Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Brigette Bienvenu. Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles. She also spent nearly a decade working with Hilton Hotels & Resorts in marketing and sales roles.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Attendee arrival has changed in recent years. Before the pandemic, attendees would have booked hotels and made transportation arrangements in the days or weeks leading up to the event. With online events, they’ve cut that time down to a few minutes, and no one understands this better than today’s #EventIcons guest, Arianna Black. Arianna has a long-standing relationship with events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. The 21st annual Silent Auction raised $106,896.02, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 by $6,114.02.

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Eventbrite

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Attracting corporate sponsorship for your event can significantly increase your fundraising ability. Many businesses have a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative that encourages them to get involved in their communities and to consider their business decisions’ social and environmental impacts. One common way to do that is by providing sponsorships for charity events.

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TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Leaving the comfort of your own city and venturing out in the great big world for a conference is exciting. For some, however, the unfamiliar can create anxiety about whether there will be barriers that keep them from fully participating. Since choosing a destination that welcomes everyone is one of the top responsibilities of an event organizer, a closer look at what makes a city accessible is in order.

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Meeting Package

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland (formerly Jurys Inn) launched a new online booking service for meeting rooms with MeetingPackage, the multi-award winning Meetings & Events sales automation and channel management software.

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Eventtia

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think of NFTs? Best-case scenario, people will associate NFTs with digital collectibles. Worst-case scenario, they’ll see NFTs as an overblown speculative bubble. Neither of these two scenarios is wrong. However, they’re far from providing an accurate overview of the new digital world built based on NFTs and blockchain technology.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Your executive is a commitment-phobe but the hotel won’t hold your space. What’s a planner to do? Even for planners at the top of their game, the current meeting climate has created new levels of stress—the result of severe hotel booking compression, high turnover in supplier staff, and short meeting lead times. In retrospect, planning was relatively smooth before the pandemic, says Koleen Roach, director, meetings & conference management at Securian Financial Group.

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Special Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Autumn-inspired cocktails for your next event

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Redfin

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

One of the cons of living in Baltimore , renting an apartment in Los Angeles , or calling any other major city home, is the noise. From highways and construction sites to loud neighbors or boisterous roommates in another room, there’s no shortage of noise sources that can disrupt your daily life. What if there was a way to combat this? That’s where soundproofing comes into play.

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The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

National Association For Catering ane Events

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Seasonal changes are a great time to incorporate wood tones into your events. This time allows you to highlight the distinctiveness of nature, while also bringing the outdoors inside. “The natural beauty of wood creates a welcoming and calming environment for fall,” writes Jane at Home. “With the growing desire for lighter, airier spaces, wood adds a much-needed grounding effect.

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Eventbrite

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Golf is in its heyday. According to Forbes, the number of rounds played in 2020 was up by 60 million, the largest increase in decades. Golf’s renewed popularity is a great reason to think about making your next fundraising event a charity golf tournament. This type of event can generate funds and, when carefully planned, become […].

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

San Francisco’s innovative spirit is reflected in its spaces, communities, and industries. Technology and innovation are part of California’s DNA. From San Francisco where blue jeans were invented (Levi’s) to the Silicon Valley, birthplace of the internet and incubator for social media, to Los Angeles, where Hollywood changed entertainment, to San Carlos, where Tesla changed the course of automobile development, California has always been a place where big ideas flourish, next-generation technol

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Global DMC Alliance

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The post A Wonder of Nature: Pamukkale Thermal baths appeared first on GDA - Global DMC Alliance.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Ascend Integrated Media provides daily newspapers, exhibit guides, digital communication tools, and sponsorship items for conferences with the goal of helping association clients increase revenue and ROI. For many associations, vendor relationships are valuable in augmenting staff resources, making technological advances, and even generating financial gain.

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Blue Spark Event Design

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Client Objective: Design multiple outdoor corporate conference evening events that embrace the tropical Florida weather. Challenges: Weather – All of the spaces were outdoors, including one on a beach with soft, deep sand. Wind, rain, and direct sun during set up were all considerations. ( Learn more about how weather affects your events ). Different design, same set up – The client wanted to utilize the same outdoor space on two different nights not only for convenience but because the location

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