Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Founded in 2015, OVG already oversees operations in places like Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center and UBS Arena in Belmont Park, New York. We want to work with leading, like-minded venues to determine the most feasible, yet ambitious sustainability solutions. And its developments are going beyond the U.S., Increasing Security.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2023

Gino Marasco Marasco is managing director of hospitality sales for Timbers Company. Daniel Tiepelman Tiepelman is vice president of operations and asset management for Cort Events. Aurore Braconnier Braconnier is general manager of Event Leaders Exchange in London. She is currently a board member of Raccoon Events.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 22, 2024

and Europe, evolved into an efficient 3D spatial design and management resource for business event professionals. In 2021, Allseated acquired easyRAUM, a German company that expanded the company’s European and Middle Eastern operations. This is a global solution,” Lipshitz stressed.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Some of the lag is in Asia-Pacific, however, Europe and North America have also struggled to lure housekeepers, convention managers and meeting planners back in the door. We want to provide solutions built by the industry and for the industry with the workers’ needs in mind. Mike Gamble. He is working with former U.S.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Diaz is director of operations for Hyatt Regency Lake Washington in the Renton, Washington. Before his new position, Diaz was director of operations at Grand Hyatt San Diego. Mardell is general manager and Bruce is director of sales and marketing for Thompson San Antonio—Riverwalk. Victor Diaz. Jeanne Goldschmidt. Mike Culver.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is hosting its annual 2023 conference at Nashville’s Music City Center with a change in how it approaches the in-person event. It can be anyone from a CEO all the way down to a frontline manager,” says Andrew Swanson, senior vice president of project strategy and sales at MGMA. “We

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Chumjai is spa manager for the Thailand-based Melia Chiang Mai. She comes from Cross Chiang Mai Riverside, where she established the hotel’s spa and became its spa manager. She also worked as spa manager at Centara Duangtawan Chiang Mai and Siripanna Villa Resort & Spa. and Capella Hotel Washington D.C. Pornphan Chumjai.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 31, 2022

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. Cadmium: Lead Retrieval Solution. How it impacts you: Automated back-end processes allow you to better manage speakers, sponsors, staff and meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Room availability is a challenge; hotels are struggling to manage huge demand. The panel came to the conclusion that the key solution to this issue is strong relationships between planners and hotels. In the face of these challenges, hotels are reimagining how they do business.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

A popular grape-to-glass group tour of the winemaking operation at Robert Hall Winery demonstrates the sustainable steps taken from organic farming practices to minimizing waste materials during the fermenting process in the underground cavern. The goal is to use natural solutions for pests, weeds and fertility.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 25, 2024

And it could be planned by the meeting professional, the marketing manager or the executive assistant. Many of the products for content and speaker management are now way too complex and expensive to do everything natively. Dahlia El Gazzar, founder of Dahlia+ Agency and host of “ Cut The Sh*T.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 29, 2022

The same culinary team operates Cocorico, the lobby coffee shop that draws on pastries whipped up in the on-site bakery. Group is the bread and butter” of the much-anticipated property that opened in September of 2021, said Managing Director Michael Jorgensen. But he also brought a solution. Smart Meetings CEO Marin Bright.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 26, 2024

American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT) agreed to acquire global business travel and meetings solutions provider CWT for $570 million. Amex GBT, which is operated by Global Business Travel Group, supplies B2B software and services for travel, expense, and meetings and events, according to the release.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay promoted Buciuman to hotel manager. Buciuman was most recently director of operations at The St. Regis Atlanta and was a rooms operations executive for several years at The Ritz-Carlton, Atlanta. Mandarin Oriental, Boston promoted Lindner to general manager. Markus Lindner. Timothy Lee.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

She also served as associate director of conventions and sales manager for The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua in Maui. Maeder has joined Montage Laguna Beach as hotel manager. In 2006, he founded CR Sales Solutions and was the company’s president for over six years. Island of Hawaii Visitors Bureau has named Kaiama destination manager.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2022

For years, the event industry has operated on an “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” approach. Two years of managing a global pandemic positioned the event industry as ripe for disruption. Prior to the pandemic, most event technology providers fell into one of two buckets: point or all-in-one solutions. Time for Disruption.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 22, 2024

The Push for a Consolidated Event Tech Stack The drive toward tech consolidation is clear, as event organizers seek streamlined solutions that seamlessly handle virtual and in-person formats. AI’s role is multifaceted — from customizing attendee experiences to optimizing operational tasks.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 29, 2024

Moreover, you’ll find the latest equipment that reduces operational costs because they save tremendous amounts of energy, yet deliver solutions at the highest possible standards. Exhibitor NOW End of Waste is a Thai food waste management company that tailors their solution based on the amount of waste generated by a premise.

