Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Defebo joined VSC in 2008 as director of sales and most recently worked as the organization’s director of sales and marketing. Kelly Defebo, CMP Defebo is Visit Sarasota County ’s (VSC) vice president of marketing and communications.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2021

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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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

An eight-week strike in 2008 cost the company about $100 million daily in deferred revenue. Experts say the biggest impact will be on Boeing itself, which has a tarnished reputation of late and is already struggling financially.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

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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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Andrew Luan started ExperienceFirst Walking Tours in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis. The way to make that connection is through contextual understanding.” At the time, he was working as a trader for Deutsche Bank. I thought this was a travesty,” he says.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

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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EHL Insights

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It goes without saying that the pandemic and ensuing economic downturn greater than the 2008 recession and chaos caused by fluctuation in demand have had a significant impact on hospitality throughout 2020 and 2021 - no doubt with lingering effects. What are the latest trends in the hospitality industry?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2021

In 2008, Nostrand was named one of the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in the industry by HSMAI. Before Omni, he was director of full-service brand development for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Nostrand also worked in marketing and sales roles for Marriott International. Wendy Haase, CDME.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The post PATA Mart 2008 sold out appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. ” The post PATA Mart 2008 sold out appeared first on Travel Daily. This year’s PATA Travel Mart from 16-19 September has been sold out.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Trimmer, who became the city’s agricultural director in 2008, parallels the city’s agricultural education with how the city and many other states have been showing and continue to show off their wineries. “We “Why sell something wholesale if you can sell it at retail?” Trimmer asks. We started producing our wineries.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The post Andhra Pradesh goes all out for PTM 2008 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The post Andhra Pradesh goes all out for PTM 2008 appeared first on Travel Daily. PATA said they are “astounded” by the preparations being undertaken by Hyderabad, hosts of this year’s PATA Travel Mart.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 5, 2024

Because of the airport’s robust arts and culture program, which has been in place since 2008, an art exhibition seemed like the perfect fit, according to Bill Stinson, senior director of public affairs for the Indianapolis Airport Authority.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 30, 2024

Veggielution in San Jose’s Emma Prusch Farm Park has been in operation since 2008 and aims to connect people through food and farming. The trail also includes several murals, and San Jose is working toward creating the longest public art trail in the Bay Area in collaboration with San Jose Walls. to 12:30 p.m.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

acre property was designed by architect to the hospitality stars Bergman Walls and Associates and broke ground in 2007 as the brainchild of Fontainebleau Resorts owner Jeff Soffer before the economic downturn stalled the skeleton in 2008.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Dolder Grand reopened in 2008 after an extensive remodel of the 1899 building and has used modernist art to catapult the historic architecture into present day Zurich. The hotel offers over 14,000 sq. of both indoor and outdoor meeting/event space and can accommodate up to 200 guests at a time. The Dolder Grand–Zurich, Germany.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

My journey started pre-HubSpot when I was a Hu bSpot customer in 2008 or 2009. Before Will and Mark talk about event growth and event-led growth, Will asks Mark to share his story about how he came to the events industry. Here’s what he had to say. . “My I met Brian Whaley, former HubSpotter, at the first-ever HubSpot user group event.

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ETC Corporate

JULY 22, 2021

The report starts by reviewing the evolution of European NTOs, together with changes in the tourism environment, during the period 2008-2021, at the European level and for selected individual countries. Drivers for change.

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Endless Events

MARCH 23, 2021

In 2008, he launched his very own event planning business, RSVP with Will. But when you’re about ten years too late, I wonder why didn’t you do this possible when the US elected its first Black president back in 2008. When I graduated grad school, I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do. And that’s great!

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Schanzenbach has been in the spa, fitness and wellness sector since 2008, including working as spa manager at Hotel Atlantis by Giardino in Zurich and head of sports at Swiss Holiday Park in Morschach, Switzerland. Schanzenbach is director of spa at Dolder Grand’s Dolder Grand Spa in Zurich.

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The Abbi Agency

AUGUST 18, 2021

And even though they are doing well financially, their generation weathered major downturns in 2008 and 2020 that left lingering worries. They often have children, and they may be keeping a close eye on aging parents as well.

