Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Coalition’s 41st convention emphasized strength and resilience National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals (NCBMP) held its 41st annual convention in Birmingham, Alabama, at Sheraton Birmingham Hotel and Westin Birmingham Hotel Nov. To do that, we have to show it by inviting them to the conference. Let’s look at Covid.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 7, 2025

Charlotte Jones, Head of Conference and Events Sales, said: We are honoured to have been given this accolade, which recognises the outstanding facilities we have here at Aintree. Jockey Club Venues is a collection of prestigious racecourse event and hospitality venues across the UK. www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/venues/ venues/ [link]

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

She brings over two decades of experience managing high-profile conferences across various industries, spending the last decade of her career as president of events at Digiday, where she oversaw a team responsible for producing some of the media industry’s most influential gatherings.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 25, 2025

Conferences and trade shows in my industry are critical, and I was surprised how critical these shows were when I first got into med device, she says. The brands exhibit at RSNA 2023 was recognized as a Standout Booth, and at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting that year, 4DMedical won Best in Show in the mid-size category.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The world of money is changing fast, and Money20/20 USA , the fintech trade show and conference that took place at the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, Oct. Content-Meets-Connection Space Leveraging the buzz concept, the show introduced a dedicated space that hosted two MoneyPot podcast booths, a stage and a bar.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The meetings industry in particular provided much support to the communities devastated by the Hurricane Ian’s impact. Meeting groups at Naples Grande Beach Resort , which had a brief closure, expressed interest in how they could meet and leave the area better than when they arrived.

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Conferences that Work

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Many event professionals are hoping and waiting for a meeting industry new normal. We want to believe that, at some point, in-person meetings like the ones we’ve held for decades will return. Such areas are already holding local in-person events, but safe inter-regional meetings are not possible.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The UK & Ireland Chapter of ICCA, the global association for the international meetings industry, has opened registration for its 2025 Annual Conference, set to take place in Leeds from 26th to 28th February 2025. This will include another BIG Debate amongst the attendees.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As more planners and partners in hospitality and tourism incorporate sustainability into their business models, it becomes a need-to-have, rather than a nice-to-have. In this article, Smart Meetings compiled a list of some of the timeliest and most impactful partners and tools youll want to work with as you build your green meeting.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These initiatives allow venues to gain valuable insights into future trends while also creating a platform to share challenges and solutions within the ever-evolving hospitality sector. With over 50 member venues, the Venues of Excellence consortium takes pride in representing the very best in independent conference and event venues.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Looking for a showstopping dining experience to feature at your next meeting? You’re not alone—a major conference is being held to address the G20’s fastest-growing MICE market. of leisure and meeting spaces. Regis Hotels & Resorts Partners with Ginori 1735 for Worldwide Luxury Hospitality St.

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Conferences that Work

JULY 25, 2022

Event professionals: it’s time to talk about COVID, duty of care, and the meeting industry. The World Health Organization (WHO) just announced that COVID cases have tripled across Europe and hospitalizations have doubled. We’ve known since mid-2019 that COVID-19 spreads by airborne aerosol transmission. No related posts.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2025

Here, Smart Meetings brings you the key takeaways. #1 1 2028 is Poised to Spur a Significant Market Shift With the demand for meeting space continuing to soar, event planners are increasingly feeling the pressure to lock in venues ASAP. Dominguez pointed to data showing that, on average, hotels currently have 14.5

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Located in the heart of Portugal’s vibrant capital, Luxe Lisboa Park offers sophisticated accommodation that perfectly aligns with Vine Tree Connections’ commitment to exceptional hospitality experiences. The team at Luxe Lisboa Park looks forward to collaborating with Vine Tree Connections.”

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 25, 2025

The business events, accommodation and meetings industry contributes more than 61 billion to the UK economy each year, yet it remains particularly vulnerable to inflationary pressures, talent shortages and inconsistent government support. Our sector doesnt just respond to growth we help drive it.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Financial and insurance industry meeting planners face complex demands. Many plan both internal and customer events, incentive trips and sales meetings. To meet these evolving challenges, a record number gathered at the reimagined Sheraton Denver Downtown for the 2024 FICP Annual Conference this week.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2025

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. I eventually found my way into the hospitality industry, which felt like home because of my undeniable love for people. I transitioned from restaurants to hotel management, focusing on meetings and events.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 12, 2024

Women’s History Month is a fitting time to look at the leaders in our midst—regardless of their title—and learn from their heroic approach to hospitality innovation. We asked three women at three powerhouse meetings hotels about their approach to bringing everyone along and were impressed by the passion that unites them.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

ESPA President Jacquelyn Denise Reid on how hospitality can expand the definition of inclusive Celebrating the contributions of more than 13% of the U.S. population to the meetings industry and the world is something that needs to be done year-round. What does Black History Month mean to you?

