Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Where Meetings End Too Soon This is where meeting spaces of every size boasting the latest technology share the stage with vibrant communities and breathtaking natural beauty. The Palm Beaches have the amenities and offerings to elevate experiences, create engaging moments and bring successful meetings to a whole new level.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The majestic Leeds Castle , located near Maidstone, Kent, has enhanced its meetings and events space with the addition of its Grade I listed The Gatehouse. Jenny George, Sales & Hospitality Manager, Leeds Castle, said: “For centuries, Leeds Castle has brought people together for relaxation, reflection, entertainment and hospitality.

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EventSource

JANUARY 13, 2025

Wedding open houses are the perfect opportunity to explore venues, meet industry professionals, and envision how your big day could come to life. Just got engaged and ready to dive head-first into your wedding planning adventure? Or perhaps you’re just looking for inspiration to make your special day unforgettable?

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EventMB

APRIL 25, 2024

Skift Take: If you think all Orlando has to offer meeting groups are theme parks, think again. acre downtown sports and entertainment district. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings A new addition has been given final approval, an 8.5-acre

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Event Marketer

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Promotions & Hires Rene Austin has joined Civic Entertainment Group as managing director, head of growth. The 13,000-square-foot facility features a bold exterior that reflects the company’s vibrant brand identity and houses offices, warehousing, meeting spaces and a dedicated floral studio. Submit your news here.

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Conferences that Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

How can we provide new experiences at meetings? Providing new experiences at meetings can be as simple as this. This universal fear is the reason the meeting industry continues to struggle with incorporating new experiences into events. How to provide valuable new experiences at meetings. Not new F&B, decor, or glitz.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Refreshes for your next Marriott hotel meeting Take a journey through Marriott history with these new and renovated properties. of meeting and event space. of the hotel’s indoor meeting space has been completely redesigned. meeting and event space. Seasonal outdoor event space spans 4,700 sq. and 7,200 sq.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

The kits were constructed with aluminum framing that helped the team meet its budget, while overhead signage and canopies drove home that city skyline feel ( Partner: ASV). A Central Meeting Point At the center of the spoke design was a city center featuring a 16-foot-high metal aluminum tower with illuminated DISH team Summit beacons on top.

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Prestige Events Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Following a welcome from Catherine Owen – Head of Event Sales at {10-11} Carlton House Terrace, entertainment provided by Blank Canvas Entertainment included roaming magicians and live music from The Acoustics. The event spaces were dressed using the in-house AV facilities and with beautiful displays from InWater Flowers.

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Event Marketer

JANUARY 3, 2025

While each location will have its own local draws, attendees at Verizon Super Bowl FanFest will be able to watch the Big Game, meet hometown NFL legends and players, and enjoy entertainment from team cheerleaders, local artists, djs and live bands, such as the Mariachi Rams and Houston Texans Gameday Presentation Team.

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EventMB

AUGUST 20, 2024

Skift Take: Universal is opening a fourth theme park, Disney’s Magic Kingdom is expanding, and a new sports and entertainment district is being built in Orlando. Andrea Doyle Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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EventMB

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Find out how Caesars Entertainment is investing in Harrah's Las Vegas to deliver the ultimate attendee experience. Caesars Entertainment Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The event also featured entertainment from 75 performers, spanning djs, musicians, martial arts experts and traditional dance performances. Pro Tip: Enlist Authentic Talent Entertainment is essential to night markets, as is enlisting talent that speaks to the multicultural aspect of the events. 11, the brands transformed L.A.’s

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 27, 2025

When it comes to incorporating healthy experiences in events, the saying meet people where they are was the touchstone for a series of seven Caesars Entertainment Meetings & Events Wellness Roadshows crossing the country. The post Caesars Wellness Road Show Event Resonates appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The role corporate social responsibility plays in real-world impact The meetings industry is grounded in impact—and not just for attendees. As such, many meeting profs are finding CSR approaches to be more and more essential to their events.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Hologram technology can increase engagement and attract hard-to-get speakers Meetings may be a mostly in-person experience but—as we learned during Covid, with the use of Zoom, Teams and other online video platforms—the use of communications technology has its place in the world of meetings and events. How do we get them to come back?

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EventSource

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

For Marcella and Daniel, it was a chance meeting at a downtown nightclub that sparked an unforgettable journey. Entertainment was top-notch, with Sofia Spilberg enchanting guests with her violin performance and DJ Yura Jacobs keeping the dance floor alive. Love has a way of finding us in the most unexpected places.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

City center hotels reveal exciting updates and new openings Who doesn’t want a meeting in the heart of the city? Whether you’re meeting in Nashville, Long Beach or Salt Lake City, these three new and renovated hotels stand in each city’s bustling epicenter. of meeting space features new wall coverings, lighting and carpet.

