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Design your meeting BEFORE choosing the venue!

Conferences that Work

given at EventCamp Twin Cities on September 9, 2010? Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! Want to see my 6 minute 40 second Pecha Kucha presentation Face The Fear—Then Change Your Conference Design! If so, download.

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Election Results: What the Mid-Terms Meant for Events

Smart Meetings

The first week of November, the union announced that it had agreed to contracts in Oakland, California and Detroit, but 7,000 employees were still on strike at Marriott properties in California, Hawaii and Boston. The lodging tax has been in place since 2010.

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Why Meeting Planners Should—and Shouldn’t—Worry About Airline Strikes

MeetingsNet

Here’s a wrap-up of the latest news on airline pilot contracts, and some perspective on the possibility of a strike. A strike authorization does not mean a strike is imminent but gives the union authority to strike if contract negotiations fall through. Pilot strikes are rare. The last U.S.

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Paje Consultancy launch Learning and Development partnership with beam

Prestige Events Magazine

Paje Consultancy was set up by Mandy Jennings in 2010, who has a breadth of sales, conference and marketing experience with major hotel and venue operators. Paje are specialists in the meetings, events, and conference market, who offer bespoke training for venues, hotels, and agencies.

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Westminster Venue Collection partners with Paje Consultancy to manage their marketing and central enquiry service

Prestige Events Magazine

Paje Consultancy Ltd are delighted to announce they have been awarded the contract to provide a full marketing, membership and enquiry service to the prestigious Westminster Venue Collection (WVC) from 1 st November 2021. Paje Consultancy also provide a dedicated sales and marketing team for the acclaimed Academic Venue Solutions association.

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A Door of Opportunity

PCMA Convene

Once the door was in, NAAA committed to holding its 2012 and 2015 conventions in Savannah, and has since signed contracts for its 2017 and 2020 shows. Considering that NAAA’s two follow-on bookings each had an economic impact of $1.8

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Liberty Media sure to keep British Grand Prix at Silverstone

Event Industry News

Silverstone signed a 17-year contract to host the British Grand Prix from 2010, but spiralling […]. The threat to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone is likely to be resolved by new F1 owner Liberty Media, which will complete its takeover deal by the end of March this year, according to BBC Sports writer Andrew Benson.

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