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Michelin-starred Dining in…Orlando?

Smart Meetings

The last guide covered 2008-2009. Las Vegas, which strives to go bigger than anywhere else—and is in continual competition with Orlando for meetings and events business—used to have its restaurants rated by Michelin. And with so many celebrity-chef outposts, deservedly so. Yet apparently that guide sold so poorly it was discontinued.

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Now is the time to rethink and restart the events industry: Interview with Angeles Moreno, Managing Partner at the Creative Dots

The MICE Blog

You had an event management agency during the 2008 crisis and lost 50% of your business in one week. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009.

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Following California’s Reopening, Visit Anaheim Confirms 55 Events in 2021

Smart Meetings

Anaheim, USA – July 29, 2008: people visit disneyland and walk over commemorative bricks with names in terracotta in Anaheim, USA. Visit Anaheim will welcome 187,000 attendees and procure more than 95,000 room nights. As the city continues to capture more business, these numbers are only expected to grow.

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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

Smart Meetings

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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MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

Smart Meetings

Aventri, which was founded in 2008, had grown into a global provider of data-driven solutions for event sourcing, marketing, registration, onsite technology, data security and reporting. He will remain with the company in an executive role. Former Aventri CEO Jim Sharpe will remain a shareholder and advisor to the new company.

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Visit Seattle CEO, Tom Norwalk, Retires

Smart Meetings

Norwalk joined Visit Seattle as senior vice president of sales and marketing, and was promoted to president and CEO in 2008. Before Visit Seattle, Norwalk held marketing and leading roles with Seattle Hospitality Group, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and The Golf Club at Newcastle.

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Get to Know ME with Allison Stewart

Motivation Excellence

I was able to go on a 5-month study abroad program to Newcastle, Australia in 2008. Everyone is willing to help, is supportive and will jump in to assist if you need help or have a question. What’s a specific moment in your history that always stands out as a defining moment? It was one of the best highlights of my life so far.