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Prestige Events Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2024

This is as well as distributors from Fox Entertainment Global, FilmRise, PBS Distribution, and many more. These include approximately 1,000 buyers from international companies such as Netflix, National Geographic, Sky and The Walt Disney Company.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2024

Grand openings and major renovations refresh meeting space in famous international cities All across the world, in some of the most sought-after international cities, come new and renovated hotels and meeting spaces, leaving the stage set for outstanding gatherings, wherever your attendees may be traveling from to get there.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

To reintroduce ION as a robust entertainment network and continue building its community of sports fans, the brand staged a multipronged campaign that kicked off at Advertising Week New York last month with a panel that featured WNBA legend Sue Bird and executives from the WNBA and NWSL, as well as OOH that promoted its women’s sports programming.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Read More : Florida: An Intersection of Meetings and Coastal Contact So, it’s fitting that we’d adopt a Victorian Christmas theme inspired by Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” Read More : Hey, Busy Meeting Planner, You Feeling Stressed? The post Case Study: The Art of Crafting Holiday Magic appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 2, 2024

With a meeting, event or incentive retreat at any of the following new and renovated hotels, it’s easy for your and your attendees to do so. Guests can also enjoy a complimentary continental breakfast, regularly scheduled programming and entertainment and an onsite fitness center.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Hosts Global Forum convened in Athens to celebrate ferocious creativity Destination Management Companies (DMCs) embody a wealth of resources for planners, helping with access for everything from transportation and entertainment to decor and gifting. The post Case Study: A Masterclass in Goosebump Moments appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 6, 2024

Read More : Mindful Meetings for the Full Mind Meaning : A key component is feeling connected to something bigger than yourself as an individual. Stevens will lead a wellness-focused team-building exercise at the Smart Meetings Health & Wellness Experience in Arizona March 24-26.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 4, 2024

Read More : Yes, Health Is Still Trending Meetings and events experts must adapt beverage, mixology and activation programming to accommodate these requests, along with considerations such as dietary restrictions and corporate drinking policies. The post Wellness Tips for Meetings and Events appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Marketer

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Galvanizing the salesforce is a top priority for vision technology manufacturer Zeiss, so it’s pivotal that the brand’s National Sales Meeting (NSM) not only serve as a celebration of those teams, but as a pep rally of sorts that fires them up for the new fiscal year. But the event wasn’t held in the bustling center of the city.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Experts offer tips and ideas for meeting professionals As the year slowly comes to a close, many financial and insurance meeting planners may be thinking about what they should be keeping on their radar. They want to feel as though they have a role in choosing their own meetings journey.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Cole describes what happened next: “Understanding that the attendance would be disappointed after traveling all that way to attend, we helped them throw a last hurrah to entertain the guests who were stuck. The post The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Event Marketer

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Are you not entertained? In September, Athlos NYC served as a groundbreaking event that redefined track and field by bringing together the world’s fastest women to compete for the largest-ever prize purse in a women’s-only meet.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 21, 2023

Investor meetings can be the single most important event companies produce throughout the year, and expectations start at perfection. These meetings offer a chance to showcase the vitality of the business, gain valuable feedback, and secure funding for continued longevity. This should be separate from training for speakers.

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Because of that, Paige was intrigued by an invitation she received from Caesars Entertainment to come to Las Vegas in June 2024 for the company’s inaugural Global Wellness Summit. What’s Next For the 2025 Healthcare Advocate Summit, “our wellness planning is more complex because we need to meet our attendees where they are,” says Paige.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Where your group meets matters, but so does the framing for the discussions that will happen in and out of the ballroom. In 1990, the first TED (technology, entertainment and design) Conference was held in Monterey. It is the greatest meeting of land and sea.” Understanding people’s humanity is the first step,” he said.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. Top 10 Meeting Destinations in North America 1.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 15, 2024

At the annual user conference Cvent Connect for a record 4,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, the event technology company which was purchased by Blackstone last year announced new products and acquisitions designed to better meet the needs of meeting professionals, whether planning simple events or complex hybrid affairs.

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Event Marketer

MARCH 20, 2025

What I am really focused on is continuing to make this 176-year-old brand relevant to the next generation, and so we wanted to bring the brand to life and meet these younger consumers where they are but also in a way thats a bit unexpected, says Susie Siegel, senior integrated marketing manager at Gortons. The fisherman logo is iconic.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. No deduction for entertainment expenses. The post Last Minute Tax Checks for Self-employed Meeting Planners appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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