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First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated Power of Meeting

Smart Meetings

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. global account executive with Marriott International.

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

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With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Fireplay , an event production company based in Nashville, is opening a Los Angeles office and has selected Sims to lead the branch.

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The Road to IMEX: 3 Months to Go, and an Outpouring of Interest

Smart Meetings

“The past 18 months have been a period of tumultuous change, and the current business landscape looks very different to 2019. With fewer than 11 weeks to go and counting, 3,000 hosted buyers have registered for the return of the largest annual industry event—outpacing projections.

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5 Valuable Lessons Event Professionals Learned in 2019

Maritz Global Events

Meeting and event professionals gained a ton of insights in 2019. We countdown the favorites over the past year and how they can help your event move forward. From examining different options to spatial design, from social media to the over-50 crowd, there was a lot of accessible content that event professionals found helpful.

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[Webinar] 8 Common Myths of Event Design, and the Tools You Need to Get It Right

MeetingsNet

Webinar live date: November 13, 2019 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. This program has been submitted to the Events Industry Council for CMP Preferred Provider review. It goes without saying, a hammer is not the solution to all of our challenges designing great events. Maritz Global Events. ET/ 11 a.m.

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

Smart Meetings

Or will a lack of choice force event designers to compromise to fit into the box? Some compare the dynamic happening in event tech to the proliferation of social media apps settled into the big four: Facebook/Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin, Google/YouTube. Is Bigger Better? Twine, which announced a $3.3

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Designing for Your Event Objectives & More: 5 Key Takeaways from e4 2019

Maritz Global Events

The full version of this article was originally published in the Maritz Global Events Blog. When we ask clients about their event challenges, we frequently hear: “Every year it becomes harder and harder to top last year’s event.”. At Maritz Global Events, we face the same challenge.