Smart Meetings

JULY 19, 2024

Rojas joins as assistant general manager. He brings over 25 years of experience across finance, events and facility management. He most recently served as general manager with Jackson Convention Complex and the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Mitchell joins SCC as assistant director of event services.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2024

Duggan will serve as general manager. He brings over 25 years of experience and passion for the hospitality industry and global travel, and is known for his skill in elevating operational performance and leading teams with strong staff engagement that have incredible guest satisfaction ratings.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Before Grand Geneva, Darcy spent six years with White Lodging Services in Merrillville, Indiana, where she was corporate senior marketing manager. She also worked as director of marketing and retail for Brush Creek Luxury Ranch Collection in Saratoga, Wyoming, and corporate marketing manager at Marcus Hotels & Resorts in Milwaukee.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 14, 2022

Tourism bureau Experience Columbia SC hired both Shaffer and Lilly as sales managers. Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Daniel Gibson. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The M makes the digital experience ‘real’ and redefines the way we work with efficient and engaging solutions, allowing the guest experience team to show and see emotion behind every interaction,” says Reed Kandalaft, Beverly Wilshire regional vice president and general manager.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

The 3 days of gathering started with Destinations International ’s Convention Sales and Services Summit, covering everything from trends in what is important to attendees today to tips for planning more inclusive events.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Maritz Global Events Wellbeing Leader Rachael Riggs reported that the sustainability challenge executed in partnership with Heka Health from IMEX Frankfurt was back on and very popular. Stevens is a four-time winner of Fittest male #Eventrprof and earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events certificate. Plan Ahead.

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Social Tables

APRIL 16, 2019

So in the spirit of continued growth for all of us in the crazy world of event planning, we’ve rounded up slideshares of the 12 event management powerpoints (which we’ll abbreviate ppt) that every pro can learn a little something from. Looking for an event planning ppt? Looking for more event planning resources ?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Financial Wellbeing : Managing and caring for your financial situation. Riggs encouraged planners to bake these concepts into an event to best serve attendees but also to build a community. Personal Wellbeing : Focusing on one’s physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual health.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This is a tech conference, after all—participants know how to manage virtual events. Chris Meyer, CEO of Chris Meyer Global and consultant for CLEAR, is currently planning to be at CES in person, because he has confidence in the organization. Safety is the watchword for everyone involved in this global event.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. “Now His advice: “Give the whole picture rather than bringing decisions to a manager piecemeal.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The MPI course that equips event professionals with the skills they need to do so, Event Welfare Champion: Neurodiversity & Experience Design , is a product of a partnership with a subject matter expert. The CMM And of course, there’s MPI’s big credential: the Certificate in Meeting Management (CMM).

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Webinar session, Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker of Matrix Group International , and Jennifer O’Grady, senior director of Design Studio of Maritz Global Events , tackled the Secrets for Engaging Platform-agnostic Association Meetings. Time management and wellness is also a major factor for meeting guests today.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Here are my top 5 tips to effectively managing my budgets in the current event landscape. From our very first conversation, I am briefing my clients on the state of the industry and the impact that is currently having on event budgets in general. Read More : How to Manage Outsize Hospitality Budget Inflation.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

During last year’s event, 97 education tracks were offered under the Respect for People and Planet umbrella topic, 155 attendees pledged to champion social equity and environmental responsibility by taking the People & Planet Pledge and 112 booths committed to exhibiting more sustainably.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Learn More: From Checkboxes to Strategy: Implementing and Leading Sustainable Event Practices Topics included AI adoption, succession planning, contract negotiations, neurodiversity affordances, transportation management and sustainable sourcing.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 5, 2022

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. Feature photo by Courtney Cantor at Hamilton Exhibits.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

Megan Finnell is director of meetings and conferences for Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Timothy Simpson is brand and engagement chief strategist with Design Studio by Maritz Global Events. Watch the entire webinar here. Meet the Experts.

