Thu.May 02, 2024

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Team Spotlight: Andrew Held

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Our next team spotlight features account executive Andrew Held. While new to the industry, Andrew is no stranger to the world of Travel and Tourism. A lifelong adventurer, Andrew is proud to have explored every state east of the Mississippi, most of Western Europe, and a good chunk of the Caribbean and Central America. He even boasts of having lived in Bermuda for 4 years!

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Meeting of the Minds: The Role of AI in Event Planning

Smart Meetings

In this episode of Meeting of the Minds, Smart Meetings sits down with Janette Roush, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Digital for New York City Tourism & Conventions, and Sindhu Srivastava, CEO of We Crush Events and MeaningfulData, to explore the potential of AI in the events industry. From predictive models to large language models, they discuss how AI can revolutionize event planning, offer practical advice for planners looking to integrate AI into their workflow, and address im

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Elevate Your Group Travel Experience: Incentive Travel Company vs. Travel Agency

Brightspot Incentive Events

In travel planning, the choice between a traditional travel agency and an incentive travel company will significantly impact the success of your group trip. While travel agencies cater to the logistics of individual travelers and smaller groups, incentive travel companies specialize in crafting tailor-made experiences for larger groups, particularly for corporate incentives.

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How Airbnb and short-term rentals reshape rural and urban communities

EHL Insights

In less than two decades, short-term rentals have thoroughly transformed the hospitality industry, wresting 15% market share from hotels. From a feel-good pioneer of the sharing economy to a $100bn behemoth, Airbed and Breakfast, better known as Airbnb , has revolutionized hospitality from its beginnings in 2007 — creating a whole new market in the process.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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WEC: AI’s transformative business potential

MPI

Tim Altbaum, CEO of Vario, discusses his experience with and interest in artificial intelligence (AI), how he envisions it changing our world and more in advance of his May 21 WEC session, “AI Tools to Transform Your Business” (sponsored by Marriott).

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How to Design a Registration Form in 2024

Special Events

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