SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Food trucks are fun, convenient, serve delicious food at a fraction of the cost of a sit-down meal, and are a great addition to any event. Koi Fusion offers Korean food with a twist. The company currently serves the greater Portland area and has plans to expand across Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Temple served on the MPI Board of Directors from 2012-2014 and joined the MPI Global Team in September 2014. Will Jones Montage International named Will Jones hotel manager of Montage Palmetto Bluff, where he’ll oversee rooms, food and beverage and the spa at the Bluffton, South Carolina resort. Photo Credit: MPI.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

If being in a room is a requirement—because it’s raining, for example— your team-building meeting, what’s better y than to make the room a game? Cocktail enthusiasts can find out how to make the alcoholic beverages from learned mixologists. Attendees can roll sushi, decorate a cake or even learn how to grill the perfect steak.

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Maritz Global Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Identify any special food requirements. As a former meeting planner who has received Ohio MPI’s Planner of the Year award twice (2006 & 2012), she brings a unique perspective to these blog posts. One of the easiest ways to kill your upsell opportunities is to make participants go to multiple locations. Book their hotel room.

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PCMA Convene

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

NUMBER OF MEETINGS PLANNED. More than one-third of respondents ( 34 percent ) plan more than 20 meetings per year, and more than two-thirds (67 percent) plan at least six meetings per year. 2012 Registration. TOP OUTSOURCED ITEM, 2007–2017. 2007 Event-supply rentals. 2013 Housing.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

The circle got considerably bigger in 1987, with a vote to open up membership to professionals in the fields of science, education, and engineering, and bigger still in 1990, when all nonprofit association meeting professionals and CEOs were invited to join. “We A Meeting Runs on Its Stomach. “As Heart Attack on a Plate.

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