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JANUARY 27, 2023

She has also worked with Kenichi Aspen, Matsuhisa Aspen, Hotel Jerome and W Hotel Aspen. Riggs joined Maritz Global Events Design Studio in 2018. David Hoffman Photo: Pendry Hotels & Resorts Hoffman is general manager for California’s Pendry Newport Beach , scheduled to open late summer 2023.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Some of our hotel partners have started to use it in their lobby so that someone can pre-load information,” Cameron says. Given its touch screen functionality, Encore has also used their hologram technology as an interactive concierge. You can make it AI to search the web….

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AUGUST 1, 2024

IBTM World is the leading global event for the business events and experiences industry. Designed by event planners, for event planners, IBTM World brings together over 12,000 exhibitors, buyers and attendees to do business, learn from inspirational speakers, and network with peers.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The acquisition of IME Connect follows the merger of Miami-based A-Plus Meetings & Events and Utah-based Columbus Travel into M-Plus Global Events earlier in 2022. Newest Acquisition. Read More : Acquisition to Enhance Breakout Rooms Could be First Step Toward Zoomiverse. Partnership Benefits. The Future.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

She also worked as director of marketing and retail for Brush Creek Luxury Ranch Collection in Saratoga, Wyoming, and corporate marketing manager at Marcus Hotels & Resorts in Milwaukee. Olpin is general manager for Kimpton Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City. Before this, Olpin was hotel manager role for Kimpton Monaco. Jeff Olpin.

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JULY 19, 2024

She will work to optimize the events department’s efficiently and effectiveness at SCC. Edouard Grosmangin Edouard Grosmangin, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Grosmangin is appointed to the role of regional vice president for Mexico and South America at Rosewood Hotels & Resorts.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

He has held sales and marketing directorships at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Maui, The St. Rothberg is now hotel manager of Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mancuso has been in event, tourism and hospitality sales for over a decade. General Hotel Management Ltd.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

Shaffer has also been association and corporate sales manager at The DeSoto Savannah in Georgia, sales manager for Embassy Suites by Hilton Charleston Airport Hotel & Convention Center and more. Lilly has been in hospitality, tourism, event management and sales for 15 years. Steve Maritz and David Peckinpaugh.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Skift Take: The latest Events Industry Council Global Events Barometer shows promising signs, with hotel room nights and RFPs increasing for the second consecutive quarter. Refugio Garcia Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings

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AUGUST 2, 2024

She will draw on her extensive event expertise to lead the corporate events team and contribute to PG&E’s purpose of delivering for its hometown, serving the planet and providing safe, reliable and clean energy throughout California. He will oversee staff across various departments.

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Event Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Last month, Mastercard wrote about technology’s impact on travel planning, citing tech platform CWT’s Global Business Travel Forecast for 2024, which shows a 3-percent rise in “average cost per attendee, per day for meetings and events,” and a 3.6 percent increase in hotel rates.

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MAY 16, 2022

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. Jeff Carlson.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

However, Stevens suggested that hotels could be part of the solution for many. When it comes to open space, resistance training and aerobic capability, hotels can offer the tools to empower people to take care of themselves on the road.” Mushtaq pointed to sleep as one of the most important aspects of wellness.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Matt brings extensive expertise from various hospitality, operations, and events positions at Gemini Event Services, numerous international hotel chains, and, most recently, as Director of Client Services and Operations at TEN6 Creative. “As

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

Neuroinclusion: Events for Everyone The term neuroinclusion builds on the concept of neurodiversitythe understanding that neurological differences are not pathological but simply differences in cognitionto incorporate the understanding that neurodiversity will always exist in an audience into event design.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

Yesterday, the Events Industry Council issued the Health and Safety for Hotels Accepted Practices Guide. The task force’s hotel work group used the various guides issued by hotel companies as well as resources such as the AHLA Stay Safe program, and other global resources, as a starting point to develop a baseline.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Stephanie Miller, sustainability concierge, will guide hotel guests to their most sustainable visits Marriott Marquis Washington, DC is one of the District of Columbia’s largest LEED Silver-certified hotels, and true to its green nature, it has rolled out a new sustainability program , right in time for its 10th anniversary.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Defining how the global events industry better communicates its economic and social value, while identifying areas that require more support, will be key priorities for IBTM World ’s Forum for Advocacy , in partnership with The Business of Events, when it takes place next month.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The addition will be led by Barbara Labrit, head of meetings and events for France, who is based in Paris. Reed & Mackay has also recently expanded meetings and events operations in Spain, Italy and the Nordics, with its global events team growing from six to over 165 employees since 2019. “I

