Smart Meetings

JULY 22, 2021

Many stadiums have been left to sit and decay, such as the Olympic venues in Rio de Janeiro , which hosted in 2016; Beijing, in 2008; and Athens, in 2004; others, such as that in Lake Placid , in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, and Munich Stadium, are being used to host more sporting events and meetings.

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2028 Venues 2004 2020 264

Event Marketer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Since Ricoh entered the European production print marketplace in 2008, we have adopted a policy of constant expansion, and upgrading of the entire portfolio, hardware, and software. We use the Japanese term HENKAKU to describe what drives and defines us.

Trade Shows 264

Trade Shows 2008 Transportation Marketing 264

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2022

Aventri, which was founded in 2008, had grown into a global provider of data-driven solutions for event sourcing, marketing, registration, onsite technology, data security and reporting. He will remain with the company in an executive role. Former Aventri CEO Jim Sharpe will remain a shareholder and advisor to the new company.

Event Tech 264

Event Tech Tech 2022 2008 264

Prestige Events Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The company has been delivering events and retail catering since its inception in 2008 and has now grown to 4 venues with a team of 240 people to support. For private clients and diners at Rotunda Bar & Restaurant, celebration offers include: 2008’s daily specials menu will be available at the special price of £12.50

2008 147

2008 Retail Hospitality 2023 147

Smart Meetings

APRIL 1, 2022

Norwalk joined Visit Seattle as senior vice president of sales and marketing, and was promoted to president and CEO in 2008. Before Visit Seattle, Norwalk held marketing and leading roles with Seattle Hospitality Group, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts and The Golf Club at Newcastle.

2008 246

2008 Hotels Tourism 2022 246

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 24, 2021

In 2008, Nostrand was named one of the Top 25 Extraordinary Minds in the industry by HSMAI. Before Omni, he was director of full-service brand development for Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. Nostrand also worked in marketing and sales roles for Marriott International. Wendy Haase, CDME.

Travel 246

Travel 2008 Hotels Tourism 246

EventMB

AUGUST 23, 2024

Founded in 2008, Legends provides venue planning and project management, premium sales, sponsorship, hospitality, and merchandise services to many sports, entertainment, and attractions brands. After a competitive bid process, OVG replaced ASM at McCormick, the largest convention center in North America.

2008 184

2008 Sponsorships Sports Hospitality 184

Event Marketer

JUNE 21, 2024

Unexpected economic downturns like the 9/11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic reminded us the importance of retaining cash in the business. This model that we implemented in 2021 has helped new teammates integrate quickly and allowed seasoned staff to mentor effectively. Keep your powder dry.

2008 263

2008 Financial 2010 2014 263

Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

11, 2001, and during the 2008 financial crisis, the aviation industry suffered and airlines merged. As a result, nearly 800,000 pilots will be needed—twice the number in the current workforce. Why aren’t there more young pilots? After the terrorist attacks of Sept.

Airlines 216

Airlines Marketing 2001 2008 216

Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Sustainability is at the heart of 15Hatfields, the award-winning venue of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health. Through 15 years of innovation and discovery, the team has worked tirelessly with partners and suppliers to help bring truly sustainable events to life.

2008 69

2008 Sustainability Venues Events 69

Conferences that Work

APRIL 10, 2023

At edACCESS 2008 I gave a 90-minute presentation entitled “Learning from the biggest consulting mistake I’ve made — and that you probably have too” OK, the formal title was “The Systematic Development of Informed Consent “, which sounds much fancier but requires explanation.

Consulting 31

Consulting 2008 Conference Management 31

Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 24, 2023

It’s an ethos we’ve championed since 2008, and in doing so, we’re attracting and maintaining a team that contributes to our commercial success and reputation. By supporting our people, we also help build personal confidence, pride and long-term retention too.

