PCMA Convene

MARCH 26, 2025

Convene spoke with Anthony Maggiore, CMP, CED, senior director of conference & meetings at the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), to learn how a recent initiative at AAPAs annual gathering was a team effort, earning them recognition as a finalist in the Experience Design of the Year category.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 31, 2025

Northwest Event Show highlighted the benefits in a panel discussion that set the stage for the two-day meeting ideafest. Groups traveling for conferences are part of the reason Seattle is home to a vibrant mix of arts, culture, music, restaurants and retail that make up the fabric of life in the area.

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Event Marketer

JUNE 29, 2021

The Sweets & Snacks Expo—a gathering that draws the biggest brands in candy, chocolate and snack foods sold at major retailers—made a sweet return as the first post-pandemic food show, taking place June 23-25 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. Agency: MC2, Paramus, NJ.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The quest to design green meetings often feels like a greenhouse gas-cutting limbo game. This is more than a sustainability moment for meetings. Green meetings are here to stay. But when the phrase “ regenerative meetings ” started getting tossed around, we were curious if that was even possible. million in 2022.

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GEVME

MARCH 15, 2019

When you’re in the events industry, you should know the main event management conferences for 2019 so you can visit them to improve your knowledge and share your own experiences of working long hours while trying to pull off amazing corporate events for your clients. Discover the current top event management conferences with GEVME.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important. Meet with Momentum Panel State at Meet with Momentum Bob Pfeffer, senior director at Marriott CRN, says, “We know that gaining knowledge is important.

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Prestige Events Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Nottingham is attracting national organisations with large-scale events and conferences set to return to the green, legendary and creative city from 2022 and beyond following a successful showcase at The Meetings Show. Meet in Nottingham has returned from the event with some great new business connections.

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Event Marketer

APRIL 11, 2024

–Sharon Yi, SVP-Brand Solutions, Future plc Four ways the brand evolved its annual Power Trip conference into the always-on Power Play platform A curated group of 100 women kicked off Marie Claire’s reimagined Power Play summit in L.A. Sunglass Hut sponsored a private shopping experience and panel at its nearby retail location.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The California Welcome Center provides the tools you’ll need to discover all of California or where to meet, explore, and connect in Greater Ontario. Victoria Gardens Victoria Gardens is an open-air shopping mall in Rancho Cucamonga, California with more than 150 retail stores and restaurants. Start with a good breakfast.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Showcase AVi have been successfully delivering Ascential’s World Retail Congress for 5 years. This department solely dedicated to ‘live’ and ‘hybrid’ events will host World Retail Congress Connected 2020 this month – Three days of virtual content that will bring together the leaders of today’s global retail industry.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2024

Unique venues for meetings with charm From coast to coast, meeting venues and hotels renovate and debut expanded, redesigned meeting spaces. Blending Productivity and Play Expanded meeting space at ilani Meeting & Entertainment Center A 10,000 sq. addition expands ilani Meeting & Entertainment Center.

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PCMA Convene

DECEMBER 9, 2024

5 at an event hosted by retailer and frequent Disney collaborator BoxLunch in Los Angeles. Ive gone as far as uploading detailed menus into conference apps, including food information in slide decks, and working closely with caterers and venues to ensure every single ingredient is accounted for, Jennings wrote.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 7, 2024

The annual commemorative date was established following a 1992 proposal by Canada’s International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. How Planners Can Get Involved We know that meetings can be wasteful.

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Eventinterface

APRIL 24, 2018

Today’s postmodern consumer defies categorization, making it a challenge for event and meeting planners to market their projects. What does this mean in the context of the meeting and event planning industry. ·. How can meeting professionals needing to market a conference or event employ new strategies to be successful. ·.

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Event Industry News

MARCH 19, 2021

In line with ambitious growth plans Nineteen Group has announced the launch of Retail Technology Show. Taking place at Olympia, London on the 26-27 April 2002, Retail Technology Show will bring together the world’s most innovative solution providers and retailers from across Europe.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) brought 700 thought leaders together at JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort in Florida to prepare meeting professionals for whatever comes next with a call to reflect, discover and recharge. AI technology is not going away,” said Tauvaa.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

When crisis strikes a meeting professional’s host city and hotel, it’s comforting to know that—despite the uncertainty that surrounds unexpected events—the hotel in which you’re hosting your event is well prepared to take on the challenge. The post Case Study: Overcoming Challenges at Loews Atlanta Hotel appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Although the city has multiple suppliers who often sell large quantities to major retailers, farmers also have their eyes set on smaller, more memorable experiences right on the farm. Why sell something wholesale if you can sell it at retail?” The post Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2023

Where we spend our event budget matters, but meeting professionals already have full-time jobs. What makes any city distinct is the people,” she said on a recent tour of Pike Place Market that required ducking around to the back of shops to meet, talk to and hear the stories of vendors who pour their passions into their family businesses.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2023

Four meeting and breakout rooms allow flexible meeting options, and all meeting and event space includes high-speed internet and onsite AV services. Read More: Meet in Europe Innovation in London 155 Bishopsgate London At 155 Bishopsgate , etc.venues’ London location has invested nearly €4.3 both offering outdoor space.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 6, 2022

and opening new ways of meeting in the Emerald City. The Hillclimb is a wide, suspended stair with radiant floor heating that doubles as hanging and meeting space overlooking Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay and the Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges. A massive “flex room” of 100,000 sq. with no columns offers privacy and flexibility.

