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DIY Car and Train Booking App Could Ease Transportation Inflation 

Smart Meetings

The travel management company CWT just added car rental and train booking to their app and website to give travelers more independence in making their reservations at a time when travel costs are reaching historic highs. . CWT already had travel counselors available 24/7 to help travelers with car and train bookings. Rail Alternatives.

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Michelin-starred Dining in…Orlando?

Smart Meetings

The vaunted guidebooks, published since the early 1900s when French industrialist Andre Michelin and his brother Edouard wanted to stimulate road tripping—and thus the tires they manufactured—have driven chefs to both agony and ecstasy. Currently, countrywide guides are published in Europe in nine editions.

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Food Rescue and Donating to Those in Need: The Law Is On Your Side

Smart Meetings

Rescued groceries are taken to a community center and are put on display by trained volunteers for individuals to choose from. The majority of food provided at the pop-ups is collected from wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers and other organizations. “I It’s called the grocery pop-up store.”

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How Hot is the Meetings Market, and Where is It Hottest?

MeetingsNet

Not surprisingly, national associations led as a key driver for all: Nashville: healthcare, technology, national association, financial/banking, and manufacturing Los Angeles/Long Beach: education, charity/non-profit, healthcare, national association, and training/education Oahu: wedding, travel, national association, education, and military Las Vegas: (..)

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Better Showroom Loyalty and Incentive Reward Programs

Brightspot Incentive Events

A showroom sales incentive program, also called a showroom loyalty reward program, is a motivational structure for manufacturers to reward sales representatives who work within a retail or wholesale showroom. Learning Training incentives are an essential tactic for increasing loyalty.

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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

Smart Meetings

More aspiring pilots today must pay for their own flight training, which can cost in the six figures. Previously, almost all pilots were trained in the military, but the increasing use of unmanned aerial vehicles is being blamed for reducing the need for military pilots. “It

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Boosting hospitality profitability with a learning and development strategy

EHL Insights

It is based on the fact that since the shift from a manufacturing to a service economy, the gateway to success is now via excelling at customer-service provider skills. And yet if this is the case, who’s championing, supporting and, ultimately, investing in the training of these highly sought-after competences?