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The Authenticity Effect: How Being You Sparks Collaboration & Success

Smart Meetings

Maybe it was that one conference you attended, where a speaker spoke to a part of you that you never even knew existed. I eventually found my way into the hospitality industry, which felt like home because of my undeniable love for people. Inspiration typically comes from well-placed catalysts in our lives. I earned a B.B.A.

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New Book Turns Hospitality Business Leaders in More Productive Direction

Smart Meetings

Teams need to find their footing with new people and new rules of engagement in the marketplace—because the customers are changing, too,” the author and School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University Alumni Board president says. Managers have to learn how to lead and set examples like never before.

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UKEVENTS showcases the £61.6 Billion Value of the UK events industry at exhibition in Parliament

Prestige Events Magazine

billion contribution to the UK economy but also help drive growth in sectors such as tourism, hospitality, and creative industries. Michael Hirst OBE, UKEVENTS “It was rather like working a trade show stand, catching parliamentarians on the run to other meetings. This breadth and depth not only fuel the industrys 61.6

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Exhibit Trends at HIMSS24: Scavenger Hunts, Gamification, Techy Coffee Bars

Event Marketer

Across the Orange County Convention Center’s miles of aisles, over 1,100 exhibiting companies showcased how their products, services and AI integrations can improve the digital health ecosystems of hospitals and medical centers. The flashing cups are always such a hit that the Service Express team brings them to every trade show.

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14 Must-Attend Hospitality Conferences for Industry Professionals in 2022

Social Tables

Hospitality professionals saw the industry undergo tremendous changes in 2021. Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. As a result, many industry professionals are wondering what to expect from the top hospitality conferences of 2022.

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Why people continue to speak for free at meeting industry conferences

Conferences that Work

My post Why don’t meeting conferences pay speakers? The other folks willing to speak for free are industry providers of goods and services, who may well have already paid to be at the event to staff their trade show booth or meet customers. When you pack your program with free speakers, it’s your attendees who suffer.

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Inside Bloomberg Green Festival: Q&A with Jessica Webber, Global Head of Bloomberg Live

Event Marketer

We had 102 speakers, 14 performances across three stages, moderated by 28 members of the Bloomberg News media and philanthropy staff. We had speakers including Jay Inslee, Stacey Abrams, Gina McCarthy, Jim Coulter—incredible names on that main stage. So that gave us real science, real inspiration and real conversations that evening.