Amy Blackman Visits Long Beach

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Amy Blackman Visits Long Beach

Earlier this year, the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) invited consultant and strategist, Amy Blackman, for a visit to the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center. Blackman had recently presented the findings of a year-long study in a report titled “The Future of Meetings & Events” at the 2019 PCMA Convention in Pittsburgh. The results of the report highlighted five trends that conference attendees wanted for the future of conferences. Joseph Jenci, Senior Vice President of the Long Beach CVB, immediately recognized that Long Beach was already ahead of the curve on the five highlighted trends which are:

Emotional Intelligence

Orchestrated Serendipity

Multimodal Design

Bigger Than Oneself

Clear Sense of Place

Blackman agreed to visit Long Beach and was “blown away,” she stated that “Long Beach is simply ahead of the curve on all five of the trends” as reported by the Long Beach Business Journal. She specifically highlighted Long Beach’s ability to create Orchestrated Serendipity which is underlined by the numerous conversation pods throughout the entire Convention & Entertainment Center. The conversation pods are meant for attendees to sit and converse, which is a crucial interaction for successful events.

She also felt that Long Beach’s ability to adapt to the idea of Multimodal Design made it stand out among other centers. The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center can customize its different rooms and facilities, giving planners the ability to create their events to reflect different personalities and tastes, especially in the new Pacific Ballroom.

Check out video report of Blackman’s trip to Long Beach at: https:// www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9rWplOSx7_U