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THIS WEEK IN EVENTS

10 Cool Event Ideas You May Have Missed This Month From Match, Hulu, American Express and More

Here’s a look at 10 steal-worthy ideas we spotted in June 2021.

How Can Food Festivals Become More Equitable and Inclusive?

For its upcoming event, Indie Chefs Community aims to build a more equitable event for chefs and restaurateurs. Here’s how they’re doing it—and the advice they’d give other festival organizers.

Unlock the Power of Hybrid Events with Hubilo’s Engagement Cloud

Do you love how much you learn about your audiences virtually, but hate the challenge of virtual engagement? Let Hubilo’s Engagement Cloud—the industry’s largest suite of engagement and gamification features—solve that for you. Top this off with branded experiences and dedicated customer support, and you’ve found yourself a true partner to deliver event excellence. Learn more.

10 New Venues in Orlando/Central Florida for Summer 2021 Meetings and Events

Take a peek at these buzz-worthy restaurants, hotels, meeting and event spaces and more recently opened in Orlando/Central Florida.

Fresh Faces 2021: Jeffrey Osuji

Osuji is the CEO of Eventnoire, an award-winning ticketing platform that celebrates Black culture within the event industry

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INDUSTRY NEWS

GLOBAL: Bizzabo, an event success platform for virtual, hybrid and in-person events, is kicking off its European expansion with a new London office. Operations there will be led by event industry veteran Tim Bull. Bizzabo recently acquired both x.ai, a scheduling tool, and Whalebone, which enhances virtual meeting technology, to assist in the creation of the new office, which is now the company’s fourth global location.

CHEROKEE, NC: Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort is set to finish its four-year expansion this fall. The 19-story tower will feature 725 rooms, an 83,000-square-foot convention space, a 50-seat lobby bar and lounge, and more.

CHICAGO: The Chicago Auto Show is set to return to McCormick Place from July 15-19. The show will feature new outdoor test tracks such as the Ford Built Wild, as well as returning indoor test tracks Camp Jeep and Ram Truck Territory. The Chicago Automobile Trade Association (CATA), which is producing the show, will introduce an outdoor street fest including the latest vehicles plus food trucks and live music.

LOS ANGELES: The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation (ETAF) will host a fundraising gala, The Elizabeth Taylor Ball to End AIDS, on Sept. 17 at West Hollywood Park. The gala will include a dinner for 350 guests, a live auction partnering with Christie’s featuring unique art pieces, a live performance and dancing.

SAN DIEGO: Tickets are now on sale for the San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival. The event will feature a Grand Tasting, San Diego and Baja’s most celebrated chefs, wineries and breweries from all over the world, and live entertainment. The four-day festival will take place Nov. 11-14, with the Grand Tasting on Nov. 13.

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