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Bizzaboo

JANUARY 10, 2024

Capitol Heights, MD 21st Century Expo Group is a nationally renowned general contractor, specializes in trade shows, events, and exhibits. They design, build, install, and manage customized exhibits, helping clients tell their brand story and expand their reach. 21st Century Expo Group, Inc.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2022

“Limited budgets, increasing travel costs, intense workload and the extended border restrictions have proven to be a barrier in our efforts to deliver an impactful and meaningful Convening Asia Pacific for all stakeholders,” Florence Chua, managing director of PCMA APAC, wrote in an email to potential attendees.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2021

The announcement yesterday that London-based virtual streaming giant Hopin was purchasing the physical event services company Boomset was another step in the direction of an end-to-end hybrid meeting solution. Our goal is to empower event managers to succeed with any event format,” the company said in a post.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Elyse Dawson , CMP, CPCE, DES, Senior Manager, Conference Center and Events, Invesco “I’m deeply invested in exploring how generative AI tools will transform an industry focused on human connection. I feel like I am exactly where I am meant to be!”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 13, 2023

He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We International Plane Shortage Resulting in More Domestic Travel. Dominguez predicted that Europe will be back to 2019 meeting frequency levels in four or five months. We need more planes,” he stated. Read More : Navigating the Bus Driver Shortage.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

We want board members with varying backgrounds, different understandings that can challenge the management team, challenge one another in the board room and help us become better.” Robinson called the company’s technology advances a journey that includes replacing the company’s property management and reservation systems. “We’re

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 10, 2019

Doing good” may sound like a stretch when event managers are already turning themselves into pretzels dealing with so many other challenges, including navigating rising costs, managing risk and picking a registration technology platform— all topics covered in Convening Leaders sessions , by the way. “It

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In retrospect, planning was relatively smooth before the pandemic, says Koleen Roach, director, meetings & conference management at Securian Financial Group. Jeff Calmus, principal at Jeff Calmus & Associates, brought his experience as both a consultant and former vice president, global event management at MetLife Inc.,

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Impact XM shares seven sustainable action areas for planning green meetings Global event and experiential marketing agency Impact XM believes that sustainability is not an end goal, but a practice. Think about waste management and DEI—remember that sustainability isn’t just environmental. You don’t have to meet every single one.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 27, 2021

White is general manager for Hu Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Before this, White was general manager for The Chattanoogan Hotel in Tennessee. Radisson Blu Mall of America in Minneapolis appointed Francis general manager. Vahdani is hotel manager for Nobu Ryokan Malibu in California. Amir Vahdani. Based in Washington, D.C.,

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Before joining Teneo, White was director of global sales at PRA Group, a destination management company. He has also worked in management for Krisam Group & Global Event Partners and Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, and has held the position of regional director of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International.

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Maritz Global Events

JUNE 4, 2019

If you described the role of an event project manager as “busy,” you may just win the award for Understatement of the Year. As an event project manager, Vince is responsible for operations of registration, housing and other services. For his smaller events, he’ll go onsite in a specific support role.

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Maritz Global Events

JANUARY 17, 2019

It’s no secret that the life of a meeting and event manager is stressful and challenging. They had a small events team and it piqued my curiosity,” she said. There are two gears for nearly every meeting and event manager: extremely busy and “it’s 11 p.m. It’s all about adapting and managing your time wisely.”.

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The MICE Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2021

On 28 September, Rotterdam Partners shared how they did it with their global audience during the third Rotterdam Experiment hybrid event, as well as the lessons learned from being the host city of the 65th edition of the ESC. The ESC is one of the best examples of what a global event in the post-pandemic world can look like.

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Endless Events

DECEMBER 12, 2019

And I think specifically within an AV company, the technical director position who usually is kind of limited almost usually to the general session, just to kind of manage all the technical aspects. But I think those two would be best friends” Risk Manager & Crisis Team Leader. How to Foster Inclusion At Events.

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InEvent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Many in-person events were canceled or postponed to prevent the virus from spreading, leading to significant financial losses for event organizers, venues, and associated industries. The disruption also led to a reevaluation of traditional event formats.

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Maritz Global Events

AUGUST 6, 2019

2019 has been a transformational year for Karla: she made the difficult decision to leave her role as Director of Event Management after four years. In May, she started a new path in her career journey, now as a Director of Strategic Account Management. Treat everyone around you like you want to be treated. It’s About People.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 30, 2019

So today, we’re breaking down the three elements that lead to a perfect event outcome. Our always amazing host, Will Curran, brings you the essential pillars of event planning. Straight from the Global Event Forum report, these are the elements that can make or break an event. Global Event Forum Report.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

For global events looking to convene in Southeast Asia, Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) in Bangkok, Thailand, has emerged as the venue of choice. Sustainability was a major theme of the event, which made a pledge to gastronomic sustainability through sustainable food sourcing and food-waste management.

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