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. Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans appointed Marciante marketing and communications manager.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For many, however, the bracing weather of the holiday season also comes with travel plans. Just for you, tourism bureaus and hospitality professionals are hanging holly, preparing their spaces to host events and—beginning Black Friday and Cyber Monday—sales for holiday business travelers. Other experiences come a la carte.

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Event Leadership Institute

MAY 6, 2021

Finally, Gus Vonderheide, Vice President of Global Sales – Americas for Hyatt Hotels, will share insights on group business nationwide. In 2015, Salesforce was among the businesses that cancelled events and prohibited travel to Indiana following an anti-LGBT bill there.

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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. Two hotels—Hilton Garden Inn South Bend and Inn at Saint Mary’s Hotel & Suites—connect to Gillespie center. of event space.

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Unique Venues

MARCH 15, 2023

Experience Notre Dame | South Bend, IN | Get a Quote South Bend, Indiana is home to the prestigious University of Notre Dame and is a memorable event venue with over a dozen spaces throughout campus to host events, with the largest able to accommodate 5,000 people. You’ll feel like you’ve traveled overseas to a historic pub in Ireland!

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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. With 839 points, Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) came in second. The post Minneapolis Airport Ranks No.

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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 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. Business travelers have a list of places to see, including Akron Civic Theatre (one of only five remaining atmospheric theaters in the country).

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 15, 2017

Greenville will taunt travelers with tasty temptations, as the city has developed into South Carolina’s inland culinary capital. Inside, artwork and memorabilia showcase the history of the hometown team, the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. Indianapolis. Indianapolis’ 750,000-square-foot Bankers Life Fieldhouse seats 18,165. After a Sept.

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Attendee Events

AUGUST 5, 2017

Instead of hiring speakers out of state and having to pay for travel costs, hotel expenses, and other costs, try to find local speakers who will talk for free or the cost of attending the event. Even if you wind up having to pay them a small fee, you will still save a bundle on travel costs. Local Speakers.

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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

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.

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PCMA Convene

MAY 1, 2017

Travel Association’s IPW show in June 2015. “We But we tried one at a hotel that was opening and they still had a ladder in the lobby and various unfinished touches. And Los Angeles hotel videos are available on the Meet L.A. You can see the videos at visitstpeteclearwater.com/360-videos. Instant success . Best advice .

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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. Along with the expansive convention center, Cleveland’s 18 downtown hotels offer more than 5,000 guest rooms. Further Reading: Meetings of the Heartland: Ohio and Indiana. With big companies come big meetings.

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Event Leadership Institute

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In fact, more countries are issuing advisory warnings about the risks of gun violence when traveling to the U.S. convention center or hotel lobbies) or ancillary event sites like restaurants. will start re-thinking coming to events here. It doesn’t take much to mar the optics of events to business leaders.

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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. Think local.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California; president of Casey’s Cupcakes. This personal investment outside of the hotel sparks creative ideas for guests and inspires ways to better connect with and take care of my staff. Company or organization: Meeting Achievements in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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SmartMeetings

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Company or organization: The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa in Riverside, California; president of Casey’s Cupcakes. This personal investment outside of the hotel sparks creative ideas for guests and inspires ways to better connect with and take care of my staff. Company or organization: Meeting Achievements in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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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. At AGU, Parr connects the scientific community with local schools to inspire them to go into scientific careers.

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PCMA Convene

JULY 31, 2017

A side note — the Indiana Convention Center services team embodies so many of these same qualities,” DeBolt wrote. Convention Hotel Services. Nominated by Dawn Amaskane, CMP, Director of Meetings and Travel, American Osteopathic Association — “Dawn is amazing. Hotel Sales. Then she had more to say. “A She is the best.”.

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PCMA Convene

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Which is why the organization embarked on “The Weaponization of Travel” study, released in July. Supported by a PCMA Education Foundation grant, the report looks at the impact of travel boycotts in North Carolina, Arizona, Indiana, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and whether or not they were effective. A NEW LOOK.

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SmartMeetings

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

After Donald Trump’s historic presidential election win, reactions ranging from positive to cautiously optimistic have been coming in from around the travel industry. travel and tourism community, and am confident that he will be a valuable ally in advancing some of our industry’s key priorities,” Dow said. “Mr. ” U.S.

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