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See the future through IMEX America’s lens

February 9, 2012 by Plan Your Meetings Leave a Comment

As the IMEX group looks toward its second American trade show, in Las Vegas in October, it is still drawing conclusions from what was learned at the inaugural U.S. event in 2011. IMEX, which also produces the giant show for the global meetings industry in Frankfurt, Germany, offers these observations for 2012: Business is looking […]

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: global, going green, imex, imex america, imex in frankfurt, industry trends, meetings and events

PRA Destination Management goes global

December 12, 2007 by Kristi Casey Sanders Leave a Comment

PRA Destination Management, which has 19 American offices, has been acquired by Allied Europe.

Filed Under: Meeting industry news Tagged With: allied, destination, global, international, management, pra

Go Global! Part 3: Getting resourceful

April 29, 2007 by Kristi Casey Sanders 1 Comment

This is the third part of a three-part series on planning international meetings. Part one focused on planning events overseas. Part two dealt with hosting cross-cultural meetings. In this section, we look at the resources available to the global planner.

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Go global! Part two: Hosting international attendees

April 3, 2007 by Kristi Casey Sanders 1 Comment

This is the second part of a three-part series focusing on international meeting planning. Part one focused on planning events overseas. Part three will focus on resources available to meeting planners.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Advice & Best Practices, employees, global, incentive, incentives, international, planning, trips

Go global! Part one:Planning events overseas

March 7, 2007 by Kristi Casey Sanders 2 Comments

A conversation with Vanessa Whitehead of Global Organization and Planning Services. This is the first part of a three-part series focusing on planning international meetings. Part two will focus on accommodating international attendees at stateside events.

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