2008 246

2008 Hospitality Sustainability 2023 246

Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2024

She has been a CMP since 2008, and was a member of the inaugural class of CMP Fellows in 2022. I truly believe that bringing together the right people, in the right ways, can prepare us for a brighter future.” Today, Surmont, also holding an FASAE and CAE, is the vice president of event strategy and design at 360 Live Media.

2008 264

2008 Education 2022 Meetings 264

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

He’s been with the company since 2008 when he started as a bellman at Kimpton Hotel Madera while he was in college. Zachary Jellson Kimpton Goodland in Goleta, California, welcomed Jellson as general manager. Most recently, he was a member of the guest experience team at Kimpton Corporate.

2008 199

2008 Hotels Hospitality 2016 199

Smart Meetings

JANUARY 18, 2019

A decade after the 2008 recession, the industry appears to be stable, with steady growth on the horizon according to a new report from American Express Meetings & Events (M&E), a division of American Express Global Business Travel (GBT).

2019 237

2019 2008 Tourism Hotels 237

Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 3, 2024

Cotton joined the mia team in 2008 and has a wealth of experience and knowledge of the association’s diverse membership, accreditation and assessments. Her understanding of members’ needs and expectations, developed over many years with the association, will come to the fore in this role.

2008 147

2008 Management Meetings Events 147

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Andrew Luan started ExperienceFirst Walking Tours in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis. The way to make that connection is through contextual understanding.” At the time, he was working as a trader for Deutsche Bank. I thought this was a travesty,” he says.

Travel 246

Travel 2008 Financial Banking 246

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The Dolder Grand reopened in 2008 after an extensive remodel of the 1899 building and has used modernist art to catapult the historic architecture into present day Zurich. The hotel offers over 14,000 sq. of both indoor and outdoor meeting/event space and can accommodate up to 200 guests at a time. The Dolder Grand–Zurich, Germany.

Hotels 246

Hotels 2008 Meetings Education 246

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

A venue built inside the city’s old Federal Reserve building, The Bentley Reserve originally opened in 2008. Earlier this month San Francisco’s Bently Reserve unveiled the latest meetings technology incorporated into its meeting and event space. San Francisco is a hub for technology,” Director of Events and Sales Jim Bruels says.

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Conference Meetings 2008 Technology 255

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

” —Stephen Jenkinson in the 2008 documentary Griefwalker. Two important truths from Stephen Jenkinson : “…it’s the awareness of death — and not happiness or positivity or stoicism — that allows us to live fully in the time that we have.” ” —Stephen Jenkinson, in an interview in The Sun, August 2015.

2008 120

2008 2015 Conference 120

EventSource

AUGUST 27, 2020

The second one came in 2008, when I teamed up with my partner Allan and started a program as the in-house DJs at the Distillery. It was the craziest summer of my life, late night parties, living out of a suitcase. But it opened many doors and introduced me to the corporate side of the industry I wasn’t familiar with yet.

2002 294

2002 2008 Fashion Travel 294

BizBash

JUNE 13, 2017

Since launching Goop as a newsletter in 2008, actress Gwyneth Paltrow has grown the concept into a successful lifestyle brand.

2008 103

2008 103

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Trimmer, who became the city’s agricultural director in 2008, parallels the city’s agricultural education with how the city and many other states have been showing and continue to show off their wineries. “We “Why sell something wholesale if you can sell it at retail?” Trimmer asks. We started producing our wineries.

Food and Beverage 263

Food and Beverage Sustainability Retail 2007 263

Event Marketer

JUNE 22, 2023

If you were working in the event industry in 2008, you no doubt recall the almost immediate impact the recession had on live events. As travel budgets were cut, so were thousands of the events that had become the lifeblood of their company’s sales pipelines.

2008 130

2008 Event Marketing Travel Marketing 130

Event Marketer

JULY 31, 2023

Among the printed grievances: “Had that idea in 2008,” “Called my CFO ‘Mom’” and “6 a.m. The messages were then printed on Sprite cans in real time and delivered to the participant, or picked up inside the brand’s signature green-infused footprint, helping keep attendees cool in the summer heat. bed, 7 a.m. Agency: Ogilvy.

