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Smart Conference Rooms Push Meetings to the Cutting Edge

Smart Meetings

That is the mindset more than a few venues are beginning to adopt in the ever-increasing race to entice groups and redefine expectations. High tech—or “smart”—conference rooms, and the advances that go into them are giving new shape to the future of meetings and events. Fairmont, The Queen Elizabeth. And the intention is self-evident.

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New Event Forecast: Stable Growth in 2019

Smart Meetings

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). Related: Market Trends Point to Strong Growth for Meeting Venues. Global Growth.

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Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach

Smart Meetings

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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Overcoming Obstacles at Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex

Convene by PCMA

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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OVG360’s Shura Garnett on ‘Breaking Glass Ceilings’

Convene by PCMA

Shura Garnett has spent more than three decades rising through the ranks of the venue management industry, going from overseeing facilities the St. Charles, Missouri, to overseeing entire portfolios of venues for Spectra (acquired by Oak View Group in 2021). Charles Convention Center in St.

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Virtual Meetings Lower Costs … and Interaction

Conferences that Work

The biggest advantages of virtual meetings are clearly convenience and much lower costs: no travel, venue, or F&B expenditures. “It was no coincidence that the CSX Corporation held its 2008 meeting at a remote rail yard in New Orleans, the same year it was the focus of a shareholder activist putting up a proxy fight.

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Risk360: Communications Policy

MeetingsNet

For example, if one of your attendees has a restraining order against someone, venue security can be notified. • Draft crisis communication messages for likely scenarios and define how they will be disseminated (conference app, texts to attendees, social media posts, etc.). Ask if a registrant has specific safety requirements.