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Smart Moves in Colorado, Utah and More

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Before joining Aspen Hospitality, Azevedo worked as vice president of acquisitions and development for Loews Hotels and vice president of development for the Americas for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. Rachel Riggs, CMP, DES, SEPC Riggs is general manager of environmental strategy for Maritz Global Events.

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First Business Events Industry Week Celebrated Power of Meeting

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More than 2,000 meetings industry folks gathered at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center for the launch of Business Events Industry Week , a concentration of events designed to illustrate the Power of Purpose exercised when people come together. global account executive with Marriott International.

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How the Trend of Festivalization Is Changing Events

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This is a sponsored post by Maritz Global Events. More information about Event Manager Blog’s sponsored posts. Conferences are undergoing a change brought on by the audience’s desire to be immersed in days of excitement.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

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She is co-chair of Events Industry Council’s Meeting and Event Design Group Covid-19 Business Recovery Task Force and now consults leading companies on their return to events approach. Any interruption to pre-planning or on-site execution that disrupts an event is a risk,” Warwick said. Defining Risk.

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Best of 2024: Health and Wellness

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How can planners help their attendees to feel a sense of genuine belonging through their event design? Whats the business case for having consistent wellness programming in events? The health and wellness stories of 2024 have the answers. The post Best of 2024: Health and Wellness appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Can One Virtual Meeting Platform Rule Them All?

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Vice President and General Manager Eric Spadafora said he is seeing requests for conferences for 100,000 or more people. These are not just big video conferences, but actual events,” he said. Or will a lack of choice force event designers to compromise to fit into the box? Is Bigger Better?

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The Road to IMEX: 3 Months to Go, and an Outpouring of Interest

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Over the next six to eight weeks, Bauer will be following news about updated guidance, experiences of other conferences and sentiments about mask wearing and health screening. See also : Tips for Streamlining Vaccine Verification at Your Event. 8 before the official conference begins. “It

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