Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He has been with the organization for a total of 10 years, joining as program manager for IAAPA Europe in 2009. The post Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Jakob Wahl. Wahl will be president and CEO of IAAPA , effective Jan.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

“We have not been [here] before,” said MGM senior vice president of MGM Resorts International Mike Dominguez, in a recent Smart Meetings webinar , referring to the state of the hotel industry going into 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, Dominguez shared some insights into what he sees for the future of the meetings industry.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the lowest number since 2009. appeared first on Smart Meetings. Only 65 percent of companies plan to host a party this year, according to the 2018 Holiday Party Survey Report released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Last year, almost 73 percent of companies held holiday parties.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2009, she opened Workshop, a Colorado DMC. Read More: Dear Woman Leaders, Stop Struggling and Start Succeeding The post Smart Moves: Access Appoints Three Female Co-CEOs appeared first on Smart Meetings. In this role, she developed a passion for event design, art direction and marketing.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Meetings don’t look how they used to. But when it comes to trends, where should meeting industry professionals put their focus? Here are five meeting industry trends that are changing the game. Because of that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. labor force , at 35%.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here are five meeting design books I especially recommend. Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). Into the Heart of Meetings: Basic Principles of Meeting Design ( ebook or paperback ). In an outrageous display of chutzpah , I wrote three of these books. [If

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2023

He began working with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica as travel sales industry coordinator. His start in the hospitality industry began more than 20 years ago with Air Jamaica, where he was a lead agent in reservations and irregular operations.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 20, 2023

Since 2009, European Best Destinations has been promoting culture and tourism for destinations around Europe with 2023 surpassing the number of votes collected the previous year by 158,175—a clear indication that European tourism is on a fierce rebound and showing significant growth in tourism across the continent. Cittadella, Italy No.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Change is imminent — and in the meetings industry, it’s upon us. Here’s how the meetings industry is changing the game. With that, they’re also now the largest pool of potential meeting attendees. Control over the meeting agenda is moving to attendees. Millennials are the decision makers now.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

I went through the dot-com crisis, 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008, which impacted us significantly in 2009. We had a strong year in 2008, and in January 2009, we began getting cancellations one after another. By the end of 2009, things were recovering. ‘I’ve been an entrepreneur since 1999.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The impact of where we go and how we meet is more important than ever, and event professionals know that the business partners they choose matter. We plan to achieve these goals through use of our award-winning tool, LightStay, as well as offerings like Meet with Purpose.”.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 3, 2024

More than just a place for events, it doubles as an art gallery with about 800 square meters of exhibition space, where regularly changing exhibitions infuse corporate meetings with unique layers of art and culture. The venue also has 16 meeting rooms with natural daylight, capable of accommodating groups ranging from 10 to 150 people.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The post AIME 2009’s call for hosted buyers appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. AIME 2009, the Asia Pacific’s leading event for the meetings and incentives industry, has opened applications for Hosted Buyers.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Meeting up and fueling up with coffee by @ladyfalconcoffeeclub, breakfast with @navitasorganics and more. Turner Internal Meeting. The Turner Internal Meeting showcased completely different corporate stage design elements than our other list entries. TOBY Awards 2009 for BOMA. The feel was classy but also uplifted.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 19, 2023

Once the brown gelatinous algae reach coastlines, locals, tourists, hoteliers and meeting professionals will have to contend with the nuisance of it canvassing beaches and release a foul stench as it decays. The most important thing is the level of meeting expectations,” Farr says.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 30, 2024

Becoming a CMP Wolowiec, founder and president of consulting firm Event Garde , earned his CMP in 2009. Read More: Get to Know Barbara Connell, CMP Fellow The post CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Aaron Wolowiec, CMP Fellow appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 13, 2024

If you’d told me back in 2009 that by 2024 I’d have written over a thousand blog posts for this website, I’d have told you you were crazy. (I’ve I’ve published 827; the rest are drafts, but still.) I’d have thought I would have run out of ideas years ago. Yes, I do have new ideas regularly!

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 30, 2018

Rarely, however, is this tool used to design events that creatively incorporate, illuminate, and support core desires and outcomes for the meeting. With this tool, you can generate something truly original — like in 2009, when Jill and Kevin Heinz invented a brand new trope: the wedding entrance dance. What’s the tool?

