• Event Snapshots: IACC America’s Connect 2017

     
    BY Photos by Orange Photography/ Kelsey Floyd
    POSTED August 21, 2017
     

    1. Rooftop mingling. 

  • Event Snapshots: IACC America’s Connect 2017

     
    BY Photos by Orange Photography/ Kelsey Floyd
    POSTED August 21, 2017
     

    2. Eric Bracht, right, is the winner of the Award of Excellence; left, IACC-Americas president Sean Anderson.

  • Event Snapshots: IACC America’s Connect 2017

     
    BY Photos by Orange Photography/ Kelsey Floyd
    POSTED August 21, 2017
     

    3. The Doris Sklar Scholarship Award is presented to Kate Blumenthal; right, Sean Anderson; left, Dr. Jukka Laitamaki. 

  • Event Snapshots: IACC America’s Connect 2017

     
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    POSTED August 21, 2017
     

    4. Copper Skillet Junior winner Mary Palecek with Alex Cabanas, IACC president.

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    5. The Global Distinguished Service Award was presented to TJ Fimmano; left, Alex Cabanas; right, Karen Fimmano. 

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    6. Tom Cappucci, winner of the Mel Hosansky Award for Distinguished Service. 

  • Event Snapshots: IACC America’s Connect 2017

     
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    7. Pyramid Award winner Cindy Novotny with Sean Anderson. 

IACC, the long-standing association that includes 375 small-to-midsized meeting venues worldwide, held its annual conference at the UCLA Meyer & Renee Luskin Conference Center on April 4-6. Highlights included the Global Copper Skillet, a Culinary Mystery Food & Beverage Tour, and an MPI Meeting Planner Workshop. During the IACC America’s Connect conference, IACC and MPI (Meeting Professionals International) announced that they have formed a fiveyear global partnership to share eventhosting and learning platforms, including education and research initiatives that will be presented at annual conferences, regional events and online. 

Snapshots: MPI's World Education Congress

Nearly 700 MPI members gathered in Grapevine for Meeting Professionals International’s World Education Congress (WEC).

 
NACE NY/NJ Members Only Relaunch Event

The New York and New Jersey chapters of the National Association for Catering & Events (NACE), along with the Banquet Event Strategic Task Force (BEST Task Force), held an in-person gathering in August, their first since the start of the pandemic.

 
Get to Know: New Certifications in the Pandemic Era

Unprecedented times call for strategic measures. With so many planners wondering how best to plan for the event-specific challenges posed by COVID- 19, industry leaders and top associations have stepped up to offer a road map with trainings on everything from cleaning protocols to new contract clauses.