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Travel Daily News

AUGUST 31, 2021

Bologna becomes for one day the European capital of the aviation industry and hosts Aviation-Event 2021 BLQ, the international conference that since 2008 brings influential representatives of the world of aviation, tourism and industry companies together.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

AlUla is the site of Hegra, which in 2008 was inscribed as Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. Rich cultural landscapes are being revealed, including funerary avenues, mustatils, ancient cities, inscriptions in 10 languages, rock art and complex agricultural practices.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

He’s been with the company since 2008 when he started as a bellman at Kimpton Hotel Madera while he was in college. Zachary Jellson Kimpton Goodland in Goleta, California, welcomed Jellson as general manager. Most recently, he was a member of the guest experience team at Kimpton Corporate.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

11, 2001, and during the 2008 financial crisis, the aviation industry suffered and airlines merged. As a result, nearly 800,000 pilots will be needed—twice the number in the current workforce. Why aren’t there more young pilots? After the terrorist attacks of Sept.

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 7, 2024

Her portrayal of Hilary Clinton during the 2008 Presidential Election on ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL) received widespread acclaim, leading up to her final season as the beloved co-anchor of ‘Weekend Update’.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2022, ABHM opened in its new location in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville Neighborhood after shuttering its former location in 2008 due to the financial crisis that struck the U.S. ABHM presents a tremendous opportunity for planners seeking to provide their attendees with an enlightening and educational experience.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 28, 2023

Up 9% by both projects and rooms year-over-year (YOY); project totals at Q1 ‘23 are just 338 projects, or 5.7%, behind the all-time high of 5,883 projects recorded in Q2 2008. continue to increase, standing at 5,545 projects/658,207 rooms at the close of Q1 2023.

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Business Traveler USA

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The launch of ITA Airways brings to an end years of uncertainty over the Alitalia brand – the national carrier first entered bankruptcy back in 2008, and had frequently been the subject of takeover rumors by other carriers. itaspa.com. The post New ITA Airways Shows Its Colors appeared first on Business Traveler USA.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

A decade after the 2008 recession, the industry appears to be stable, with steady growth on the horizon according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT).

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security’s initial implementation date was 2008, but that has been reset several times. Congress in 2005 to enhance the security standards required for driver’s licenses and other identification cards.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

Cinnabon is a 99% franchisee company that stations most of its business in malls and airports, and during the Great Recession of 2008, when traffic slowed to most public spaces, a couple of activities that almost immediately come to a halt are shopping and traveling. Cinnabon suffered greatly as a result.

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Techsytalk

JULY 26, 2016

They released their first CD, “Welcome to the Neighborhood” in late 2008, and is back in the studio recording new songs for a new release. Outside of the meetings industry, Jim is an accomplished musician and songwriter, playing guitar, keyboards and singing for the New York City rock band Contraband. jspellos@meeting-u.com. link] tools.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 20, 2023

After finishing second in the 200-meter dash at the 2004 Summer Olympics, Felix was confident that she would win gold in 2008. Felix told the audience that the 2008 loss forced her to “reframe disappointment. But even with four more years of hard training, she once again finished second to her rival, Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2022

Bruno has been in events since 2008, remains a publisher at Event Tech Brief in Salt Lake City, Utah and has worked for GEP Utah as director of operations, where she managed event managers for the DMO. Michael Berk and Brian Ciemnicki.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Those efforts led to the convention center to being the first in the United States to achieve the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, rising up to LEED Silver level in 2008 and then leveling up to Platinum—the highest level of certification.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A venue built inside the city’s old Federal Reserve building, The Bentley Reserve originally opened in 2008. Earlier this month San Francisco’s Bently Reserve unveiled the latest meetings technology incorporated into its meeting and event space. San Francisco is a hub for technology,” Director of Events and Sales Jim Bruels says.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Julius Solaris ‘LinkedIn Changed My Life’ Julius Solaris, founder of consulting firm Boldpush, started a group for event professionals on LinkedIn in 2008, when the platform was only five years old. And if that resonates with somebody out there, they can reach out to us.”

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