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Business Events Industry Week 2025 Focused on Celebrations That Work

Smart Meetings

Welsh also announced that the annual training would be moving around the country in future years. As the exclusive media sponsor, Smart Meetings was there to hear how meeting professionals are adjusting to losing international attendance while preparing for higher prices. “ Some countries are removing barriers.

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How to Execute Events on a Reduced Team

Endless Events

Cross-Training. “The first thing that comes to mind is cross-training ,” he says. Cross-training is preparation so people have other skill sets and can help in more than one area.” Cross-training is preparation so people have other skill sets and can help in more than one area.”

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Sustainable event ideas in Lucerne

The MICE Blog

Just under an hour by train from Zurich, Lucerne offers a quintessential Swiss experience, complete with top-notch infrastructure for business events. If you don’t have the Swiss Travel Pass, you can get the Visitor Card Lucerne at the hotel for bus and train rides within the city, valid throughout your entire stay.

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Reflections on ADMEI 2024 Annual Conference: “In the Zone”

ADMEI

Our opening keynote speaker, Jeska Brodbeck of Be Light Consulting , taught ADMEI Conference attendees how to achieve Flow State in order to exit the hamster wheel and achieve optimal productivity and creativity! Prepare for awards. Start preparing your award submissions early this year. Want to delve deeper? Don't miss out!

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Chef-driven Wine Tastings Delight in Napa Valley

Smart Meetings

In California’s Napa Valley , sampling wines at vineyards has long been accompanied by a prepared foods cold case amid the logowear, corkscrews, and other wine-related merchandise for purchase in the tasting room. A wine and food pairing with five different wines features creations prepared at Long Meadow’s nearby restaurant, Farmstead.

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Planner Said: Supplier Said—Hope for A Better Partnership Solution

Smart Meetings

” If corporate planners, third-party consultants, hotels and destinations share power over the execution of event programs, then why is sourcing sometimes such a challenge? That way everybody can be prepared. Kirsten Olean with CFF agreed. That builds trust.”

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Desireé Dolecki, CMP

Smart Meetings

As she prepared to graduate, she took on a role as a marketing coordinator at a major healthcare company. This preparation falls in line with her favorite quote, by Chicago architect Daniel Burnham: “Make no little plans. When she was young, she knew art wouldn’t necessarily offer her a lucrative career. Volunteer to gain experience.