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How Can We Protect Ourselves After the Marriott Data Breach?

Smart Meetings

Are planners—and everyone else—who has booked at Starwood properties since 2014 taking a collective gulp or merely shrugging over the news from Marriott International that as many as 500 million guest records have been breached? appeared first on Smart Meetings. More : 500 Million Starwood Guests May be Victim of Data Breach.

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Tips to Keep Women Secure on the Road

SmartMeetings

The study, which delved into top safety concerns women business travelers face, found that almost 69 percent of United States travel buyers believe females face greater risk than males and 61 percent feel it’s imperative to consider female safety when implementing risk-management programs.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

PCMA Convene

In 2014, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted a 10-percent increase in the number of meeting-and-event-planning jobs by 2024. Peggy Marilley, founder of Alexandria, Virginia–based Precision Meetings & Events, thinks working with students keeps her ahead of the curve. “At THE FUNDAMENTALS. Ogbeide, Ph.D.,

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How Do You Handle Special-Meal Requests?

PCMA Convene

Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. Of the 230 meeting professionals who participated in the survey, 86 percent said that dietary requests are “growing” or “growing significantly,” while 8 percent categorized the growth as “explosive.”.

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Ordering Off the Menu

PCMA Convene

Even so, when he sat down to prepare menus for an upcoming meeting held last month, the list of special-meal requests gave him pause. Of the 230 meeting professionals who participated in the survey, 86 percent said that dietary requests are “growing” or “growing significantly,” while 8 percent categorized the growth as “explosive.”.

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More industry challenges and solutions

Plan Your Meetings

On an ongoing basis, Plan Your Meetings has held industry-challenges-and-solutions roundtables to give planners and suppliers a chance to talk honestly (and anonymously) about their challenges and brainstorm about potential solutions. Let’s face it: Meeting planners and suppliers have the same goal. It’s the No.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

If you’re interested in scheduling Bob to speak at your company meeting, conference or convention, please contact Kathy Tagenel at (775) 220-6995 or click here to email her. Christy Lamagna is the founder of and Master Strategist at Strategic Meetings & Events. Where to find him? Brian Tracy Who is he? Where to find him?

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