June 28, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
Are you planning a destination event in Las Vegas? The Entertainment Capital of the World, Vegas, is also one of the top three destinations in the United States for business conventions. Not to mention the City of Las Vegas is a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any …
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June 11, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
After over 30 years in the technology rental industry, we’ve compiled a list of our top venues in the state of Florida. Are you hosting an upcoming event in Florida? Research shows that location is one of the biggest influences on attendee satisfaction when compared to other factors like networking, program, and cost.
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May 25, 2021 · Tech Reviews & Information
Acer is continuously improving its Predator Helios 300 line, with the third generation of this metal-clad gaming laptop dropping last summer. After nearly a year of testing Acer’s latest Predator improvement in various environments — from gaming to professional — here’s what we’ve come up with. Turbo? Acer’s one-button
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May 11, 2021 · Business News & Tips
After a year of harsh Covid-19 restrictions and mask mandates, event venues around the country are finally starting to reopen. With restrictions beginning to ease and mask mandates still in effect in many areas, many states are returning to normal business — with a few changes. As the vaccination campaign progresses an
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April 29, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
Live venue operators, theater owners, producers, promoters, and other similar entities have been eagerly waiting for a chance to apply for grants of up to $10 million from the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program. The $16 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, originally known as the Save Our Stages
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April 21, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
The Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons (KAEPS) Annual Meeting will be held in person this year. KAEPS is a statewide, non-profit organization for member ophthalmologists whose mission is to promote and advance the science and art of medicine and surgery to provide convenient and quality eye care to all cit
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April 19, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
2020 was a year of trial and error for the events industry. With venues around the globe closing their doors, exhibitors and event organizers were forced to adapt their event strategies to a virtual platform. While some content-driven programs saw some success with the digital alternative, this was probably because the
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April 5, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
Forty-nine states in our union have at least one convention center open as of today in some capacity. For example, in Nevada, meetings and conventions can resume at 50% capacity. The state that hasn’t reopened is California, which authorizes the Anaheim center’s opening next month. All of this is good news. Northstar M
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March 31, 2021 · Business News & Tips
Companies around the globe are having a hard time ignoring the surge of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Many companies, like Rentacomputer.com, are announcing plans to allow payment with these digital assets as their value continues to rise. Cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, are virtual money secured by cryptography
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March 16, 2021 · Business Technology & Equipment
An exciting new item is now in our rental inventory: Dell’s Alienware Aurora R11 Gaming Computer with the most powerful graphics card available to consumers, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. The main distinction between a gaming PC and a consumer PC is one defining characteristic: a high-end discrete GPU — a graphics card.
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March 10, 2021 · Business News & Tips
Monster.com fielded two global surveys in an effort to better understand the hiring situation in the coming year; the data gathered in October and November 2020 is now being used to manage hiring and job-seeking expectations by employers and potential workers, respectively. However, perhaps, to everyone’s surprise, the
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February 28, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
In 2020 and so far in 2021 the meetings industry has taken a huge hit. Just as things start to look rosy (i.e., the COVID-19 vaccine), there are now new coronavirus variants. To gain some perspective on what 2021 may look like for the industry, I polled two national speakers, one DMC Executive Director, and …
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February 5, 2021 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
Are you prepared for all of your event guests to connect to your event venue’s network at the same time? Without proper planning, large congregations of people can result in spotty reception. The things that drive your event’s popularity would all be impossible. No status updates, selfies, or video streams and no “free
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December 9, 2020 · Tech Reviews & Information
On December 2, Nvidia launched their newest GeForce RTX 30-Series graphics card, the RTX 3060 Ti, and it sold out almost instantly on multiple retailers’ websites. According to PCMag, Newegg.com began selling the RTX 3060 Ti units at 6 a.m. PST and sold out by 6:05 a.m. — a mere 5 minutes later. BestBuy.com listed …
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December 7, 2020 · Event Tips & Upcoming Events
While some states seem eager to reopen their events industry, others have slowed or reversed their reopening plans as Covid-19 cases spike across the United States. Although it is unlikely that the events industry will fully recover in any of the United States in the next six to nine months, let’s talk about states all
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