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THIS WEEK IN EVENTS

5 Lessons Learned From These Virtual Beauty Events

Brands such as SkinCeuticals, Benefit and Refinery29 continue to create innovative immersive experiences for consumers, influencers and media.

What You Can Learn From
the Success of This Hybrid
Film Festival

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival hosted 12 days of virtual screenings and conversations paired with a variety of in-person components. Here's how the team pulled it off.

Tourism Australia Launches RFP

Tourism Australia is planning for its borders to reopen and has launched an RFP for event management services in North America. Learn more.

10 New Venues in Denver
for Spring 2021 Meetings
and Events

Take a peek at these buzz-worthy restaurants, hotels, meeting and event spaces and more that recently opened in Denver this season.

What’s Cool in Cocktails
This Spring

As the spring season kicks into gear, here’s a look at past trends in imbibing.

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

Tourism Australia

Tourism Australia invites tenders from event management companies to support its needs for a series of planned B-to-B and PR roadshows across the U.S. and Canada, scheduled to take place in late 2021 or early 2022. Tender information can be found on the government tender website AusTender.

INDUSTRY NEWS

AUSTIN: The Hilton Garden Inn Austin University Capitol District is opening in summer 2021. The 214-room hotel is a joint venture between Rockbridge and HRI Properties, and it will feature 3,000 square feet of flexible indoor-outdoor meeting and event space. The property is within walking distance to the state capitol, the University of Texas Austin, museums, city parks and more.

CHICAGO: Sable at Navy Pier has opened on the Chicago waterfront. The opening of the Hilton Curio Collection property marks Hilton’s 100th property milestone. The 223-room hotel appropriately boasts nautical-themed decor, more than 4,300 square feet of meeting and event space, and sweeping views of Lake Michigan and the city skyline.

NEW YORK: KUDO Inc. has launched new features as part of its hybrid meeting solutions. The cloud-based technology now allows remote and live attendees to select the language they wish to follow and participate in during an event. The multilingual solution is integrated in the KUDO platform and aims to bring hybrid events to a broader global audience. Other new features include a virtual lobby and waiting room, advanced polling capabilities and document and screen sharing.

The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is hosting its fourth annual Memories Matter event virtually this year. The event will take place April 7 at 7:30 p.m. and discuss the latest advances in Alzheimer’s research, insight into living with the disease, the role music plays in connection to memory and more. Tickets, sponsorships and donations can be purchased in advance via ADDF’s website.

SAVANNAH, GA: The Savannah Convention Center broke ground on a $271 million expansion last week. The renovation will double the exhibit hall’s space to 200,000 square feet, plus add 15 meeting rooms, a 58-foot-wide glass hangar door and a 40,000-square-foot ballroom.

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