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Podcast: Looking Back on the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, with GMR’s Jeff Handler and Dennis Jenders

Event Marketer

For the first of two episodes, we spoke with Jeff Handler, vp-Olympic and Paralympic clients, and Dennis Jenders, executive strategy director, from GMR, an experience agency headquartered in Wisconsin. Paris 2024 marked GMR’s 19 th Olympic Games, where the agency represented 11 clients with 250 global and local staff on the ground.

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New and Renovated: Built to Gather

Smart Meetings

These venues and meeting spaces are committed to being a space that facilitates community-building. Meet Among the City Streets Venue 42 by Convene Venue 42 by Convene brings 30,000 sq. of meeting and conference space to the fifth floor of 5 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan.

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Elevating Holiday Cheer Through Culinary Creativity  

Smart Meetings

Bill Delp, banquet chef, Wisconsin Center. . Banquet Chef Bill Delp at the Wisconsin Center says that while seasonal cooking allows for exciting new combinations of ingredients and spices, sticking with what you know, and know how to do well, is a guaranteed recipe for success. Tis the Season to Shine.

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New and Renovated: Innovative Spaces for Small Meetings

Smart Meetings

You may find it in an innovative, high-tech NYC venue; or, perhaps a characteristic boutique hotel in beautiful Boise. Whatever you’re looking for, these new and renovated hotels and venues are waiting to host you. Maybe Cleveland is the place for you, where history and modernity go hand-in-hand. Can’t Get Enough of Boutique?

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Is Your Meeting Storm Ready?

Smart Meetings

According to authorities, at least five people have been killed in Wisconsin, Georgia and North Carolina as a result. Are there any areas of the event venue prone to flooding? Can attendees come to the venue or should they stay where they are? Nearly 89,000 New Yorkers lost power before 8 p.m.

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The Happiest Places to Meet in America

Smart Meetings

Using WalletHub’s list of the happiest cities in America , Smart Meetings gathered some of the top locations, venues and locations that are sure to bring a smile to your attendees’ faces. The Joy of Nature in Madison, Wisconsin After a long day of socializing, attendees may feel inclined to dial it back a few notches.

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Choose the “Wright” Space to Enhance Your Events

Smart Meetings

Johnson, worked with Wright to create Wingspread in Wind Point, Wisconsin. For larger events, 1,000 can mingle in the Rotunda for cocktails with a multi-level view of the venue. This curving testament to the rolling landscape of Madison, Wisconsin, calls the shores of Lake Monona home. Perelman Rotunda, Peter B.

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