Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 13, 2020

The previous low for occupancy was during the financial crisis in 2009 when occupancy was 55 percent. hotel industry is projected to report a 51-percent decline in revenue per available room (RevPAR) in 2020, according to a special forecast revision from STR and Tourism Economics on March 31.

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Contracts 2009 Hotels 2020 397

Smart Meetings

AUGUST 12, 2021

Her accolades include 2009 Spirit of NACE Mary Margaret Traxler Award and 2018 CRVA Partners in Tourism Hospitality Professional of the Year award. Moncur’s recognitions include Visit Lake Norman’s Stellar Seller Award in 2013, Hilton Hotels’ Spirit Award in 2009 and MVP status with Homewood Suites in 2006. Brian Hilterbrandt.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The last guide covered 2008-2009. Las Vegas, which strives to go bigger than anywhere else—and is in continual competition with Orlando for meetings and events business—used to have its restaurants rated by Michelin. And with so many celebrity-chef outposts, deservedly so. Yet apparently that guide sold so poorly it was discontinued.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 30, 2018

With this tool, you can generate something truly original — like in 2009, when Jill and Kevin Heinz invented a brand new trope: the wedding entrance dance. Rarely, however, is this tool used to design events that creatively incorporate, illuminate, and support core desires and outcomes for the meeting. What’s the tool?

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Event Design Food and Beverage 2009 Entertainment 253

Smart Meetings

JUNE 23, 2022

Travel , Freeman headed the work that led to the establishment of the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, which created Brand USA, U.S. He is also currently a board member of the compensation committee for American Gaming Systems. In his previous position as chief operating officer for U.S. Travel’s tourism promotion arm.

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Travel 2009 Tourism Meetings 246

Conferences that Work

APRIL 29, 2024

Since 2009 I’ve maintained an informal calendar of peer conferences (aka unconferences) on this site. It’s informal because I only list events I hear about, a minuscule fraction of the unconferences people hold every day. Even so, the calendar lists hundreds of events. Currently, I add a few peer conferences a month.

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Conference 2009 Healthcare Conference Design 245

EventMB

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Since launching in 2009, the Swiss company has grown to offer a fast, reliable, and secure suite […]. zkipster event management software has just launched new event invitation features to add to its current functionality. Here is our review. zkipster: What Is It? zkipster started when they created a guest list app for their own event.

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2009 Event Management Events Management 163

Conferences that Work

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

At least one new post every week since 2009. My WordPress dashboard tells me I’ve written 750 posts since I began this blog exactly thirteen years ago. I have a few thoughts. Read the full article at Conferences That Work. No related posts.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Lee is the author of Entrepreneur Press book, “ Taxpertise, The Complete Book of Dirty Little Secrets and Tax Deductions for Small Business that the IRS Doesn’t Want You to Know ,” published in 2009. The post Last Minute Tax Checks for Self-employed Meeting Planners appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Meetings 2009 2023 Transportation 246

Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The JKWeddingDance , invented in 2009, became a fun and novel format for Western weddings, but such innovations are rare. It’s hard to create genuinely new experiences for special events like galas, life celebrations, and incentive programs. Hey, if it were easy, everyone would be doing it.)

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Conferences that Work

MARCH 25, 2024

Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love was published in 2009. I continue to post every week on this blog, something I’ve been doing since 2009. I found a wonderful editor, Anne Lezak , who was incredibly encouraging. Towards the end of our working relationship, she told me I was a good writer!

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Event Marketer

JULY 11, 2024

Founded in Dublin, Web Summit started as a 150-person tech conference in October 2009 and has since grown to gather together over a million tech and business professionals from around the world across its events.

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2026 2025 2027 2009 278

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

He has been with the organization for a total of 10 years, joining as program manager for IAAPA Europe in 2009. Jakob Wahl. Wahl will be president and CEO of IAAPA , effective Jan. most recently working as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

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Conferences that Work

AUGUST 24, 2020

I wrote Conferences That Work , published in 2009, because in 1992, after decades of convening and running traditional conferences, circumstances forced me to invent a new kind of meeting. But I think it’s a solid and accessible introduction to meeting design that’s well worth reading.

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Meeting Design Meetings 2009 2013 324

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the lowest number since 2009. Only 65 percent of companies plan to host a party this year, according to the 2018 Holiday Party Survey Report released by Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Last year, almost 73 percent of companies held holiday parties. It may not be because your boss is a Scrooge.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

In 2009, she opened Workshop, a Colorado DMC. In this role, she developed a passion for event design, art direction and marketing. Later on, she spent eight years working in the sales and creative departments at a Colorado-based DMC. It became part of Access in 2015, and afterwards, grew from Colorado to Tennessee.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 20, 2024

When it was published in 2009, my peer conference work exploded. I’m still proud of how well Conferences That Work lays out the fundamental reasons for the importance and value of peer conferences. However, it turned out that the implementation sections, adequate for their day, had some important gaps and limitations.

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Consulting Social Media 2009 2013 240

Event Marketer

MARCH 7, 2024

Dubbed the largest annual light construction trade show in the world, IBS grew 12 percent this year, with attendance at the highest level since 2009, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which owns the show.

