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Smart Conference Rooms Push Meetings to the Cutting Edge

Smart Meetings

High tech—or “smart”—conference rooms, and the advances that go into them are giving new shape to the future of meetings and events. Gone are the stark conference rooms that starve the senses,” Hotel Manager Anne Marie Johns says. Not all the newest advancements have made it into conference rooms just yet though.

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Overcoming Obstacles at Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex

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Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex opened in 2002 and has seen a wide range of events come through its doors, from international conferences to exhibitions. Of note is the XVII International AIDS Conference, which brought more than 22,000 attendees to Mexico City in 2008, as well as the joint 2016 Soccerex Americas Forum and 66th FIFA Congress.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

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In a living-with-COVID world, if there was one association that you would assume would know precisely how its upcoming May conference in Toronto will take shape, it would be the Association of Professional Futurists (APF), whose members make their living by helping organizations see what’s around the corner and far down the road. Guess what?

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OVG360’s Shura Garnett on ‘Breaking Glass Ceilings’

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My biggest learning moment would have been from 2006 to 2008, when I chaired the Diversification Committee, and subsequently facilitated the diversification sessions at our annual conference. The second was join a professional organization and get involved. The first one I joined was IAVM and it was a career changer for me.

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How to Study for the Certified Meeting Professional Exam

Social Tables

Study and exam preparation tips from those who have been where you are! In 2008, when I took the exam, it consisted a drive to New York City, a #2 pencil, a bubble sheet, and waiting for several excruciatingly long weeks to get a letter in mail stating whether you passed or failed. Preparation Advice . Take a CMP Boot Camp.

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How to Study for the Certified Meeting Professional Exam

Social Tables

Study and exam preparation tips from those who have been where you are! In 2008, when I took the exam, it consisted a drive to New York City, a #2 pencil, a bubble sheet, and waiting for several excruciatingly long weeks to get a letter in mail stating whether you passed or failed. Preparation Advice . Take a CMP Boot Camp.

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Prague conventions poised to grow

Travel Daily Media

The Prague Convention Bureau was founded in April 2008. Over the ten years (2008 – 2018), we have participated in acquiring more than 630 events with the attendance of almost 293,000 delegates. Roman Muška, managing director of Prague Convention Bureau. TD: The bureau recently completed 10 years. billion (USD 52.37