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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

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Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. In his 25 years in the events industry, he also worked with organizations such as Ascot Rececourse, conference center operator Wembley London Ltd (formerly Wembley Stadium Ltd), and the Baku European Games.

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Smart Moves in Chicago, Mexico and More

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Kranzle joined the Hilton Hotels team in 2012, serving as general manager for Hilton Mexico City Reforma; most recently, Kranzle was the opening general manager of Hilton Guadalajara Midtown in Mexico. Scalia joined the organization in 2012 as senior director of marketing and was later promoted to vice president of marketing.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

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A detailed report prepared by MeetGreen explained how the largest industry event made progress toward its Net Zero Carbon Events goal while pointing to even more improvements IMEX and other event organizers can make in the future. All compostable serviceware was hand-separated and routed to Terra Firma Organics to be composted into topsoil.

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Smart Moves in Little Rock, Oakland and More

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Oaks has also worked with charity and professional organizations such as Downtown Springfield, The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce and Springfield Crimestoppers. Morgan now handles promotion and initiative marketing for tourism in the organization. Dhruv Patel.

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Reduce and Reuse: Meeting Spaces Go Green

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Eventually, when the local farmer retired, Inn by the Sea started working with Garage to Garden, a community driven organization founded in 2012. of organic material out of the landfill every month. The Inn then partnered with a local farmer for their composting needs. Because of this work, the Inn manages to keep 1,000 lbs.

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Former Event Organizer Reinvents Herself as Tech Supplier 

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And then when the pandemic hit, [and the events industry made] the shift to virtual, I was fortunate to have been doing virtual and hybrid events since 2012. How virtual and hybrid events have changed since she first started planning them in 2012. And I just checked a lot of boxes of what I was looking for. Is it simultaneous?

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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The Spain native began her career in 2012, when she worked in London at a Japanese restaurant. He also spent some time in California, working as head sommelier and general manager of Tigelleria Organic Restaurant in Campbell. Torres most recently worked at Thompson Chicago as executive pastry chef.

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