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Destinations International Announces 2021 Inductees

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Destinations International (DI) unveiled its 2021 Hall of Fame inductees and Destination Organization Leadership Award recipient. Destination Organization Leadership Award Recipient: Elliott L. More : Destinations International Rising Stars Share Their Covid Lessons. Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC. Elliott Ferguson.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

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Torres moved to the United States in 2017 and has since held several pastry roles before entering her first executive pastry chef role at LondonHouse Chicago. Acosta joined the team in 2017 as a cook and helped open the restaurant; she was later promoted to sous chef in 2019. Daniel Benavidez. Yulissa Acosta.

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Creative Methods to Generate More Revenue for Your Next Conference

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Also, 83% of exhibitors have purchased at least one sponsorship from 2017-19. However, your organization will earn revenue up to one year early! Use organic and paid digital marketing tactics. Exhibitions can be a real money maker for your organization because all setup costs can be passed to each exhibitor.

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Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More

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He joined the organization in 2015, and since then, has worked as sports marketing and special events coordinator, and operations manager. He has been with the organization for a total of 10 years, joining as program manager for IAAPA Europe in 2009. Patrick Stewart. Jakob Wahl. Wahl will be president and CEO of IAAPA , effective Jan.

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Event Budget Trends 2017: Cloudy with a Chance of Inconsistency?

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Organizations that have seen the value of events (and event budget trends) are ready to invest further, but that’s not the case for everyone. What’s happened is that as larger organizations reach scale, they can confidently project that every dollar invested means a 2x or 3x return. appeared first on The Social Tables Blog.

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Exhibition Organizer To-Do List for 2017

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While the health of any trade show is dependent in large part on the health of the business sector it serves, there are three things show organizers can do now to help boost their business. read more.

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Summer Is Over & COVID-19 Is Back: Now What?

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Right now, COVID-19 is so big in the news that no event wants to get on a headline that says ‘five people contracted COVID-19 here’ or ‘it’s a superspreader event’ ” He reminds listeners about the 2017 – PAX West and the swine flu outbreak that took place there.