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Sarah Banks

Convene by PCMA

Class of 2024 member Sarah Banks, Regional Director of Event Technology at Encore Event Technologies, shares why she believes digital events are here to stay. This year, PCMA’s 20 in Their Twenties program honors exceptional young leaders in the business events industry. I think that digital events are here to stay.

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How the Recent Spate of Bank Failures May Impact Travel Prices

Travel Pulse

Bank failures may lead to money worries that cause people to hold off on travel spending, driving down some prices.

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312 BEDROOMS IN A BANK

CSI DMC

The Langham, Boston is an iconic hotel housed in a national historic landmark once the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, built in 1922. The space began a new era after a two-year multimillion-dollar renovation with nods to its history as the former bank, its location in the heart of Boston, and its proximity to Boston Harbor.

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Should You Break the Bank to Hire a Celebrity Speaker?

Convene by PCMA

Olympic track-and-field medalist Allyson Felix related her advocacy of contract protections for pregnant athletes to equal employment opportunities for all women during Convening Leaders 2023. Only 1 percent of respondents to a Freeman survey said they preferred celebrity speakers to those who had something relevant to say to their groups.

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What Planners Can Learn from the CrowdStrike IT Blackout

Smart Meetings

Travel and meeting risk trainer offers insights for the future The news Friday morning that an update from the software protection company CrowdStrike crashed travel, emergency, hospital and banking systems all over the globe, was a reminder of the risks of planning events in a highly networked world.

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What Planners Can Learn from the CloudStrike IT Blackout

Smart Meetings

Travel and meeting risk trainer offers insights for the future The news Friday morning that an update from the software protection company CrowdStrike crashed travel, emergency, hospital and banking systems all over the globe, was a reminder of the risks of planning events in a highly networked world.

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ASAE Cleveland: A Prodigal Son’s Guide to The Land

Smart Meetings

Learn More: ASAE Annual 23 Focused on Purpose On the last night of ASAE, the closing celebration heads down to the Flats East Bank Entertainment District. Ninth Street, century-old bank vaults are now one of the city’s coolest upscale cocktail lounges. At The 9 , beneath the Cleveland Trust Rotunda on E.

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