Smart Meetings

JANUARY 17, 2025

Thinking about a Caribbean locale for your next meeting or event? New options for meeting profs are Sandals St. I look forward to the destination meeting its new targets going into the new year and continuing to offer travelers a premier choice for their Caribbean holidays. Planning an incentive trip with wellness in mind?

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Looking for a showstopping dining experience to feature at your next meeting? of leisure and meeting spaces. The opening of Hotel Bardo Pittsburgh further elevates our city’s evolving reputation as a place where modern sophistication meets authentic charm.” Considering Saudi Arabia for a future event?

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Endless Events

MARCH 21, 2022

Remo is a map-based virtual event platform that has been building events and meetings since 2018. “ Remo is a map-based virtual meeting and event platform. We have universities that want to do their football stadium on a map and you come and have a meeting in the stadium. Introducing Remo, A Map-Based Event Platform.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2022

Event marketers are ramping up in-person events with a fresh perspective provided by two years of virtual meetings and the proliferation of tech specifically focused on video conferencing. Smart Meetings talked to industry experts for tips on how to produce meaningful experiences for everyone on the registration list. Make it Tangible.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. Read More : Simple Wellness Activities Can Go a Long Way at Your Next Meeting.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2024

Meetings planners converge to share their experiences April 11th, 2024, marks the annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) where meeting professionals all over the world will be able to share and learn from each other about the importance of the meetings industry on a global scale.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

Global All-Star panel agreed that creative, intentional tourism management can be a source for good. The action-oriented panels on ripped-from-the-headlines topics were in line with opening keynote speaker Chip Conley’s advice to ride the waves of trends and plant seeds during uncertain times. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) July 20, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 16, 2022

In chatting with Smart Meetings, Cat-Wells offered several important tips that meeting organizers should consider before putting together events in the future. Especially for the events that have diversity panels and diversity conversations. Don’t Leave Disability Out of the Diversity Conversation.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

As you chat with fellow meeting professionals you hear the faint sound of a trumpet. This is the Marriott “Meet with Momentum” experience in New Orleans. This four-day experience by Marriott International is one of many currently offered by the company’s Meet with Momentum program, now in its third year. What follows is a 0.5-mile-long

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 4, 2024

Catherine Chaulet “Meeting planners can actually appreciate the organizational strengths of the Olympic Games, seeing how everything is organized in a way that ensures security measures are in place,” says Catherine Chaulet, president and CEO of Global DMO Partners , based in Washington, D.C., appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Avoiding wellness washing and incorporating holistic well-being into meetings Wellness is on every planner’s mind these days—with it, come concerns of “wellness washing.” A group of professionals with expertise in wellness—its nuances, scope and impact—gathered for a recent Smart Meetings webinar, “How to Avoid Wellness Washing.”

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Destination Celebration at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center brought together Destinations International and PCMA members last week to celebrate partnerships being formed by meeting professionals everywhere. This time around, the focus was on the human connections that happen when everyone is in a ballroom together.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

TSMC) is a linchpin in Phoenixs burgeoning semiconductor industryone of many reasons the area is fast becoming a hot tech meetings destination. The presence of industry trailblazers in those fieldsas well as the Phoenix Bioscience Coremeans there is abundant intellectual capital to tap into for meeting panels, speakers, and more.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Meet at these bright new and renovated resorts in San Diego, Oahu and Barbados that enjoy sunshine and the ocean breeze nearly every day of the year. The resort draws inspiration from its island location to host tranquil yet highly motivating meetings and events. When you hold your meeting in the 1,500 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 8, 2023

What the impact of a younger generation means for the future of the meeting industry No two generations are the same. Smart Meeting spoke with Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of strategy at the event management company Freeman, to pinpoint how data can be used to enhance the event experience for all ages.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 26, 2022

More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. Read about all the meeting options available at National Harbor. .

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2019

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. Related: Smart Meetings’ Top 5 Videos of 2018. Grab your popcorn and head over to Smart Meetings TV for tips (anyone looking to relive decision fatigue?),

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. Green meetings are here to stay. But when the phrase “ regenerative meetings ” started getting tossed around, we were curious if that was even possible.

