SmartMeetings

JUNE 21, 2017

Less than 50 percent of meeting planners have risk management plans in place for their events, said Paul Van Deventer, president and CEO of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), in remarks given at WEC 2017 on Tuesday. MPI plans to announce more program dates in the future.

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Risk Management Management 2017 Education 40

SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Timeline, budget, specific venue, caterer, schedule, speakers, entertainment, risk management, marketing and promotion should be moving along. Time frame: four to six weeks prior to event. Stress level: . It’s time to buckle down and crank out the details. Specific goals and timelines need to be drawn up—and met.

Event Planning 87

Event Planning Risk Management Contracts Entertainment 87

SmartMeetings

JULY 10, 2017

Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 1 million sq.

Travel 81

Travel Hospitality Hotels Risk Management 81

PCMA Convene

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Climate Pledge Arena, a sports and entertainment venue that opened last October in Seattle, is a showcase for sustainable innovation and best practices, from the top of its solar-power-generating roof down to its hockey rink’s “green” ice made from harvested rainwater and maintained by an electric-powered Zamboni.

Sustainability 98

Sustainability Food and Beverage Risk Management Consulting 98

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

They assess safety measures and risk management. While dancing on walls, participants will learn valuable lessons about innovation, communication and risk management in a customized curriculum designed to reinforce the meeting’s goals. Groups can dine and sip champagne as they take in breathtaking entertainment.

Risk Management 65

Risk Management Hotels Meetings Entertainment 65

SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

They assess safety measures and risk management. While dancing on walls, participants will learn valuable lessons about innovation, communication and risk management in a customized curriculum designed to reinforce the meeting’s goals. Groups can dine and sip champagne as they take in breathtaking entertainment.

Risk Management 45

Risk Management Hotels Meetings Entertainment 45