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IHG Is the Latest Hotel Company to Aid On-Site Covid Testing

MeetingsNet

IHG, whose meetings-focused brands include InterContinental, Kimpton, Regent, and Crowne Plaza, has announced a partnership with Wellness 4 Humanity to provide and administer rapid on-site covid testing for corporate and association meetings at more than 70 properties in the United States.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

On the food and beverage side, the hotel has Jack’s brasserie, also known as the ‘Bernese institution’ and is named after the father of one of the previous owners of the Gauer family, a veteran hotelier family in Switzerland. There’s a reduction of food waste that we are engaged in. We also do local activities.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

Thinking ahead — The average booking window for large meetings is 2.2 years, slightly less than in the 2016 survey; for small meetings, it’s 9 months, compared to 11 months in the 2016 survey. 2017 Meetings vs. 2016 Meetings. The overall average is 10 months, compared to 11 months in the 2016 survey.

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Four Ways That Corporate Meeting Planners Can Trim Budgets

Master the Event

Corporate meeting planners are always looking for creative ways that they can trim their meetings budget without losing too much of the overall program. Today, corporate meeting planners have a tough job. Of course for many corporations and associations meetings are a vital part of their operation.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

Experts from Maritz Global Events, Accor, Hyatt and MGM Resorts International discussed how meetings will change and what will drive growing demand in the year ahead. This covered delegates’ expectations for personalization, right down to food and beverage, as well as keeping up with evolving technology and addressing security needs.

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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

Smart Meetings

San Francisco’s welcoming people, its unbeatable food scene, and its endless activity regularly lead to record-breaking meeting attendance. Our kitchen staff, led by Executive Chef David Hollands, is a leading force in repurposing food for the needy and recycling our excess. Figure Skating Championships).

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Denzil Rankine: ‘We Have an Extraordinary Journey in This Industry’

PCMA Convene

” Earlier this year, the book Reinventing Live: The Always-on Future of Events was published, after being rushed into production last year during COVID-19 by coauthors Denzil Rankine and Marco Giberti. Rankine said they wondered how different things may be by the time people were able to hold the book in their hands.