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DMA West: Going Viral, What’s Trending and Crisis Communication

Smart Meetings

After a year marked by fire, flood and tragedy , the overall tone of Destination Marketing Association of the West ’s Education Summit 2018 was light, inspiring—even funny. A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT. Wellness trips are up 200 percent as compared to 2017. Shawna Suckow.

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2018 Event Marketing Trends

Endless Events

2018 event marketing trends point to video becoming this year’s content marketing juggernaut. With everyone rushing to upload their own talking heads and animated content, is there still a place where you can share your video content and get it seen in this saturated market? Click To Tweet. Need an event budget template?

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Smart Moves in New York, Panama City Beach and More

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Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles.

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Smart Moves in Miami Beach, Denver and More

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In this new position, Oshiro focuses on the wholesale, military, groups and travel agent markets for Lotus Honolulu at Diamond Head , Waikiki Malia and Hotel Renew. Formoso comes from Kempinski Hotel Cancun, where he worked as director of sales and marketing and played a role in rebranding the property from The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun.

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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

ADMEI

She served on ADMEI’s Certification and Accreditation Board from 2015 to 2017 and as the ADMEI Conference Chair in 2021, and she has moderated countless webinars and breakout sessions, led DMCP study sessions, and served on the Programs and Education Committee.

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Cannabis Tourism: Igniting a Special Interest Segment

Dana Communications

In the Colorado Travel Year 2017 Report , 11% of overnight leisure trips identified marijuana tourism as a specific interest – tied with exceptional culinary experiences and only beaten out by brewery tours/beer tasting (12%), cultural activities/attractions (19%) and historic places (28%). 117 or lkaniper@danacommunications.com today.

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8 Smart Moves in NYC, Los Angeles and Maui

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For Dalal, this position follows her role as director of sales and marketing for Sixty SoHo in New York City. She’s also worked as senior sales manager for TWA Hotel in New York City, director of sales and marketing for Sound View Greenport in New York and regional director of sales and marketing for Delamar Hotels. John Koster.