New and renovated: downtown style meets
Listen to Audio Downtown hotels unveil exciting updates and new openings Who doesn't want to hold a meeting in the heart of the city? Whether you're meeting in Nashville, Long Beach or Salt Lake City, these three newly renovated hotels are located in the bustling center of each city. In addition to refreshing updates and new features, travelers can easily explore and attend meetings in each city's unique style. For music team building Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown In the heart of Music City, Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown Completed a comprehensive hotel renovation. One of the tallest buildings in the city at 28 stories, the hotel embodies Sheraton's global mission to be a community hub and collaborative gathering place. The hotel's 28-story, 494 guest rooms and suites have been redesigned to optimize comfort and work/life balance, featuring abundant natural light, destination-centric artwork, and spacious stone-top desks with built-in power and upgraded lighting. The 29,000 square feet of meeting space has been…
Seattle ARVO meeting brings to light the lingering
Listen to Audio In-person medical meetings still face long wait times and inflationary pressures The 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) meeting, held in Seattle in May with 11,631 attendees, was the culmination of a logistical struggle to return to the levels that brought together ophthalmologists from around the world in 2019. Challenges such as visa approvals, global economic conditions, and attendee delays required creative planning by the ARVO team. Last minute registration shuffle Lancy Cowan A recent Maritz study showed that 45% of attendees at 30 trade shows registered within four weeks of the event date. For the 2024 ARVO Future Vision Conference, half of attendees did not wait until the month before to register, but more than 600 were late registrants, said Lancey Cowan, chief conference and community engagement officer for ARVO, the only such event where ophthalmologists can present research. “They’re not signing up on-site like they used to,” she reports. International visitors, in…
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