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Endless Events

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Layered backdrop elements like waved panels combined to create a representation of the Grand Canyon. The set also played with different textures and patterns via circuitry panels and used a triple-wide screen for presentations because Arizona is a hub for growing tech. The feel was classy but also uplifted. In Good Company Conference.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 20, 2023

Following the events of George Floyd’s tragic death in 2020, meetings industry organizations have been actively seeking to engage in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) discussion. If a client has strong feelings about DEI, meetings planners should too. “If

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 29, 2025

When youre trying to plan meetings that make an impact, it sure helps to host at a hotel you can only describe as awe-inspiring. of meeting and event space, from a 2,500-square-foot ballroom to an executive boardroom. of flexible event space, from intimate ballrooms to modern meeting spaces to a sunny outdoor reception terrace.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 2, 2023

Bring joy into your meetings Joy is contagious. Using WalletHub’s list of the happiest cities in America , Smart Meetings gathered some of the top locations, venues and locations that are sure to bring a smile to your attendees’ faces. of meeting and event space and 43 breakout rooms. Marriot Irvine has 30,375 sq.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 31, 2025

24, the temperature in downtown Los Angeles was 72 degrees and the 61 st Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) had gathered at the Los Angeles Convention Center which, like 98 percent of Los Angeles County, was not impacted by the fires that raged on televisions around the country and in the hills of Palisades and Altadena.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 21, 2020

It’s all about panels and moderation, and it will serve as a nice prequel for today’s show. Meeting Design Toolbox for Meeting Architects. Welcome to today’s exciting conversation about MCs for events! And more precisely, how they can make or break your event. Samme Allen ( @sammeallen ).

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 18, 2024

A panel called for the normalization of talking about menstruation and menopause, baby brain and aging. The younger members of the panel felt they still had a lot to prove. The post ASAE’s Inaugural Women’s Experience ‘The Exchange’ Got Real, Real appeared first on Smart Meetings. Learn More: What One Thing?

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

of meeting and event spaces across 16 design-forward spaces named after iconic moments in French history. Meetings with a View Timbri Hotel San Francisco Timbri Hotel San Francisco officially opens its doors, becoming the first Curio Collection by Hilton in San Francisco. of meeting and event space. The property offers 6,250 sq.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2023

How the industry is celebrating and what you can do to support March 30 th marks Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) 2023 and there is more excitement than ever. Meeting Professionals International (MPI) is giving a live broadcast from 6 a.m. The future of meetings is also the focus of events PCMA chapters are producing for GMID.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2022

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Here are three ways meeting professionals can benefit from recent technological developments to future-proof their events post-pandemic. One of the key live event components that was missed most during government lockdowns was networking and being able to go and meet new people, build connections and develop business opportunities.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2025

Northwest Event Show highlighted the benefits in a panel discussion that set the stage for the two-day meeting ideafest. Meetings are a healthy part of the urban mix for residents and travelers alike. The post Northwest Event Show Stressed the Positive Buzz Groups Bring to Communities appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

How the meetings industry is celebrating #GMID2023 Destinations across the United States are showing just how much #meetingsmatter. This year marks the sixth annual Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), hosted by U.S. It’s so vital that it’s worth celebrating, read below see ways meeting profs are doing just that.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 2, 2022

Some 30 miles away, meeting professionals at the ubiquitous customer relationship software company Salesforce have taken a net-zero pledge and are brainstorming ways to keep business moving forward while prioritizing sustainability as a core value in everything from partnerships to customer data tracking and at its annual Dreamforce citywide event.

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The MICE Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Throughout the venue, sustainable features serve multiple purposes: the moss sedum roof (1,713 m) provides natural insulation, solar panels supply 25% of electricity needs, and a water reservoir system reuses rainwater. I was impressed by The Rotterdam Hall’s natural daylight, which enhances attendee wellbeing while reducing energy use.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 28, 2021

Smart Meetings got a sneak peek at the Event Leadership Institute’s (ELI) opening general session of their upcoming Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3, The State of the Industry: Where We Are With In-Person Events. For the next 3-6 months, many corporations aren’t holding meetings due to company travel restrictions.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 24, 2024

These venues and meeting spaces are committed to being a space that facilitates community-building. All do well to also weave the special flavor of each of their destinations throughout, so your attendees walk away with both a fantastic meeting memory and an outstanding destination experience. Nearly 20,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, the largest meetings industry event returned to a new home at Mandalay Bay Casino Resort this week and the buzz at the 10th annual hosted buyer show was reminiscent of years past. Day 1 Highlights from the Return to Meeting. The post IMEX Came Back Big Time appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 14, 2021

The microgrid, which continues to maintain connection with the traditional power grid, consists of five natural gas-fueled generators and nearly 10,000 solar panels able to produce 20 megawatts, enough electric to power more than 13,000 homes, well over PHL’s peak demand, which is about 14 megawatts.

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