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Smart Moves in Myrtle Beach, New York, Fort Worth and More

Smart Meetings

She previously held leadership roles with Noble House Hotels & Resorts, Manchester Grand Hyatt and DoubleTree Mission Valley, and returns to Coronado after serving as Sales and Service Manager at Loews from 2005 to 2009. Kristen Reynolds has been named president and CEO of Choose Chicago , effective May 5.

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Becoming a writer

Conferences that Work

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. And then in 2005, twenty-eight years later, I felt compelled to write a book about the new ways I’d developed to design and lead conferences that became what the participants wanted and needed.

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How and Why Visit Indy Adopted an All-Digital Marketing Approach

Crowdriff

The answer, according to Robinson, was a more targeted digital strategy that could spread across a 12-month period by focusing on certain audiences during certain key periods. million in 2005 to more than 26 million in 2014. Making the most of ad dollars with sophisticated ad targeting.

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What Exactly Is the Metaverse? Here’s One Expert’s Take.

Convene by PCMA

One thing we need to understand is that we are just at the beginning of something new, Di Bartolo told the Convening Leaders audience. Di Bartolo compared the metaverse’s development with where social media was in 2004 and 2005. The metaverse is a still a baby.” What would it mean for your advantage?”

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

Northwest Event Show 2024 April 3-4, 2024 Seattle, WA + Virtual From Seattle to San Francisco, Vancouver to Boise, and beyond, the Pacific Northwest boasts remarkable destinations, venues, and suppliers that captivate audiences from all corners. Event professionals are our audience, so you know we’re getting this right.

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Bringing the Maker Movement to Events

Convene by PCMA

He founded and is president of Make: Community, which, according to its website, has been at the heart of the maker movement — celebrating everyone from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers — since 2005.

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Personalization in Hospitality: Stages, Key Elements, and Industry Examples

AltexSoft Travel

The numbers are even higher in younger generations: 59 percent for Millenials and 60 percent for Zoommers or Gen Z (born 1981 —1996 and 1997 —2005, accordingly.) Customer segmentation involves dividing the broad target audience into smaller groups according to shared characteristics. Outline your target audiences.