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TWT: Wobbly Travel Recovery, Flight Delays and Hotel Boom

Smart Meetings

Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. The sector is projected to grow rapidly through the rest of 2022, and then grow at a slower pace in 2023-2026. Travel Forecast Sees Wobbly Recovery. If the U.S. could gain an additional 2.2

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Get Around Green in Orange County

Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals have options for group and event attendee transportation that can reduce the carbon footprint. With the addition of this charging capability, we are well prepared to continue to grow our electric fleet, with a goal of being 100% electric by 2026.” “We

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Travel Tech set to drive innovation and strategic partnerships in EMEA 

Travel Daily Media

With a focus on “technological advancements in the industry,” attendees can expect three days of groundbreaking insights, expert sessions led by top executives and industry experts, and unparalleled networking opportunities.” billion by 2026.Travel billion in 2021 and is expected to reach $690.71

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

Smart Meetings

The heightened intensity of some of these nonnegotiable, not even entirely new skills, however, comes from a place of more conscious sensitivity to client and attendee needs. For travel managers (and meeting professionals), the job requires agility, delicate planning, awareness, intention over expenses and duty of care.

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Three Business Divisions, One Common Goal: To Unleash New Possibilities for Your Next Event

Convene by PCMA

From hosting WWE’s week-long WrestleMania celebration in April of 2024 to winning a bid to be a host city for the FIFA World Cup in 2026, Philadelphia is a top spot for sports lovers. And if you have your sights set on 2025, now is the time to book. It’s not just about the big names that exist here, either.

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Everything You Need to Know About Event Scheduling Software

Bizzaboo

To deliver a stellar attendee and sponsor experience, hit event goals, and prove ROI, event teams need powerful event scheduling software with a centralized platform for coordinating dates, venues, schedules, and participant details. By 2026, the event management software market is expected to eclipse $14.1

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The Evolution of Urban Renewal Takes Shape in Seattle and Portland

Smart Meetings

Host cities, in most cases, provide attendees with much more than they could have bargained for: unexpected culinary delights or mind-blowing entertainment hosted at top-flight event venues. The Summit Building has 32 national conventions booked from 2023 to 2026. The new Summit Building includes over 240,000 sq.

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