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Eventmobi

MAY 18, 2020

I truly believe we will see some sort of digital/hybrid component for in-person events into 2021 and beyond, and I want my clients’ meetings to be as effective, engaging, and inclusive as possible. I have done a lot of reading on what the new look will be for meetings, parties, conferences, food, etc. DontPostponeCelebrate.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2021

You’re at a multiday conference, and during one of the midday breaks you decide to spend a bit of time at an outlet to treat yourself. In collaboration with Alveole, the outlet hosts workshops for retailers and shoppers, letting everyone play a role in the hive’s progression. of meeting space. Just inside awaits 125,000 sq.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 2, 2018

There are two primary segments that leverage the traditional exhibit business model — conferences with an expo and expos with a conference. The slow death of expo revenue is not an indicator that meetings don’t mean business any more. Many of these conferences still have high deal-making value. Move to Solutions Center.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Some have all the meeting space you can imagine; some are in destinations you dream of meeting in; others are brimming with personality and provide a one-of-a-kind experience for your attendees. flexible meeting space between two meeting rooms. of meeting space across 6 rooms and direct access to brand-new 10,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 27, 2023

Smart Meetings chatted with Cheryl M. Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Summers most recently worked for Optoro, a sustainable retail company in Washington, D.C., Before his present positions, Croke held the role of vice president of sales and marketing at The National Conference Center in Washington, D.C. The post Smart Moves in Lake Tahoe, Laguna Beach and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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GEVME

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Every year, a huge number of international professional conferences are held throughout the world, where very important issues are discussed. Opportunities that open up at fintech conferences. Top 15 fintech conferences to attend. 14 November 2019, Convene Conference Center, New York. RegTech Summit . Seamless FinTech.

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MeetingsNet

JUNE 10, 2020

Setting conference fees is tricky. Event organizers everywhere are trying to figure out how to price virtual meetings that are converting from a face-to-face format, often with little or no online meeting history to go by and working in a compressed timeframe. Now that your event is virtual, the puzzle is more complex.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2022

That message of diversity, abundance and welcoming is even more applicable for groups looking to return to in-person meetings safely and dynamically. Marketing conferences is more complicated now than it was two years ago. They are inventing new virtual and hybrid solutions that will lead to more productive meetings everywhere.

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Conferences that Work

MAY 22, 2023

Hey everyone, especially educators who teach courses on meetings and hospitality. Check to see if your school already makes books available via VitalSource Campus Retailers. It is critical to understand how to design conferences and events effectively. appeared first on Conferences That Work.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

Margaux Helm Margaux Helm Helm steps in as marketing manager for meetings at Visit Seattle , the city’s tourism and promotion bureau. She most recently worked as the senior marketing manager at Sur la Table, where she handled the Seattle-based retail brand’s social and content team.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 29, 2022

That message of diversity, abundance and welcoming is even more applicable for groups looking to return to in-person meetings safely and dynamically. Marketing conferences is more complicated now than it was two years ago. They are inventing new virtual and hybrid solutions that will lead to more productive meetings everywhere.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Joining Rivera in this work is Roesel, who recently worked as the holiday retail manager at Gaylord Rockies, where he learned in-depth about bringing large-scale experiences to life. He earlier served as vice president of global accounts with Conference Direct. The first will be Rivera, a former procurement agent in higher education.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

Smart Meetings was in attendance and brought back this report on how to blend the richness of a destination into the agenda for a meaningful event. distribution center and retail store less than two miles from downtown Memphis which sat abandoned for decades. A Personal Mission. Housing fills the 400,000 sq. on the upper floors.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Winners of the prestigious 2018 Crystal Awards were honored at the SITE 2019 Global Conference in Bangkok in January. Program: SKODA UK Retailer of the Year. One10 Marketing wanted a meeting that was unlike any other. Awarded to: CWT Meetings and Events with PRA. Excellence in Incentive Travel: Africa/Middle East.

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The MICE

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

For event planners, the museum offers three meeting rooms, with the largest accommodating up to 350 seated guests. This living museum atmosphere combined with 14 conference rooms and six themed restaurants ranging from an Italian trattoria to an in-house brewery, providing varied catering choices for any event type.

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