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Olympic Venues: Abandonment, Decay and Renewed Life

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The pandemic-postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic games are just a few days away and perhaps you’re thinking, “How will these venues be used post-event?”. For this reason, many of its venues predate this year’s Olympics, and had been in frequent use prior to this year. This will be Tokyo’s second time as host city.

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Smart Moves at PCMA, M&IW and More

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He joined VisitScotland Business Events in 2008 and has served as head of business events for the past 14 years. She will oversee all sales and marketing efforts for the hotel, including its celebrated culinary venues and 20,000 sq.

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Smart Conference Rooms Push Meetings to the Cutting Edge

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That is the mindset more than a few venues are beginning to adopt in the ever-increasing race to entice groups and redefine expectations. A venue built inside the city’s old Federal Reserve building, The Bentley Reserve originally opened in 2008.

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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

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

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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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Portland’s Most Livable City Designation Reflects Steps to Ensure Public Safety

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Next-level Meeting Venues. But perhaps what sets the Oregon Convention Center apart from other large-scale meeting venues is the personality imbued onto the space through the convention center’s art collection. The spacious and modern venue is decorated with a fun bicycle theme and features 46,000 sq.