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Smart Moves in Chicago, Miami and More

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He is also presently diversity, equity and inclusion chair for Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Global. Flint first became a leader at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, Miami in 2008 as its general manager, a role in which he served until 2014. The post Smart Moves in Chicago, Miami and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Honoring Indigenous Peoples in Seattle

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11, Seattle, Washington, will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day — the Seattle City Council voted to rename Columbus Day in honor of Indigenous people in 2014, and the state of Washington voted to do the same in 2020. (David Newman photo). On Monday, Oct.

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Better Event Networking With Mixtroz

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From Coca-Cola to Nike bringing their most senior marketing executives to Akron, Ohio to meet with LeBron” “I was on the planning team for that at maybe age 19. So because of my background, I have a degree in public relations, but also just in my years of experience in New York and whatever, I know how to tell a story.

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People on the Move

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Heather Kirksey and Jason Lusk Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has promoted Heather Kirksey to vice president of public relations, corporate events and membership. In her new role, Kirksey will lead the membership and events team, in addition to the organization’s public relations department.

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How TCEB plans for Thailand to be ASEAN top dog of MICE

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This will be compounded by better marketing and public relations strategies and the “enforcement” of MICE venue standard in line with sustainability criteria. “Launched in 2014, the project has been warmly welcomed by venue operators. These sites can be divided into: Meeting room category: 344 venues, totalling 910 rooms.

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Media Mixer + Makers

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Taking that approach, he said, would mean “losing that local connection and the experts who know how to do meetings and events.” We got to thinking, from a planning perspective, that when you’re at a meeting or event, you can’t dive into the community, really — maybe just what’s around the convention center, if that,” Gard said. “So

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‘Be Yourself, and Everybody Else Can Adjust to You’

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Ashlee Ammons (pictured) and her mother, Kerry Schrader, co-founded Mixtroz, an event-management software company, in 2014. But it turned out just the opposite was true: Ammons becomes only more animated and passionate when speaking about Mixtroz, an event-management software company she co-founded in 2014 with her mother, Kerry Schrader.