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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

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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. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.

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A Look Behind the Lobby at New Marriott International Headquarters

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When does a headquarters building look more like a hotel? Tag along to learn more. A Strategic HQ The building dedicated to managing more than 30 hospitality brands and 8,800 properties in 139 countries is filled with physical manifestations of the company’s touchstones. The 21-story glass building on Wisconsin Ave.

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Marriott Announces ‘Bridging the Gap’ Program to Support Minority Franchisees

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A new Marriott fund will benefit historically underrepresented communities who want to open a hotel, offering financial support and educational opportunities. The result could be a more diverse pool of venues to choose from at a time when meeting professionals are struggling to find open space at fully staffed hotels.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

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She presented a special session at Financial and Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference titled, “Event Risk management: 2022 Risk Categories.”. That includes hotel front-desk staff, the communications team in your company and any contractors on-site. Defining Risk. One-size-fits-all may not work anymore.

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4 Ways to Spice Up Your LinkedIn Profile

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A $20 ad can bring in hundreds of likes and sharing photos—and hash-tagging correctly—can guide Instagram users to your photo to see what you’re all about. LinkedIn is useful for networking with fellow planners, hotel managers, past clients—anybody you have worked with or would like to begin a conversation with.

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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

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Barcelo Maya Grand Resort is actually a campus of six hotels along a 1.5-mile mile strip of beach and each has its own associated price tag, so those staying at one resort, as denoted by their wristband, could not meet friends and customers and dine at higher level resorts. That format brought its own set of challenges and benefits.

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Stay Safe & Sound With COVID-Compliant Events!

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It’s all very much manageable, as long as we develop a comprehensive COVID-19 compliance strategy. It’s important for the attendees to follow the guidelines outside the venue as well – be it in airplanes or hotels. COVID-19 Compliance Strategy. COVID-compliance doesn’t start and end with your event.