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Smart Moves in Lahaina, Tampa and More

Smart Meetings

With 20 years of hospitality and business development experience, Arrogante most recently worked for Maritz Global Events as its global event strategist. Hotel Haya in Tampa, Florida, appointed Carlson director of food and beverage. Visit Carlsbad welcomed Arrogante as business development manager.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

Smart Meetings

Read More: IMEX22 Welcomed Record Number of Attendees By moving the event to Mandalay Bay Convention Center, IMEX was able to tap into MGM’s renewable solar energy initiative , which produced 191,258 kWh of renewable energy to keep the lights on at the trade show floor. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Results from a Healthy IMEX Challenge

Smart Meetings

Maritz Global Events Wellbeing Leader Rachael Riggs reported that the sustainability challenge executed in partnership with Heka Health from IMEX Frankfurt was back on and very popular. Participants tracked steps and earned points for eating plant-based food or taking a walking tour using an app. It is energizing,” she reported.

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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

Smart Meetings

While Dominguez sees gas prices dropping, he also sees a slow down in growth around food and beverage prices. “We He saw international air lift as a bottleneck constricting global events. “We “When we see a slowdown, it’s the rate of growth that decreasing; it doesn’t mean that the actual pricing is going backwards.”.

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Nine Ways to Make First-time Conference Attendees Feel at Home

Event Marketer

In our registration flow, we included our definition and what we consider early in career isany customer, partner or prospect who has less than seven years in their industry, in their business or in their role, says Britney McDaniel, global event content manager at Cisco. So it’s not [new] in our industry, but in their industry.

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Global events agency, emc3 to host free-to-attend event in London uniting industry experts to harness the power of events for good

Prestige Events Magazine

Speakers include Rebecca Lardeur (Climate Strategist for Isla), Zoe Tuff (Founder, Executive Coach and Consultant of Times Ten), Robert Kenwood (Chief Talent Officer and Co-founder of YOU Search & Select), Jon Sibley (Lecturer at MMU) and more.

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How to implement a global event request form template: everything you need to know

SpotMe Blog

Here’s how it works: Step 1 Event requesters fill out an event request form template with all the key details of the event they want to organize. In the case of pharma companies, event requesters may be marketing or medical team members who would like to host an HCP event. of expected attendees Expected no.