| NATIONAL: ON24 has debuted its latest offering, breakout rooms for virtual conferences. Adding to the platform’s already-existing breakout room options for webinars, the new offering allows for face-to-face audience interactions across all virtual experiences, allowing attendees to easily move between the main event and more intimate one-on-one chats, networking opportunities and more. For events with an in-person component, hybrid breakout rooms can also provide virtual and in-person attendees with the same networking opportunities and grant marketers deeper insights into attendee behavior.
The Critics Choice Association will debut a new global award show starting in 2022. The World Movie Awards will honor the best of non-English language films during the event, which has been in the planning stages for several years. Further dates and details are yet to be announced.
The 19th annual Global Peace Film Festival will take place as a hybrid event in September. Taking place in person in Orlando from Sept. 21-26, it will also be available virtually for attendees around the world from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. A selection of feature and short films will highlight themes such as civil rights, environmental justice, ethics, wellness and more. ATLANTIC CITY: SopranosCon and MobMovies Con, two events hosted by convention app VirtualCons, will both take place July 23-25 at Harrah’s Resort & Casino. The property will be transformed into what organizers call a “mob-fan epicenter,” with meet-and-greet opportunities with stars from Goodfellas, The Sopranos, Scarface and more. In addition, rapper Ice-T will host the first-ever Mob Movie Awards, which will take place during the convention. CINCINNATI: The Pendry Cincinnati, located within the historic Gwynne Building, is slated to open in 2023. The 168-room hotel will have 6,500 square feet of indoor event space, plus a rooftop beer garden and cafe, a fitness center and spa, and four lounge and restaurant venues. What's happening on the event scene in your city? Email us and share the news!
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