Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2022

Lapsley brings two decades of luxury hotel sales leadership experience to her new position. She has also held similar roles for major brands in San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles, such as Starwood Hotels & Resorts and Marriott Bonvoy. of meeting and event space. Kate Patay, CPCE. Richard Romane. Isabella Marciante.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

She’s been with Visit Indy since graduating from Indiana University in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in tourism management. Photo Credit: Visit Indy Cindy Zimmerman Le Pavillon Hotel in New Orleans hired Cindy Zimmerman as director of sales and marketing. Zimmerman previously worked at the Helmsley Hotel in New York City.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 15, 2023

Patrick’s Day upon us, we thought it would be fun to round up 6 of our favorite event spaces that give us all the Irish vibes. to re-imagined mansions that scream Irish countryside, this list is full of venues that will make you feel lucky to host an event at any one of them! Patrick’s day celebration!

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 6, 2021

The Event Leadership Institute’s Business, Design & Strategy Summit on June 3 will present vital topics that speak to today’s unique environment – from the pandemic to politics and more. She will present an overview on the current status and how meeting and event professionals can use data to chart their course ahead.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 6, 2017

South Bend, Indiana, is not the first city that comes to mind as a major event destination. The Mishawaka metropolitan area of South Bend is investing millions to draw business travelers. of event space. Gillespie Conference and Special Events Center has 15,000 sq. Hilton Garden Inn South Bend. Joseph River.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 15, 2017

Since 1996, more than 11 million spectators have attended live events at the 19,200-seat venue. Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City has presented varied and prestigious sporting events , from the NBA Finals to the figure skating and short track speed skating competitions at the 2002 Olympic Games. Buffalo, New York. Overall No.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Minneapolis is home to the largest event space in the Upper Midwest, the 1.6 This includes an expansion of Indiana Convention Center , which will add more than 190,000 sq. Fifty-eight percent of those travelers described the airport as severely or moderately crowded; in 2019, 59% described it as such. Mega Airports.

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Attendee Events

AUGUST 5, 2017

If you’re planning your very first event, or you are on a tight event budget, the costs may seem almost insurmountable. However, you can start small, cut costs where you can, and still put on an amazing event. There are a number of ways you can stretch your event dollars even further. Event Budget Busters.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 6, 2017

With waterfalls and national parks , PGA golf and pro football, amphitheaters and fine-arts , Akron is prospering today as a destination for business travelers and tourists alike. Our team likes to help meeting and events planners tailor an itinerary that includes much more than their official business,” Mahon says.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

This year, MPI WEC introduced WEC Villages, where nearly all of the educational sessions took place on the Indiana Convention Center show floor. That evening, Caesars Entertainment hosted me at the MPI President’s Dinner, an exclusive event held at Indiana Roof Ballroom that this year honored U.S.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 23, 2017

Visit Indy will be hosting WEC 2018 June 2 through 5, 2018 at the Indiana Convention Center & Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis. Travelers are fueled by local restaurants so they can get a taste of the local cuisine before they even leave the terminal. And it is a legitimate 15 minutes to downtown hotels.

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 6, 2017

Cincinnati accommodates them with large hotels from Hilton, Hyatt, Westin and Marriott that offer 21,000–40,000 sq. of event space. MadTree Brewery, one of the most popular in town, offers a 50,000-square-foot facility for private events, with seating for 120–250 guests. With big companies come big meetings. With more than 1.7

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SmartMeetings

AUGUST 16, 2016

Cindy Hart joined Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado , as director of sales and marketing. She has been a development leader in the hotel sales industry for more than 20 years, most recently as director of sales for Saratoga Resort and Spa in Wyoming. Cindy Hart. Amanda Hawkins-Vogel. Heather Bailey.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

In the world of business events, VR is already transforming how some destination marketing organizations work with meeting planners, from saving time and money on sites visits, to creating jaw-dropping experiences at shows. Travel Association’s IPW show in June 2015. “We Next I wanted to isolate those experiences and events.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

For a number of years, I’ve been giving a presentation at industry conferences on Disruptions Facing the Events Industry. – guns and shootings at events is the one I’ve been most worried about. Given the devastating effect of mass shootings at events, it’s shocking how little, if any, discussion there has been on the topic.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 6, 2019

The annual trade show of National Association of Music Merchants welcomes more than 100,000 attendees from around the world, but the planners use a variety of different spaces—including hotels and indoor and outdoor areas—to create opportunities for segments of attendees to cluster. Tap the CVB for publicity. Think local.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Bright Ideas Events in Vancouver, British Columbia What I love about my job: There are so many that the list is endless. I love producing a variety of different events with different themes. I love creating an actual event out of one of my ideas. Job title: CEO and president. in Vancouver, Washington.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: Bright Ideas Events in Vancouver, British Columbia What I love about my job: There are so many that the list is endless. I love producing a variety of different events with different themes. I love creating an actual event out of one of my ideas. Job title: CEO and president. in Vancouver, Washington.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2023

Because the city is compact, some 40 hotels are within a mile of the convention center, so no bus transportation is needed and everyone can have their own experience with varying price points, loyalty programs and styles available. We have to do a better job at the high school level of letting people know event design jobs exist,” he said. “We

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

In participating in the nominating process for our Best in Show awards program this year, DeBolt, director of meetings and events for PLM World, singled out Roberta Tisdul, CMP, senior convention services manager for Visit Indy, in our Convention Services/CVB category. Senior Event Manager, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), Philadelphia.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Now, Destinations International wants to prepare CVBs for new challenges, like the close call that VISIT FLORIDA recently faced in terms of its funding, or event boycotts resulting from discriminatory legislation. “We Which is why the organization embarked on “The Weaponization of Travel” study, released in July. A NEW LOOK.

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