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Michelin-starred Dining in…Orlando?

Smart Meetings

And ever since, foodies have indeed traveled great distances in planes, trains and automobiles to sample the creations designated by Michelin as the best. The last guide covered 2008-2009. Currently, countrywide guides are published in Europe in nine editions. And with so many celebrity-chef outposts, deservedly so.

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Why is DEI Critical to the Hospitality Industry?

Smart Meetings

The hospitality industry is required to grow, learn and train within the same spectrum, authentically inviting underrepresented communities and equipping professionals with the necessary tools that define what is required to host successful events that are accepting and allowing stakeholders to feel a sense of genuine inclusiveness.

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Knowland expands further in the Middle East, opens Riyadh Market

Travel Daily Media

Not new to the market, Knowland has been collecting MICE data in the UAE since 2009, establishing a mission-critical threshold of regional insight, and is replicating those efforts in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), starting with the Riyadh market.

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Mike Dominguez’ Predictions for 2019

Smart Meetings

Since 2009, hotel room occupancy has increased steadily and is now breaking records with average occupancy at 65.5 An experiment by Volkswagen proved this by painting a staircase in a train station to resemble piano keys, thereby increasing the number of stair-takers by 66 percent. Transient Room Stays Rising Fastest.

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Keynote speakers announced for The Advantage Travel Partnership’s 2024 Conference

Travel Daily Media

In 2005 he founded & launched Travolution, the first media brand for the digital travel sector, and in 2009 he became CEO of Travel Weekly Group, leading a management buyout to establish it as an independent business. Simon Ferguson has over 20 years’ experience leading businesses in the travel and technology sectors.

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GLOBALFOUNDRIES

Stova

After the initial training with a sales team member, GLOBALFOUNDRIES was offered a free trial of the Stova platform. Solution GLOBALFOUNDRIES Solution In the process of looking for a new event management system, Fohet came across Stova and quickly demoed the website and registration modules.

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Phoenix, Just What the Doctor Ordered

MeetingsNet

The PBC’s 30-acre urban medical and bioscience campus boasts 6 million square feet of academic and clinical space, is home to more than a dozen research facilities and offers aesthetically striking classrooms and state-of-the-art laboratories for off-site meetings, special events and hands-on simulation training.