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Social Tables

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

If you’re like me when planning a meeting or event, the rentals portion of the budget can consume all of your time and energy. How Flexible Are Your Meeting Dates? It is really important to prioritize what you absolutely need versus what you want at your meeting. Good news: it doesn’t have to. Do You Know Your Total Spend?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2022

Craighead has won several accolades, including the Planner of the Year Award by Smart Meetings in 2020 and the Show Manager of the Year Award in 2015 from the Expo Group and Trade Show News Network. The post Smart Moves in Albuquerque, Maui and More appeared first on Smart Meetings. Patrick Lacassagne. Susan Carlson.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 7, 2019

Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, leaders of the Meetings Mean Business coalition—which showcases the tangible value that face-to-face meetings, conventions, and trade shows provide to people, businesses, and host communities—revealed what coalition co-chair Julie Coker Graham called the group's "activation strategy" for 2019.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2024

Since 2009 I’ve maintained an informal calendar of peer conferences (aka unconferences) on this site. Please note: This is not a calendar for conventional meetings or events that are marketed as an “unconference” but consist of prescheduled sessions. Even so, the calendar lists hundreds of events.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Thompson is director of meeting and event services at Talley Management Group in Mount Royal, New Jersey. Souksanith was appointed executive meetings manager at Fairmont Dallas. Douglas joined the organization in 2009 as administrative assistant of corporate events and development. Michael Thompson, CMM. Pawin “P.J.” Souksanith.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Knowland, the world’s leading provider of data-as-a-service insights on meetings and events for hospitality, announced its expansion in the Middle East with data collection in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to accommodate the growing demand and fierce competition facing new hoteliers in the market.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 27, 2022

One of the talks that impressed me the most was ‘Participant experience design – how do we create meetings which move people more deeply?’ It was established based on the theory of meeting design, a well-known ‘tool kit’ used by planners worldwide. Transitioning to the new event world: What can a meeting look like?

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Since 2005, I’ve written three successful books on meeting design and facilitation and over 800 weekly blog posts on a wide range of topics. My books continue to sell, and this blog is the world’s most popular website on meeting design and facilitation. It was recognized fairly quickly as an important book on meeting design.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 1, 2024

Paul Nunesdea : And hello, hello, dear viewers, this is a soft start of our third episode in 2024 of Talk to Your Meeting Doctors. Lovely to meet you, Adrian. And it’s mostly about meeting design and facilitation, but I write about all kinds of things. That book came out in 2009, and suddenly I was in the meeting industry.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The JKWeddingDance , invented in 2009, became a fun and novel format for Western weddings, but such innovations are rare. You can fulfill your event’s objectives by incorporating these appropriate formats into your meetings, creating unique experiences worth remembering. Hey, if it were easy, everyone would be doing it.)

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The MICE Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Switzerland is a premium country for meetings and events. Between 2009–2011, the property was completely refurbished and reopened in 2011. The lobby lounge bar is a ‘meeting place’ because it’s close to the train station and easy to access for those coming by train even for a meeting. Full destination spotlight video.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 10, 2023

We have been serving customers between Toronto and Dubai since 2007, and although the double-decker A380 aircraft has been operating the route since 2009, demand arising from leisure and corporate travellers, diaspora and students has consistently outstripped the allocated capacity.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Returning to F2F, do alcohol and meetings still mix? It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. Faceplanted on the table during a global investigator meeting, causing four glass bottles to topple to the floor.”. Yes, they did.

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Originally from a scientific academic background, as an independent consultant in the United States, Segar attended traditional academic conferences and meetings, becoming fascinated by the outcomes (and lack of outcomes) when people were assembled together with the intention of teaching, connecting with, and learning from each other.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 17, 2023

Samantha Veneruso, director of learning programs at the American Geophysical Union (from left); Goradesky; and Lauren Parr, SVP, meetings and learning at AGU, were introduced by Joni Opperman, Hilton Worldwide Sales.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. Today, because consulting on meeting design and facilitation is a niche practice, marketing via sharing my website posts with subscribers and on social media has also become a significant source of new clients. And, my goodness, I got feedback! It was great feedback.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 26, 2021

People are meeting their most fundamental human needs virtually. In 2009, Myspace was the first company in the social media space to begin stealing a real share of marketing budgets, such as from television and radio. We know what attendees and organisers are striving for, and more than anything, they are seeking a connection.’.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 18, 2020

Frequent and well-designed small group work is the key to creating active learning and connection at any meeting. Zoom allows facilitators to speedily split a meeting into up to 50 separate sessions. Practice using them at small group meetings before employing them for a significant event! Learn about The Three Questions.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Meeting process I have been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich conferences for over thirty years, and evangelizing the advantages of this approach since 2009. While the meeting industry is slowly realizing the importance of facilitating connection at events, traditional conferences still dominate.

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