Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

How your audience responds will have a direct impact on your conference’s brand image and credibility. From a conference design perspective, we believe the current best practice is to bookend your conference by opening with a strong-thought provoking speaker and closing with inspiration. What to Look For.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Or instead of the typical mid-morning and afternoon food and beverage stations, work with the local hotel or venue to offer unique, fun snacks—like a “donut wall,” a soda mixologist, or other cuisine trends to get people talking, laughing, and connecting.

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Food and Beverage Entertainment Sustainability Hotels 246

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 28, 2023

How emerging AI and other technology will boost event humanity by putting attendee needs at the center of conference design Attendees expect more from events today and emerging technology is helping to deliver on those demands.

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2024 Event Technology Technology Social Media 277

PCMA Convene

AUGUST 4, 2022

The joint event was simulcast in the morning from Rome and projected on big screens at the 13 hotels hosting the event throughout Italy. In a post on his Conferences that Work blog , conference designer Adrian Segar writes: “If you want maximum learning, interaction, and connection at a meeting, small meetings are better than large meetings.

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Conference Design Hotels Conference Hospitality 98

Event Industry News

JULY 13, 2020

Every single day counts, and we now need bigger and bolder action to save our industry, get back to making meetings matter, creating terrific tradeshows, engaging audiences with experiences and delivering brilliant live content at conferences designed to help the UK bounce back safely and securely.”.

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Government Trade Shows B2B Sustainability 95

PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2016

CONVENTION SERVICES / HOTEL. Ariane Estepa, CMP , Meeting and Event Manager, Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. Brittany Haas, Event Billing Analyst, Hyatt Hotels Corporation; formerly Event Planning Manager, Hyatt Regency Dallas. David Winter, Director of Catering and Convention Services, Omni Fort Worth Hotel.

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Event Leadership Institute

JANUARY 31, 2018

Conference & Event Specialist | Yale University | New Haven, CT. Event Services (Banquets) Manager | Hyatt Hotels Corporation | Greenwich, CT. Director of Sales & Events | Hyatt Hotels Corporation | Savannah, GA. Meetings & Event Manager | Sheraton Hotels & Resorts | Lahaina, HI. Albuquerque, NM.

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2018 Hospitality Trade Shows Hotels 40