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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. As a female publisher 22 years ago, she was utterly alone. She loved everything about the business.

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Meetings Matter: GMID 2024 in Pictures

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NEVER Publish Your Registration and Housing Sites and Run [Podcast]

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Be sure to click the link below to register for this event and see how experience design can fuel your most overlooked assets. The post NEVER Publish Your Registration and Housing Sites and Run [Podcast] appeared first on Experient: Event Industry Blog.

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Pandemic Planning 101 from Million Dollar Event Career Course

Smart Meetings

Now Global Head of Events, Training and Certification at Amazon Web Services, she has realized that the challenges meeting professionals are facing and the way they are learning has changed since she published her book pre-Covid. The constant through all of this? Her passion for tackling new challenges and inspiring others.

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

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jpg Gallery Slide Headline: Safari Oasis Published: Dinner and a castle_0.JPG. Image Alt Text: Dinner and a castle.JPG Gallery Slide Headline: Clan Dinner Published: 18ConferenceBags_0.jpg. Published: Bishop-McCann Image 1_1.jpg. jpg Gallery Slide Headline: Screens for Days Published: CKFI_0.jpeg. Gating level.

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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

Smart Meetings

With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Sims has spent over 20 years in the events industry, most recently the owner and event designer for Carrie Sims Events Design, a company she started in 2019.

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Focus on Sustainability at Largest IMEX America Yet

Smart Meetings

Looking ahead, we’re also proudly committed to the Net Zero Carbon Events initiative and will publish our pathway to net zero by the end of 2023,” she added. A Moving Initiative.