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The addition will be led by Barbara Labrit, head of meetings and events for France, who is based in Paris. Reed & Mackay has also recently expanded meetings and events operations in Spain, Italy and the Nordics, with its global events team growing from six to over 165 employees since 2019. “I

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MAY 10, 2023

Winter Gardens Blackpool also joins mia as a venue member Both Meet Blackpool and Winter Gardens Blackpool have joined the Meetings Industry Association (mia), one of the fastest growing associations in the conference, meetings and events sector, further cementing the town’s dedication to the global events industry.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

Some of the content is anecdotal from her 20 years in the industry, a winding road that led from specializing in California’s wine industry and getting her sommelier certification as the “Decantress” to producing women in tech events, running global events for SoftBank Vision Fund and her current role at AWS. Bottom Line. “We

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Read on to see the hotel properties and convention centers these destinations offer. We spoke with Jill Blood, vice president of deputy general counsel for Maritz Global Events, about what these new laws could mean for meeting planners. Iceland took the top spot, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Sweden and Japan.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Koleen Roach, director of meetings and conference management at Securian Financial Group, led a panel of veteran explainers during Financial and Insurance Conference Professional ’s 2022 Annual Conference at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Read More : How to Plan Better Medical Meetings by the Numbers. Choices, Choices.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Technology: Removing Friction from the Hotel Stay Marriott has been investing in the Marriott Bonvoy app since it was created as part of the Starwood merger in 2019. It now allows members to book hotel rooms, check-in, access mobile keys, “unlock experiences” and “have the world in the palm of your hand.”

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AUGUST 18, 2023

During last year’s event, 97 education tracks were offered under the Respect for People and Planet umbrella topic, 155 attendees pledged to champion social equity and environmental responsibility by taking the People & Planet Pledge and 112 booths committed to exhibiting more sustainably.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

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. Stevens is a four-time winner of Fittest male #Eventrprof and earned a Delos Wellness for Meetings and Events certificate. Plan Ahead.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Together, we can do hard things. — Ben Erwin is president and CEO of Encore , a global event production and technology provider, and a current board member of American Hotel & Lodging Association. We can keep the momentum of The Great Lesson going.

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MARCH 4, 2024

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

UBQ Materials, developer of the world’s first bio-based thermoplastic, is helping create the first global event built from landfill waste. Read More : Beyond Carbon-Neutral Hotels: Evolution of Eco-Friendly Hotels. 21, 2022, will be the first time a trade show reduces its own construction’s carbon footprint.

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JULY 27, 2021

Before joining Yotel, Greenwald worked as director of sales for AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Cleveland Circle and AC Hotel by Marriott Boston North. Greenwald also was account director of new business development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ six Boston properties. White is general manager for Hu Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

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EventMB

JUNE 21, 2022

For Courtney McGee, president and CEO of Event Logistics, challenges began just before 3,000 attendees were set to arrive in Nashville for a convention. To her dismay, she learned that none of the bus drivers handling transfers to the hotels would be touching any of the luggage on the buses. The hotel was very grateful.”.

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Event Farm

DECEMBER 8, 2022

For our most recent virtual event, “Event Exhale,” we brought together four industry experts to pause and examine the true state of the industry as it is today. These increased costs create a real puzzle that event planners are left to put together. Educate them. Pain Point #2: Lack of Staffing.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

With over 40 years of experience, he was a driving force in growing the Celtic Manor Resort into one of Europe’s premier destinations for golf, leisure, business and high-profile events, and the recent expansion of The Celtic Collection into Wales’s largest independent hotel group.

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MARCH 7, 2025

This puts the spotlight on the force majeure clause to protect an event host from this distinct possibility. Control What You Can Brittney Cobb, director of global events with INNOV8 Meetings + Events, tried to take an optimistic approach. She sees her job as more than sourcing hotels.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Before joining Teneo, White was director of global sales at PRA Group, a destination management company. He has also worked in management for Krisam Group & Global Event Partners and Saddlebrook Resort in Tampa, Florida, and has held the position of regional director of sales at Associated Luxury Hotels International.

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