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

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Each year, MeetingPlay and Aventri powered a combined total of more than 50,000 events for more than 10,000 companies and 7 million attendees. 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.

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

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In the next six months, Anaheim Convention Center has 19 events scheduled, anticipated to draw more than 105,000 attendees and occupy more than 62,000 room nights. Visit Anaheim will welcome 187,000 attendees and procure more than 95,000 room nights. Visit Anaheim will welcome 187,000 attendees and procure more than 95,000 room nights.

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New Event Forecast: Stable Growth in 2019

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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). Attendees are projected to increase by 2.4 Meetings are also expected to grow larger.

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What is Event-Led Growth?

Endless Events

My journey started pre-HubSpot when I was a Hu bSpot customer in 2008 or 2009. So how do you create shared experiences between attendees? Put your attendees at the center of the experience you create for them.”. 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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Smart Conference Rooms Push Meetings to the Cutting Edge

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Ahead of the curve, The Queen Elizabeth welcomed Montreal attendees to a newly renovated building last year, complete with creative meeting rooms, chalk full of the latest technology. A venue built inside the city’s old Federal Reserve building, The Bentley Reserve originally opened in 2008. Fairmont, The Queen Elizabeth.

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Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach

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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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Diversity In Events 2021 With William S. Matthews

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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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