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Is the Party Over?

Smart Meetings

It happened in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 2009,” Juliane Farinazzo, co-founder and events director of Bijou Events, remembers as if it were yesterday. I am not keen to restart show-floor happy hours where too many people crowd into the booth,” adds Lisa Grogan, who manages events, meetings and trade shows at Canadian tech company Matrox.

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A Guide to Serving F&B on the Exhibit Floor

PCMA Convene

Since then, Herlitz has encountered directives that differ from venue to venue — but has also laid down his own rules in response to misadventures with food on the show floor. Plates, cups, and glasses left haphazardly around an exhibition can quickly degrade the look of the show floor. It’s a case-by-case thing.”. HOW TO LIMIT LITTER.

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Navigating International Attendance Challenges in 2025’s Political Climate

Smart Meetings

When policies close doors, technology opens windows In a beautiful garden under the soft Portland sun in 2009, I stood in my wedding dress, exchanging vows with my soon-to-be husband. government to expedite visas for legitimate business travelers, stating that visa woes are “disappointing and costly” for global trade shows.

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Navigating International Attendance Challenges in 2025’s Political Climate

Smart Meetings

When policies close doors, technology opens windows In a beautiful garden under the soft Portland sun in 2009, I stood in my wedding dress, exchanging vows with my soon-to-be husband. government to expedite visas for legitimate business travelers, stating that visa woes are “disappointing and costly” for global trade shows.

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What’s the Economic Impact of the Meetings Industry?

PCMA Convene

These are among the takeaways of “The Economic Significance of Meetings to the US Economy” report, which updates the 2009 report by the same name, from Oxford Economics, the Events Industry Council, and the Meetings Mean Business Coalition, released in February. in benefits to the U.S. economy,” Sacks said in the briefing about the findings.

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