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William Fogler, Veteran Planner, Looks Back On 20 Years

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Lead Times, Planning Cycles Shrink William Fogler What’s changed since 2004, when he started WM Events? Our newer planners, they don’t know anything different.” Learn more: Humanizing the Evolution of Events Burnout is a concern, he acknowledges, but overall the constant forward motion is a positive for his planners.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

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Inn by the Sea offers event planners 1,300 sq. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Maine: Composting by the Sea. million sq.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

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Inn by the Sea offers event planners 1,300 sq. Anaheim Convention Center: Happily Green Since 2004. for meetings and has been actively working on its green initiatives since 2004. In 2004, the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) became the first convention center to be LEED-certified. Maine: Composting by the Sea. million sq.

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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

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Many stadiums have been left to sit and decay, such as the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro , which hosted in 2016; Beijing, in 2008; and Athens, in 2004; others, such as that in Lake Placid , in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, and Munich Stadium, are being used to host more sporting events and meetings.

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Hosting Conscious Events in Toronto

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Since 2004, the facility’s GREENSmart initiative has been a cornerstone of its environmental strategy, focusing on implementing sustainable development practices across the entire 192-acre site.

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Level Up Your Meetings in Arcade Bars

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The first location, in New York, opened in 2004. Related: What Planners Need to Know About eSports. The self-proclaimed Original Arcade Bar currently has seven locations open along the East Coast—in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Barcade is an environmentally friendly place. Even the beer menus are recycled.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

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Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office. “Now I live in two very international cities, and my professional job gives me the opportunity to bring people together,” she says.