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Cannabis Tourism is Going Mainstream

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings sat down with cannabis travel consultant and advocate Brian Applegarth to discuss the integration of cannabis into the tourism industry and what meeting professionals should know. A: Cannabis travel consultant. Q: How would you define your professional title?

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British Airways and Virgin Atlantic CEOs to speak at Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024

Travel Daily Media

Taking place 15-16 May 2024, Sustainable Skies World Summit 2024 will see representation from the global aerospace, energy, manufacturing, finance and investment sectors, alongside regulators, academia and government departments, come together for two days of networking, demonstrations and insight sharing.

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Live? Virtual? Hybrid? There’s Only One Wrong Choice for Team Building

Smart Meetings

Local regulations: Regulations also vary considerably from place to place. Event technology consultant Brandt Krueger argued just two weeks later, in Debunking Hybrid Event Myths , that concerns over increased complexity, higher costs, lower security and cannibalization of in-person audiences, are overblown.

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The Event Vax Debate Uncovers Legal, Health and Moral Questions

Smart Meetings

Foster from Foster, Jensen & Gulley has suggested in the past that hotel protocols and policies for Covid-19 prevention be included in contract clauses, the fact that “prevention” is impossible made following stringent regulations even more pressing. Consultants can also help with data safety issues. TheEventVaxDebate #eventprofs.

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IATA: Court decision to halt Schiphol Airport flight cuts is ‘reprieve’ for passengers, airlines, and the Dutch economy

Travel Daily News

THE HAGUE – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reacted positively to the decision by the Dutch court to uphold the legal challenges lodged by IATA, KLM and other airlines against the Dutch government’s ‘experimental regulation’ to cut Schiphol airport ’s flight limit to 460,000 from November 2023.

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Social Neurochemistry: Events that Engage 

Smart Meetings

The point of beginning a session with gratitude and regulating the body is to ensure that people are ready to connect and are less stressed when they do,” he says. “It will determine our experience at an event.” He incorporates mindfulness, gratitude, music and movement into his sessions.

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ICGN cautions against rise of virtual-only AGMs diminishing shareholder rights

Travel Daily Media

ICGN’s Statement on Post Covid AGM Practices and Shareholder Rights cautions against a rise in the number of companies organising virtual-only AGMs following changes in regulation in many markets, ICGN asserts this comes at the expense of shareholder rights, diminishing board accountability.