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2024 Trade Shows 2009 Banking 312

Event Marketer

MAY 16, 2022

MGM Resorts International continues to grow its sustainability commitment, which began in 2006 with the construction and development of the CityCenter resort complex that officially opened in 2009. The development is the largest privately-funded LEED Gold development in the world.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Through the years, redditors have kept their fingers on the pulse of the latest trends in tech—often predicting the next big thing through subreddits like r/electricvehicles (started in 2009) and r/bitcoin (established in 2010). For its first activation at CES, held in Las Vegas from Jan.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

2009 ; Hidi & Baird, 1996 ; and Mitchell, 1993 ). Too often our conference programming fosters helpless patterns of attendee responses ( Dweck & Master, 2009 ). Schiefele, U., Triggered situation interest is capturing the attendee’s attention.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 The hotel industry has seen consecutive record occupancy numbers over the last few years and it is projected to continue. Transient Room Stays Rising Fastest. percent in the United States. “We

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Conferences that Work

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love ’ (2009) sets out a step-by-step approach to designing participant-driven events, transforming conferences and professional meetings into what participants want and need them to be. ‘

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 20, 2023

” As the presenting sponsor of the Army-Navy football game since 2009, USAA never approaches each year’s game-day experiential activation the same way. Fans walked through a portal displaying key moments in Army-Navy game history, and “into the future.” But the 2022 matchup on Dec.

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Sponsorships Insurance 2009 2022 246

Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2023

He began working with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica as travel sales industry coordinator. His start in the hospitality industry began more than 20 years ago with Air Jamaica, where he was a lead agent in reservations and irregular operations.

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Food and Beverage Hotels 2001 2009 246

Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Every year the second Tuesday of October marks Ada Lovelace Day (12 th October 2021), founded in 2009 in recognition of Ada’s ground-breaking contribution to computer technology, and to celebrate the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).

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Stova

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

To see the full list, visit [link] About Eventex Awards Founded in 2009, Eventex Awards has become the most recognizable symbol of excellence in the world of events and experience marketing. This year, a total of 1086 professionals were honored with a nomination, while 26,685 votes were cast to determine the final list.

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2024 2009 Event Technology Marketing 59

Smart Meetings

MAY 23, 2023

Proudly Sharing Awareness Since 2009, when I joined the association, the membership and leadership of ESPA, formally the Association for Convention Operations Management (ACOM), has evolved into representing an awareness for ethnically diverse service professionals and related educational content.

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Hospitality 2009 Tourism Education 242

Conferences that Work

APRIL 3, 2023

As you may know, I have been selling my ebooks at a fixed price of $11.00 since 2009. Stock up on my ebooks before the price increases on April 15th! Dear Readers, I’m writing to share some important news regarding my ebooks. After careful consideration, I have decided to increase the price to $19.99 on April 15, 2023. to $49.99.

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2009 2023 Meeting Design Sustainability 31

Prestige Events Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Including working at agencies Imagination and Logistik before joining DRPG in 2009. Julie studied Fine Art at Nottingham University, beginning her career in art galleries, before moving into live event production and the creative communications industry. During her time, she built the Creative Comms and Campaigns division of the group.

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Conferences that Work

APRIL 8, 2019

I decide to write a book about it, and in… 2009: I self-publish Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love. Organizations hear about these conferences and ask me to design and facilitate them. 2005: I realize that the conference process I invented and since improved is incredibly popular with participants.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 29, 2024

Michelle Rosen Sapir: We put out the very first set of guidelines, which focused on accessibility, in 2009 on our company’s intranet and in a Google Doc, really simply. Event Marketer: How did these guidelines come about, and what was the process for developing them?

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Event Design 2009 Events Speakers 306

Prestige Events Magazine

APRIL 27, 2021

Meanwhile, from 2000-2009, social media, online booking platforms and smartphones took prevalence, with a combined backing of 45% among voters. Overall, the most significant decades for outstanding inventions were voted as the 1870s and 2000s, at almost opposite ends of the 150-year timescale.

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2009 Social Media Venues Technology 130

Event Industry News

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Artist Graham Hudson, 41 and Matt Bowler, 36, first met at MK Gallery in 2009 where Graham was commissioned to install his work titled ‘A Considerable Extension in Time and an Insignificant Extension in Space’ which consisted of a multi-levelled framework of scaffolding and pallets. Graham Hudson and Matt Bowler in Milan (2009).

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Attendease

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Founded in 2009 and launched for commercial use in 2011, BlueJeans was started by Krish Ramakirshnan and Alagu Periyannan as a video conferencing solution that hoped to be “as comfortable and as casual as your pair of jeans.” What Is BlueJeans?

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Event Marketer

APRIL 17, 2023

Since 2009, Serdula has been helping professionals embrace LinkedIn to establish a personal brand and understand the power of its features and reach through her SOAR methodology: strategize, optimize, amplify and relate.

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Trade Shows Consulting 2009 Meetings 311

Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Through lists…” —Umberto Eco, SPIEGEL Interview , 2009 Managing my life Are you blessed with a perfect memory? It also wants to create order — not always, but often. And how, as a human being, does one face infinity? How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Me neither!

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