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Why Organizations Are Choosing to Meet in Controversial Destinations

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Organizations have been shifting away from boycotting, banning, or canceling their events in controversial destinations, and shining a spotlight on the issues. These organizations are entering the fray in part because of a collective realization that travel boycotts, historically, have done little move to the needle politically.

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Smart Moves in Albuquerque, Denver and More

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Wenks holds over 20 years of experience in executive hospitality leadership, most recently serving as vice president of the sales organization for Omni Hotels. Bauer, born and raised in Philadelphia, has been with the property since 2007, most recently serving as director of sales and marketing since 2016.

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Smart Moves in Berkeley, Hollywood and More

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In 2016, ASAE presented him with the Key Award, which honors CEOs who demonstrate exceptional leadership and a commitment to voluntary membership associations. He will lead all advertising, promotions, marketing, market intelligence, digital, communications and social media efforts for the organization. Pete/Clearwater.

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Smart Moves in Aspen, Islamorada and More

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Morascini, who has sat on the board of Island County tourism since 2016, takes on the role of marketing and public relations director. He will pursue meetings with 200-2,000 attendees from organizations based in Arizona, New Mexico and the upper Midwest.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Constance Samuels, CMP

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Despite her doubts, in early 2016, she began studying for the exam anyway. Samuels would schedule peer-to-peer interviews with individuals outside her organization to hear different perspectives and tips that would be helpful as she built her career. In 2017, she passed on her first try. She joined a virtual study group to prepare.

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Are your Conferences Boring? Here’s the Cure

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Davis said that ASCO’s relationship with the non-profit Conquer Cancer Foundation put her organization in a unique position to see what their community needed to host an engaging event for attendees coming from around the world to visit Chicago and learn about the event’s core mission. Experiencing Chicago.

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3 Takeaways From Tourism Academy 2016

Crowdriff

We’ve just returned from beautiful Philadelphia where we spent two action-packed days at the 2016 Tourism Academy conference which we were proud to support as a key sponsor and as a presenter with our client Visit Stockton. A post shared by CrowdRiff (@crowdriff) on Jun 8, 2016 at 7:50am PDT. View this post on Instagram. Find It Here.

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