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

Traveler's Q

Modern venues throughout the Financial District host regular industry mixers that create valuable connection opportunities. Outdoor Business Venues Chicago’s lakefront provides unique spaces for spring business gatherings. Venues report higher business activity, with daily sales growing up to 30% during the festival.

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The Business of Coming Together

Smart Meetings

Deciding on the right window of time says a lot to your prospective attendees: We’ve got a lot of things to share, a lot of work to do, a lot of fun to be had. Transfer to the venue or lodging. Gatherings come in all shapes and sizes. They might last an hour, a few days or longer. Or, you’re busy. Let’s cut to the quick. Lobby area.

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Hire An AV Company for Your Next Event in 5 Simple Steps

Endless Events

Often venues will give you discounts and pressure you to use In-House AV but realize this is completely negotiable and you do not need to. Look into hiring outside the venue, a 3rd party AV company is at your event for you, and only you. You should actually hire your AV company before you even sign your venue contract.

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New and Renovated: Vintage Glam to Resort Luxury

Smart Meetings

Downstairs, Prospect Market gives guests an upscale grab-and-go market experience with wine, snacks, small lunches and souvenirs. of meeting space, this resort offers large groups a Disney-adjacent event venue. The property is a short walk from Disney Springs, the retail, dining and entertainment district adjacent to the main park.

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IMEX 22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees

Smart Meetings

An expanded exposition floor at Mandalay Bay Convention Center was brimming with activity Tuesday as an estimated 10,000 people flowed through hosted buyer appointments, education sessions and nearly 400 booths representing more than 180 countries, venues, technology vendors and suppliers. And almost a third were new since 2021.

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Here’s How to Create the Perfect Event Proposal Template

Eventtia

Here, the event proposal’s main role is to communicate how prospective sponsors can benefit from sponsoring the event, as well as to explain the event’s concept and agenda to these prospective sponsors. This will be useful in certain scenarios, for example, when securing a venue for the event. Event stakeholders. The event plan.

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IMEX America 2021: Day 2 Highlights

Smart Meetings

The huge majority of those beneficiaries were in the form of membership renewal grants issued directly to members in financial distress and new member grants provided for Chapters to allocate towards prospective members also facing financial concerns. As of Friday, there are 109 signatories across venues, destinations, suppliers and hotels.

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