Smart Meetings Announces Winners of 2021 Planner of the Year Awards

Sausalito, California, August 2, 2021 — Smart Meetings, the essential resource for the event evolution, is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Planner of the Year awards. The annual list singles out the transformational meeting professionals who stepped up during a challenging year to innovate, inspire and get business done.

These 24 pros were nominated by their peers and chosen based on their responses to questions about their approach to designing events, their evolution over the last 18 months and their vision for the future.

“These models of resiliency inspire me and make me think that we will come back stronger,” said Marin Bright, Smart Meetings founder and CEO.

The 2021 Planner of the Year winners will be featured in the August supplement of Smart Meetings magazine.

About Smart Meetings:
Smart Meetings is the leading media company and the most trusted resource for meeting professionals. As the inspiration for meeting professionals everywhere, Smart Meetings publishes cutting-edge meetings content in print and digital magazines, hosts elite hosted-buyer networking events, provides CEU-accredited webinars and offers myriad digital resources.

Media Contact:
JT Long
Editorial Director
jtlong@smartmeetings.com
415-339-9355

 


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2019 Press Releases

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2018 Press Releases

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2017 Press Releases

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2016 Press Releases

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2015 Press Releases

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2014 Press Releases

Smart Meetings TV Special Features the Winners of the 2014 Smart Stars Awards
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Smart Meetings elsewhere on the Web:
– Hundreds of media outlets and journalists viewed the winner’s release and clips from the TV special “Smart Destinations: The Best of 2013.” Major media outlets such as Yahoo, Boston Globe and The Street, along many local television stations and business journals relayed the news across the web.
– “Wyndham Offers Meeting Planners Chance at One Million Rewards Points,” hotel-industry.co.uk, July 7, 2012.
– Meeting planners visit to hear Hawaii’s pitch,” Honolulu Star Advertiser, March 21, 2012.
– “Hawaii woos meeting planners with Smart Meetings event,” Pacific Business News, March 16, 2012.
– “‘Smart Event’ to Sell Hawaii Meetings and Incentives, March 18
– 20,” Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau, March 16, 2012.
– “Make it Work : The Zen of Event Planning,” forbes.com, Oct. 27, 2011.
– “Smart Meetings Convenes 25% Growth,” minonline.com, Jan. 12, 2009.