2023 246

2023 2008 Advertising Tech 246

Prestige Events Magazine

JULY 8, 2024

The Princess Royal’s unveiling of the newly refurbished Great Hall in 2008. The Prince of Wales’s (now King Charles) 1982 visit during his election as President of the BMA on its 150th anniversary. Princess Diana’s opening of the new library (today’s Great Hall) in 1986.

2008 130

2008 Venues Events Management 130

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In 2022, ABHM opened in its new location in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville Neighborhood after shuttering its former location in 2008 due to the financial crisis that struck the U.S. ABHM presents a tremendous opportunity for planners seeking to provide their attendees with an enlightening and educational experience.

Hospitality 238

Hospitality Tourism Entertainment 2008 238

Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Schanzenbach has been in the spa, fitness and wellness sector since 2008, including working as spa manager at Hotel Atlantis by Giardino in Zurich and head of sports at Swiss Holiday Park in Morschach, Switzerland. Schanzenbach is director of spa at Dolder Grand’s Dolder Grand Spa in Zurich.

Food and Beverage 189

Food and Beverage 2026 2008 Hotels 189

Event Marketer

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2008, Event Marketer published its first-ever Women in Events special report, highlighting 20 women shaping the world of experiential marketing.

2023 100

2023 2008 Event Marketing Marketing 100

Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Camp Bestival, a family-friendly festival, had previously been held annually on the Lulworth Estate since 2008. Like all other festivals in 2020 – last year’s event was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Originally published by bbc.co.uk 25th February 2021.

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Banking 2008 2021 Government 123

Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In 2008, they performed Sparks Spectacular , a legendary series of concerts in which they played every single song from every one of the 21 albums they’d released on 21 (almost) consecutive nights in London, one album each night. “Approximately 250 songs, or for you musicians, 4 million, 825 thousand, 273 notes.”

2008 156

2008 2021 2022 Conference 156

Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Defebo joined VSC in 2008 as director of sales and most recently worked as the organization’s director of sales and marketing. Kelly Defebo, CMP Defebo is Visit Sarasota County ’s (VSC) vice president of marketing and communications.

Hospitality 147

Hospitality 2008 Hotels 2014 147

Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The South Bank venue, which opened its doors in 2008, achieved the landmark result for November, as interest continues to soar for its recently expanded hireable spaces as well as its unwavering commitment to reducing the environmental impact of events.

2008 130

2008 Sustainability Banking 2024 130

Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2023

Since its launch in 2008, Lime Venue Portfolio venues have served c22.5 It now has over 80 venue members representing stadia, confex & arenas, heritage attractions and residential conference centres and remains a self-proclaimed ‘cheerleader’ for better events and a stronger event industry.

Venues 130

Venues 2030 2008 Sustainability 130

EventMB

JUNE 29, 2022

After emerging as far back as 2008 the event industry largely ignored the format’s potential. In-person events may be back, but attendance for most business events is stuck at two-thirds of 2019 levels or lower. Hybrid events have a bad reputation, but we’ve only just started experimenting with them on a large scale.

Event Tech 219

Event Tech Tech 2021 2020 219

Event Industry News

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since 2008, Bournemouth 7s has been throwing festivals for sports people and party lovers, establishing itself as a date that everyone puts in their calendar each year. Bournemouth 7s, the world’s largest sport and music festival, has chosen FIXR, the events management and ticketing platform, as it’s official ticketing partner for 2023.

2008 83

2008 Sports 2023 Event Management 83

Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

Warren Campbell, general manager of 15Hatfields, said: “Since opening our doors in 2008, we’ve consciously avoided single-use plastic – saving tens of thousands of items being thrown away each year.

Government 130

Government 2008 Sustainability Retail 130