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Hilton Purchases Graduate Hotel Brand for $210 Million

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Ben Weprin, also the founder of Nashville-based real estate company AJ Capital Partners, founded Graduate Hotels in 2014. We’re proud to embark on this new chapter for Graduate Hotels with Hilton,” Weprin states, calling it the “ideal partner” to take the helm for the brand’s future growth.

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How To Prepare For A Career In Event Planning

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Today, there are many ways to prepare for a career in event planning: Work on your soft skills, Get a degree, Get a certificate, Look for free content (webinars, podcasts, e-books, blogs), Work at events (as a volunteer), Build a strong network of event profs (join communities). It has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.

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Language Interpretation Is the Next Wave in Virtual Meetings

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Interprefy has essentially been a hybrid events service since the company’s genesis in 2014, long before the pandemic turned the industry upside down. KUDO, for instance, has 12,000 certified interpreters available through KUDO Marketplace , the company’s automated booking site. Events with multiple interpreters can be daunting.

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Are You Planning A Safe Event?

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Make a checklist of questions to ask the staff before booking the venue. Editor’s Note: This post was originally written in February 2014 and updated by Anja Grcar for clarity purposes. . Don’t Forget About Crowd Management! When creating a safe event, you need to choose a knowledgeable venue. Need help with your event?

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How Can We Protect Ourselves After the Marriott Data Breach?

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Are planners—and everyone else—who has booked at Starwood properties since 2014 taking a collective gulp or merely shrugging over the news from Marriott International that as many as 500 million guest records have been breached? And what should be learned from this latest instance of massive cybertheft?

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Poaching: How You Can Prevent It

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Misrepresentation : Poachers misrepresent themselves to sell bookings outside of the official hotel block. In 2014, the Convention Industry Council conducted a survey of 622 event professionals, and found that 73.1 Notify attendees that haven’t booked in the official room block of possible poaching. What You Can Do.

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You Come First: Event Planners & Staying Healthy In 2020

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That is really what changed it for me in 2014” “In 2014, I hit rock bottom and ended up in the emergency room the night before”, she continues. I’m a believer of that, of knowledge, of knowing it instead of adopting and going off of somebody’s book” The Coronavirus.

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