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Eventtia

APRIL 22, 2024

Choosing the right event ticketing platform can be a game-changer for event managers. One can use ticketing solutions for multiple purposes, including setting up landing pages, creating registration forms, generating invoices, sending automated emails, and more.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion, and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. First, I had to get the organization back on a stronger financial operating footing,” she explained.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The definition of “risk” has grown beyond the traditional definitions of financial, operational, reputational and security issues meeting professionals checked off their list as they prepared to bring people together in days of old. Risk categories include financial, operational, reputational and security/safety. Defining Risk.

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Stova

MARCH 21, 2024

In this article, we’ll delve into the practical event tech support-related considerations to keep in mind when selecting and evaluating event technology solutions. Will you be managing the implementation of your event technology yourself? Or perhaps you’re looking for a tech provider who offers the execution as a managed service?

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Eventtia

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Online registration software is a cloud-based solution that allows organizers to manage the entire event registration process from start to finish. Professionals can use this solution to host a wide range of events, from retail workshops or fireside chats to large conferences and product launches. The short answer is “No.”

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Emily Laufgraben Emily Laufgraben, Maritz market insights manager, noticed a vacuum in behavioral data about what is driving people from diverse industries to register for events post-Covid. There seems to be this real disconnect between the set of rules that we’ve operated under as an industry and how attendees are actually behaving.”

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Endless Events

JUNE 3, 2020

People that know the ins and outs of the game and will create a tailored solution for you! Virtual Event Production Team: Management. Also, they’re the ones who manage the entire technical setup. Next up is your project manager. Then we have the video playback manager. Up next is a graphics operator.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 17, 2023

An easy solution? Operating since 1993 by the nonprofit organization Foodwise, the Farmers Market provides visitors with a taste of a sustainability-focused culinary scene San Francisco has become famous for. A food hall. Connecting the urban city environment and local ingredients is the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Another winner was the startup BuscoExtra, which was recognised with La Fábrica de Sevilla Award for providing hoteliers with a technological solution that allows them to hire a worker in 2 hours including all the procedures for registering and signing the contract anywhere in Spain. The startup Ruuts.travel won the WTTC Award.

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 15, 2024

From the second year students can take responsibilities across the variety of positions available to manage the entire event. Afterwards I spoke with Jan Bohe, Managing Director Communications and Chiara Britschgi, Head of Public Relations from START Global and here I share the insights with you.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 5, 2023

He joins Sabre from IDeaS Revenue Solutions, where he held roles in sales and account management, ultimately leading to the position of area vice president of growth, EMEA. We are delighted to have Guy join the Sabre Hospitality team,” said Frank Trampert , Sabre Hospitality SVP, Global Managing Director. “He

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2023

With Cvent Webinar, event organizers can now host webinars directly on Cvent’s platform, allowing planners to manage their events and webinars in one place. If they want to get some of those interactions going, they can do it and manage it on their own.” You don’t have to overburden your internal events team.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Through Facebook Matson managed to get ahold of just under half of his graduating class. Hundreds of hotels and tour operators thought the online guide we did in Patagonia could be done in their destination—New York, Washington, Barcelona, Tokyo, essentially everywhere. Kearns talks to a lot of people in middle management about this.

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Meeting Package

AUGUST 9, 2023

The hospitality industry thrives on delivering exceptional guest experiences and ensuring efficient operations. In today's digital era, hotel property management systems (PMS) have emerged as the foundation of successful hotel management.

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Stova

OCTOBER 3, 2023

ConferenceDirect's 2023 Annual Partner Meeting Success Story Collaborative event management solutions for successful annual meetings. Download the Case Study In event management, achieving operational excellence and delivering remarkable experiences are paramount.

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Bizzaboo

APRIL 8, 2024

Although Bizzabo was founded as a simple event networking app, our founders soon recognized the need for broader capabilities and made the early pivot toward building an “all-in-one” solution. In 2020, as in-person conferences were canceled en masse because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry desperately sought a way to evolve.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 10, 2021

With 25 years of experience in hospitality management, Palli has held multiple leadership positions with Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, including night manager, duty manager, front of house manager, revenue manager and more. Most recently, Giang was executive assistant manager of food and beverage at Alma Resort.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 12, 2024

Organizations around the world, including Meeting Professionals International, Professional Convention Management Association, hoteliers, and various destinations, mark GMID with in-person gatherings for networking and learning. Interestingly, some of the solutions might come from planning teams using A.I.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

They design, build, install, and manage customized exhibits, helping clients tell their brand story and expand their reach. Recognized as a leader in turn-key exhibit solutions, 21st Century Expo Group excels in creating impactful brand experiences. 26FIVE New York, NY 26FIVE is the growth engine behind people, ideas, and brands.

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