 22, 2024

Make your summer meetings meaningful and memorable with these tips and trends Summer is approaching fast and meeting professionals want to stay up to date on every seasonal trend. 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

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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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Rules are changing again for event professionals following in the literary footsteps of Ernest Hemingway to Cuba for a corporate meeting. Smart Meetings’ Top Webinars of 2018. As of October 2018, the country was home to 69,000 hotel rooms, 63 percent of them with 4 or 5 stars. 5 Meeting-Ready Havana Hotels.

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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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Endless Events

MARCH 19, 2019

Today is all about Meetings Mean Business. Meetings Mean Business unites over 60 professionals from across the business in the United States, with global partnerships that include Canada and, soon to be, India. Check out the epic resources mentioned in this episode: 2018 Global Economic Significance of Business Events.

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Bizzaboo

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Attending conferences is one of the best ways to stay ahead in the ever-changing marketing industry. We’ve compiled a list of 70+ marketing conferences, summits, and other events that focus on a wide range of topics, from SEO, to social media, to content marketing. 29 to Feb.

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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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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 12, 2017

IMEX Group predicts the coming year will see meetings focus more on participant needs. The IMEX Group is predicting that meetings in 2018 will be all about bringing humanity back. Here are the five trends it says will put people at the heart of today’s issues: 1.

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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.

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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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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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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. Summits: Summits are often meetings with high-level professionals to discuss the newest findings in a field.

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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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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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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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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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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Las Vegas Every planner knows Las Vegas is one of the top destinations for meetings in the country. In 2018, the city saw more than 5 million convention visitors. of meeting space that accommodates up to 500 attendees. of meeting space. Meetings Hotels, Venues and Attractions appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

If you are an event or meeting planner you’ve heard of PSAV. The news makes for shaky ground and uncertainty for meeting and event planners nationwide. January 2018. November 2018. October 2018. In fact, it’s highly likely you’ve done multiple deals with them. Will this merger change that? October 2017.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

But did you know many also offer prime meeting spaces? A post shared by Botanical Inks (@botanicalinks) on Sep 4, 2018 at 6:27pm PDT. UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley is home to Mather Redwood Grove Amphitheater, Julia Morgan Hall and a greenhouse conference center. in the September issue of Smart Meetings magazine.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

food service workers in five major meetings markets, has announced the possibility of strike votes over wages and working conditions. Union members in Orlando, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Sacramento and Detroit held a press conference on Monday, Nov. UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union representing Sodexo Live!

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 30, 2021

The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has published some useful lessons learned from organizing six online scientific meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Online meetings improve access and attendance. Conferences are an important learning and support resource for early career scientists.

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Bizzaboo

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

This carefully curated conference directory features more than 100 tech conferences happening worldwide in 2024. Conferences: Both IRL and virtual conferences powered by virtual event software are the backbone of the tech events industry and can be both B2C and B2B events. We’ve done all the work for you!

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Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What’s an Ideal Meeting? April 2018, Meetings and Conventions Magazine Do you incorporate participatory sessions into your events? 80% of meeting professionals prefer f acilitated workshop-style, participatory sessions [ survey by M&C Research, April 2018 Meeting and Conventions magazine ]!

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DCI

JANUARY 5, 2022

What’s the one thing on every meeting planner’s mind as we begin to envision the end of this pandemic? meeting planners and decision makers to understand what they are thinking and seeking as the meetings industry rebounds. While the 2018 report looked at effects following political events like Brexit and the U.S.

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