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Marriott’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Creates Community Like None Other

Smart Meetings

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Room availability is a challenge; hotels are struggling to manage huge demand. In the face of these challenges, hotels are reimagining how they do business. And prioritize.

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Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances

Smart Meetings

More than 1,300 representatives from convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) across North America and the world (600 of them first-time attendees) started arriving last week to take classes on everything from budgets and economic development to marketing and leadership as part of their Certified Destination Management Executive (CDME) training.

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28 Ways a Moderator Can Make Your Panel Shine

MeetingsNet

How to train your panel moderator to get (and keep) your audience’s attention. Have you ever.had a panel moderator who liked the sound of his own voice a little too much? A great panel moderator fixes that! Who will manage questions that are tweeted by audience members? During the panel. Managing the panel.

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Strategic Meetings Management: How a Small Team Can Do Big Things

MeetingsNet

Those were the questions addressed to a panel of veteran corporate planners during a session at Professional Convention Management Association’s Convening Leaders conference last month. This requires training, collaboration across the team, and decision-making on a constant basis.

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New and Renovated: Honoring History, Building the Future

Smart Meetings

Visitors today can still engage with the building’s history as they encounter a retired rail car, train bumpers, original signage and over two dozen rail tracks. The renovations introduce new lighting systems, fresh carpet and acoustic panels to many of the venue’s 78,000 sq. Inside the centre’s 10,500 sq. 113,021 sq.

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START Summit injects innovation into Europe’s startup conference scene

The MICE Blog

From the second year students can take responsibilities across the variety of positions available to manage the entire event. The event was held on campus, at the Square building, where they held a panel discussion and a keynote with founders and a venture capital firm. Gallen for new team members.

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The UK and Spain’s travel industries unite at second edition of ‘Spain Sustainability Day’

Travel Daily Media

The dual language conference, moderated by Richard Hammond, director of Green Traveller productions and sustainable travel writer, included speakers from across Spain and the UK’s travel and transportation industries with panel sessions on circular economy, biodiversity and accessibility.