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3 Extreme Accessibility Experts Share Their Accommodation Mandates

Smart Meetings

As Megan Henshall , strategic lead for Google’s global events team and co-founder of The Neu Project, explained, helping this majority-minority community participate fully is not a compliance problem; it is a business opportunity. DeWitt suggests checking out the free National Network Hospitality page.

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Hamilton Event Agency Awarded for “Pivot” to Help Save Lives

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The global event marketing agency Hamilton has been recognized with an EDDIE award for an exceptionally smart move in February. The company transitioned from immersive brand events to vaccination events. Event at University of Notre Dame; Photo credit: Courtney Cantor. A Humbling Award to Affirm Noble Efforts.

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Health Is Your Greatest Wealth: Wellness In The Events Industry

Endless Events

Kristin Horstman is a senior director at Salesforce and has been on our show just recently , Johnnie White is the CEO of the American Society of Appraisers, and Rachael Riggs is a WellBeing Leader at Maritz Global Events. ” Johnnie starts telling the story of how they helped promote health and wellness in the events industry.

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Marriott Tells Association Planners to Seek Additional DEI and Technology Advances

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Marriott International President and CEO Tony Capuano kicked off the event by thanking the 314 association planner customers for sticking with the company and helping the hospitality industry recover so quickly. All of these changes require new responses for the almost 100-year-old hospitality company.

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St. Gallen: Your Complete Guide to a Top Business Event Destination

The MICE Blog

Gallen, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST), and the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen Health network, aiming to make St. This collaboration also includes conferences and professional events, integrating economy, research, and education. Gallen, which are pivotal in bridging the old with the new.

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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. She brought top experts to the conversation to share secrets for negotiating, feeling more confident and building a network.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

Smart Meetings

She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Read More : Beware the Public Wi-Fi Network: 6 Ways to Practice Cybersecurity While Traveling.

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