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Event Marketer

MARCH 17, 2025

The 2025 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition brought more than 28,000 healthcare and tech leaders from around the world to the Venetian Convention & Expo Center in Las Vegas, March 3-6, to explore the latest in healthcare innovation and the future of digital health. Some promotional items had entire storylines.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

The Hospitality Show offered a mix of great insights and lessons to take home More than 3,500 attendees came together at the first-ever Hospitality Show at The Venetian Conference Center & Expo in Las Vegas June 27-29. F&B operates very differently than it did pre-pandemic, we’ve clustered a lot of positions.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 10, 2024

2025 will be a year when technology will play a central role in every area of conferences and meetings from operations to marketing. Steve Jones, CEO,believes we will see further polarisation of offerings in sectors that are labour heavy, such as hospitality, with the size of the squeezed middle growing.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 7, 2024

From the classic convenience of an airport hotel to the fun-filled water park of a Great Wolf property, here are three reinvigorated options to meet the unique needs of your next conference or meeting. of versatile meeting space will meet the demands of local and visiting business travelers. Its 6,800 sq.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The most anticipated openings of 2025, alongside big plans for brands, show how hospitality continues to evolve. With a host of exciting new hotels slated to open throughout the next 12 months, plus some major strategic visions in the works at major brands, the opportunities for every style meeting are boundless.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Read More : Today’s Best Practices for Visas and International Travel Business travel has been a key economic driver, thanks in no small part to the power of in-person meetings and events. While virtual meetings kept people connected during the pandemic, in-person engagements are proving more critical than ever.” million people).

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 18, 2025

Among the venue teams partners is catering company, Baxter Storey, who this year celebrated its 20 th birthday and in 2023 was recognised as the first-ever business and industry sector caterer to achieve World Class status by Hospitality Assured. Across the site, Red Bull Technology Group can cater for a variety of conferences and events.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

Smart Meetings Wellness Experience brought not-a-buzzword, capital-W Wellness to life in word and action. Read More: The Science of Event Happiness Featured at Smart Meetings Elevate Experience Wellness, now. Its meeting people where theyre at, and there are so many ways we can do it. Wellness is already in events DNA.

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Prestige Events Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2025

The Jockey Club Venues , a collection of destination event and hospitality venues across the UK, has further strengthened its New Business Team for Conferences & Events with two new appointments – Jasmine Taylor and Tash Stone. www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/venues/ venues/

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Experts weigh in on what needs to change to work together better Editor’s Note : Hospitality sales consultant Steve Steinhart will be speaking at Smart Meetings Extraordinary Experience in Monterey, California, Nov. If all the meetings that we have re-scheduled for 2024 come through, we will show a very nice gain in the group market.”

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Designing accessible events topped almost all meetings industry event agendas in 2024, but few planners understand what is required to make everyone feel welcome even as equal access moves from the desired to the required column in their job descriptions. DeWitt suggests checking out the free National Network Hospitality page.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 26, 2023

Sheridan President and CEO of Meet Boston and co-chair, Meetings Mean Business Coalition What does the official end of Covid mean for the meetings industry? Are we better or less prepared for whatever next disruption comes to the hospitality industry? It’s difficult to tell. It’s a double edge sword!

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Conferences that Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The old meeting industry normal is long over, and many event professionals are still hoping and waiting for a new normal. In October 2020 I wrote two posts [1 , 2 ] about what a meeting industry new normal might look like. Holding in-person meetings: what do we now know? It’s time to take another look. Accommodations.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

On Friday 4 th October, The Belfry Hotel & Resor t hosted its second annual Springboard Takeover Day, showcasing careers in the hospitality industry to children from eight local schools. Chris Eigelaar, Resort Director at The Belfry, spoke to students about his 20-year-long career in hospitality and his love for the industry.

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Prestige Events Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

With more than 25 years of experience in the hospitality industry, Julie takes charge of Wales largest independent hotel group at The Celtic Collection as well as the UKs newest convention centre at ICC Wales. She also has prior experience in Welsh hospitality having managed the voco St Davids Hotel in Cardiff Bay.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Pondering whether Dubai would be the perfect fit for an upcoming meeting or event? The megahit service has some meeting profs considering implementing the concept in their incentives and team building planningwhile still risky, the heaping praise Scandinavian Airlines is basking in highlights the potential upside. Or maybe Australia?

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Prestige Events Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2024

The Meetings Industry Association’s (MIA) has unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious 2024 miaList, having received a record-breaking number of nominations for a third consecutive year.

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MARCH 24, 2025

Pastries and desserts are just some of the prolifically problematic foods that are most likely to go to waste at meetings and events. Before the conference began, Astrapto provided food-waste prevention training to the conference event planners and the venue catering teams. This is all very scary territory, Benton said.

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