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Cal Poly Students Gained Experience and Confidence at Visit California Outlook Forum 2025

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To find out what the university is teaching future meetings and event professionals and what they gleaned from the two days of sessions and networking, we asked Ryan Becker, senior vice president of communications and strategy with Visit California. They were also encouraged to attend sessions, network and take it all in.

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15 Best Business Travel Cities for Spring 2025 (Expert-Picked)

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Cultural Activities for Downtime Stone Street provides a perfect escape between meetings with its range of dining spots and historic charm. Business Networking Hotspots Spring Place has become the go-to networking spot where creative professionals and business leaders join forces.

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Marriott International’s ‘Meet with Momentum’ Keeps Growing—Here’s Why

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This time around, the company invited 29 event and meeting professionals and 15 representatives from Marriott’s convention and resorts network (CRN) properties, including JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa , Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel , Atlanta Marriott Marquis , as well as New Orleans’ local hotels.

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New and Renovated: Built to Gather

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Large window panels offer views of the city below, and the space’s warm color palette and natural wood tones aims to celebrate the convergence of culture, art and business of the surrounding area. The space provides full-service event production resources, catering and a dedicated AV team for in-room and hybrid tech support.

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MPI NCC ACE: Less Trade Show; More Idea Exchanges

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The group pledged to “revolutionize conferences” by “saying goodbye to traditional trade show booths and hello to interactive networking experiences and relevant education.” Building diverse cultures will help to recruit and retain diverse Gen Z audiences who are the most racially and ethnically diverse. Curate a diverse supplier list.

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Sales kick-offs – how to create an immersive experience in three stages: before (gamification), during (motivation, networking, inspiration), after (reinforcement) | SUBMERGE

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Differentiation between skills training and creating experience: People often leverage SKOs for skills training, but for the most part, people attend SKOs to build relationships, interact in person, network, get energised and determine how they will make money and find success that year. That’s a different mindset than skills training.

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Five Video Binges Just for Meeting Planners

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From inspirational panel discussions to delicious food picks at your favorite destination, we’ve compiled a list of five video series you will want to stream today. To make it even more fun, a Rebroadcast Challenge will award engagement badges to those who network online during live sessions, download resources and attend virtual happy hours.

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