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THIS WEEK IN EVENTS

Event Tech Check: 9 Tech Tools That Can Improve Your Virtual and Hybrid Events This Month

BizBash takes a deep dive into the newest tech solutions for events of all types.

How New York Fashion Week Plans to Turn Your Home Into
a Runway

IMG's NYFW: The Shows is partnering with Yahoo Ryot Lab to create immersive experiences for virtual audiences.

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.

8 Steal-Worthy Ideas for Socially Distant Springtime Soirees

From colorful tablescapes to floral-filled photo ops, here are a few ideas from past springtime events that can be easily scaled up or down and incorporated into your outdoor events this season.

What One Event Pro Learned While Planning Her Own
Virtual Wedding

Masha Berenboym, the Los Angeles-based owner of Artists Creating Entertainment, draws on her own experience to share
key takeaways for planning memorable hybrid celebrations.

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

NATIONAL: Niecy Nash will host the 32nd annual GLAAD Media Awards, a virtual celebration on April 8 that will stream on GLAAD’s YouTube channel as well as on Hulu. The annual
award show honors media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on Sunday, Sept. 19. The ceremony will air live at 5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network as well as on Paramount+. A venue or host has not yet been announced.

LAS VEGAS: Rock Star Beer Festivals is hosting a virtual Saint Patrick's Beer and Whiskey Festival on March 13 and 14, where guests can enjoy a box of eight craft beers and two whiskeys curated by the team at Khoury’s Fine Wine & Spirits. The beverages are available for delivery to anyone in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada or Arizona, or can be picked up at the Khoury's Las Vegas location.

NAPA VALLEY, CALIF: The virtual At-Home Wedding Expo will take place March 11. This event is geared towards newly engaged couples looking to gain inspiration for their upcoming weddings, at-home honeymoons or other celebrations. The free-with-registration event will feature virtual vendors for couples to shop and learn from.

NEW YORK: The Four Seasons Hotel and Residences is set to open its first resort within a working winery early this spring in the town of Calistoga. The event is free with registration and will feature virtual vendors for couples to shop and learn from.

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