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How—and Where—to Pair Wine and Business in California

Smart Meetings

The region has since become synonymous with world-class vintages, and an entire lifestyle—and associated meeting spaces—have grown to support the $57.6 Wine educators guide attendees through the art of blending in the winery’s Cave of Curiosity. billion statewide industry. Southern California.

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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

SmartMeetings

For professional associations and meeting planners, membership does have its privileges. As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? For the meeting planning industry, smartphones provide an easy way to keep clients engaged and deliver content.

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28th Annual Meetings Market Survey: Who Responded?

PCMA Convene

Each year, meeting planners who are members of PCMA and an additional group of Convene meeting planner subscribers receive an extensive Meetings Market Survey, which requests proprietary information and budget projections for their organizations. Six percent were vice presidents, and 7 percent were CEOs.

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When the Boss is You

PCMA Convene

I’m using my strongest skills in meeting and event planning, so I kind of took a winding route, but it’s a really, really great fit for me. Claire Abrams My whole career’s been in association meeting planning for dental, medical, or commercial associations.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

I hope for stabilization so that planning can be more intentional than planning for the unknown.”. Science-based meetings with continuing education tend to have fewer massive fluctuations, but we must continue to focus on the value of face-to-face meetings as travel becomes more difficult and virtual content more accessible.”.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas.

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Meeting Job Candidates Have Changed. Are You Prepared?

MeetingsNet

For the hiring wave of 2023, it’s taking longer to find the right meeting planning candidate—it’s not always a clear fit in today’s workplace environment. While 2022 was a year for rebuilding teams, job openings were not evenly distributed across the event-planning field, says Dawn Penfold, president of MeetingJobs, a Cadre company. “I