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Travel management firm, TAG, soars higher with backing from ECI Partners

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The post Travel management firm, TAG, soars higher with backing from ECI Partners appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The transaction marks a significant milestone as it facilitates an exit for Apiary Capital, who have supported TAG since 2018 and will make a 4x return.

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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

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I feel like I am exactly where I am meant to be!” Elyse Dawson , CMP, CPCE, DES, Senior Manager, Conference Center and Events, Invesco “I’m deeply invested in exploring how generative AI tools will transform an industry focused on human connection.

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How to Build a Risk Assessment Checklist

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If planning conferences wasn’t complex enough, a global pandemic with literally unprecedented consequences raised the stakes even more. The possibility of an incentive not being motivating if it isn’t what the qualifier enjoys, regardless of the price tag, is a challenging one because the attendee pool is not changing all at once.

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The Return to Innovation Is On the Horizon

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Indoor spaces can be mapped and tagged with QR codes to help the app orient itself. Kim Kopetz is a results-oriented leader with over 20 years of global brand and event marketing experience. Kopetz has worked in various roles at The Opus Group since 1998 and with global brands like Intel, Nike, and the NBA.

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Meetings Matter: GMID 2024 in Pictures

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On April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day was marked by in-person educational sessions and meet-ups, a 12-hour virtual event, hundreds of social-media posts—and even an original poem. Here, Rachel Andrews, head of global events for Cvent, spoke on developing an institutional event-program process. Published: Vegas 2.jpg

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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

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mile strip of beach and each has its own associated price tag, so those staying at one resort, as denoted by their wristband, could not meet friends and customers and dine at higher level resorts. That format brought its own set of challenges and benefits. Barcelo Maya Grand Resort is actually a campus of six hotels along a 1.5-mile

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California Outlook Forum Celebrated Free Spirits

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Mindy Gunn, global head of event marketing with Amazon Business who was also on the panel, agreed that having the destination work with the organizer to secure the area needs to be done thoughtfully rather than as security theater. “The The worst thing is to pretend it isn’t a problem,” she said.

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