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We’ve collected five of our favorite TED and TEDx talks for meeting planners looking to learn more about the art, psychology and importance of planning.
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Planners are welcoming the news that freshly expanded areas of Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) officially opened Sunday, increasing the facility’s total size by more than 215,000 sq. ft., including a new 97,000-square-foot multipurpose event space with a 1,000-seat theater.
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The role of meeting planner in many organizations has grown in scope in recent years. The one area where many planners still aren’t fully utilized, however, is meeting content.
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The Ascent CEO Promise announced by PCMA CEO Sherrif Karamat in May challenged events industry leaders to build more inclusive workplaces. Importantly, it focused on what can be done to make meetings of the future more diverse, rather than on pointing fingers at the past.
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What’s an event without a planner? Most likely, a disaster. If you know a planning star that dazzles despite the mishaps that inevitably come with event planning, show your appreciation by nominating them for Smart Meetings’ first annual Planner of the Year award.
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Smart Moves announces promotions and appointments throughout the industry, including The Mayfair Hotel, Highgate, Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort & Spa and more.
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In 2016, Tucson, Arizona, joined international destinations such as Parma (the Italian city that gave the world parmesan cheese) as a UNESCO City of Gastronomy; it was the first place in the United States to be so designated. We explore the hyper-local cuisines that attendees crave.
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Smart Moves celebrates appointments at many properties, including The Time Nyack, Hotel Zelos San Francisco, Dream Hotel Group and more.
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Sometimes event professionals have to create their own path to a better future. Smart Meetings asked a quartet of brave souls who found the right combination of vision, willpower and frustration required to set out on their own to chime in about the definition of leadership in today’s events world.
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In January, Marriott International Vice President of Global Sales Tammy Routh hit “send” on an email that rocked the meeting planner world. Her message announced that the largest global hotel brand would cut commissions to independent planners by 30 percent. It was the start of a series of such announcements—Hilton Worldwide followed in in March and Intercontinental Hotels Group in May.
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