Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The disruption caused by the pandemic and subsequent Great Resignation in the events world is no exception. The urgent call to restaff hotels and events teams and engage discriminating audiences will include many unimaginable trials, learning new skills and, ultimately, a reinvention of ourselves and the industry.

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Interface Tourism Spain

MAY 10, 2022

Evolution of MICE tourism in Spain. As the tourism industry continues to expand and reach new heights, we can’t forget about one of the most prominent sectors within the industry, the MICE sector. MICE tourism is composed of four niche areas : Meetings. Why is MICE tourism important? All the news Back to newsroom.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Stewart is director of special event for Visit Panama City Beach in Florida. He joined the organization in 2015, and since then, has worked as sports marketing and special events coordinator, and operations manager. Pereira is director of event management for Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa in the Cayman Islands.

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Solimar International

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Learn about sustainable tourism in Slovenia, Europe’s hidden gem. Here at Solimar, we pride ourselves on being experts in sustainable tourism. We’ve consulted with destinations on their tourism strategies all across the world, from distant Nepal to Timor-Leste to local West Virginia. In fact, they prefer it.

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Solimar International

JULY 22, 2022

In part one of this series, we discussed how tourism and climate change are inextricably linked. Nature-based tourism is becoming increasingly vulnerable to changing weather patterns, while the nature of tourism itself contributes 8% of global emissions.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ashwin Gunasekeran, the CEO of Penang Convention and Exhibition Bureau (PCEB ) said that Penang has been actively engaging with India since 2017 as its one of the fastest growing markets for Penang. The networking event was also attended by the business events industry players.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

Another question is, “What does this mean for corporate event planning?”—if Regis Atlanta, and entered the digital side of things in 2017 when he got into Ethereum (or ETH [pronounced “eeth”]). Read More : Virtual Meetings Are Missing These Two Things, Meta Is Working on a Fix. if it means anything at all.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ExCel London , a major event venue at the historic Royal Docks, promoted Clover to executive director of event management and guest experience. Most recently, Clover joined the company as head of event management. Thompson is director of meeting and event services at Talley Management Group in Mount Royal, New Jersey.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 25, 2024

Its host of remarkable facilities include a vast state-of-the-art conference hall, a 360-degree rooftop venue, a stunning outdoor beachfront event space, and about 10,000sqm dedicated to shopping and dining outlets. The Anam Group is exploring organizing events such as classical concerts, fashion shows and product launches.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2018

During a summer semester at University of New Orleans, she was inspired to switch majors after taking Harsha Chacko’s course, “Intro to Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism.”. “He He is so passionate and knowledgeable about the tourism industry, I didn’t think twice about starting over,” she says.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The September event brought destination marketers from Alaska to Texas to Riverside Hotel in Boise, Idaho, for networking, breakout sessions, a lesson in crisis communication and a taste (and a twirl) of downtown Boise’s booming Basque Cultural District. A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT.

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 12, 2024

Prosper Portland, the main entity behind producing the event, subsidizes the cost of participating to make it affordable for vendors. Attendees loved meeting the vendors, hearing their stories, and supporting local small businesses with a focus on EDISJ. It brings them together so that they can make connections.”

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The post ITE HCMC 2017: Record breaking attendance appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City (ITE HCMC), the Greater Mekong subregion’s largest international travel event, concluded its 13th annual event in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 9 September. .

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Convene by PCMA

JANUARY 17, 2024

Heather Kirksey and Jason Lusk Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB) has promoted Heather Kirksey to vice president of public relations, corporate events and membership. In her new role, Kirksey will lead the membership and events team, in addition to the organization’s public relations department.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 24, 2018

The post Ras Al Khaimah tourism, fuelled by MICE and adventure, up 14% appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) announced its latest tourism figures yesterday. Germany remained as the second biggest source market, up 4%, followed by the UK, up 13% on 2017.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

8, 2017, turned into an inferno when winds picked up that night. However, from a meetings, events and tourism perspective, very few venues were lost and 90 percent of the grapes had already been harvested for the season. In Santa Rosa, two meeting hotels were lost—Hilton Sonoma Wine Country (250 guest rooms and 18,000 sq.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Whether it is hurricanes, fires, live shooters or picketers, most event professionals will eventually find themselves in the situation of putting into action emergency measures developed with the hope that they would never be used. Visit Houston President and CEO Mike Waterman described the first months of 2017 as “bad ass.”

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 26, 2023

Homelessness and property damage made headlines on national news, casting the Pacific Northwest in an unfavorable light as a tourist and meetings destination. billion Summit Building, which hosted its first event on January 12. of total meeting space. The new Summit Building includes over 240,000 sq.

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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 12, 2017

IMEX Group predicts the coming year will see meetings focus more on participant needs. The IMEX Group is predicting that meetings in 2018 will be all about bringing humanity back. According to IMEX, “There has been an outcry from people who feel that too much tourism is damaging their communities and their lives.”

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2020

Angeles has been in the events industry for over 30 years and possesses international experience with a large network. My vision was to change tourism’. ‘I My vision was to change tourism. Therefore, I started with law, but in a clandestine way in which I was studying tourism and business management.

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 2, 2023

Prague welcomed almost four thousand events with 616,000 delegates last year, according to aggregated data from the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) and the Prague Convention Bureau (PCB). Compared with the record year of 2019, only 66% of events were held in Prague last year, but with a much higher attendance.

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MeetingsNet

JANUARY 12, 2017

Initiatives dovetail with 2017 Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. The United Nations will launch the Year of Sustainable Tourism on January 18, and Fiona Pelham, immediate past president of Meeting Professionals International, is working with the U.N.'s read more.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 9, 2021

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. Ke wrote: “It has now become clear that meeting the needs of our society without breaching the earth’s ecological boundaries will demand a paradigm shift.”. Nine other bureaus have signed on since then. Laura Kate Bender.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 7, 2019

For retreats and destination events, hitting the beach is a popular choice. Related: Find a Relaxed Meeting Vibe in Huntington Beach. Where else in the world can one dance with stingrays in the morning, meet a Blue Iguana in the afternoon and feast on 5-star cuisine at night?” The Cayman Islands. A fair point, indeed.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The travel industry won’t fully recover until the meeting industry recovers, Roger Dow, president and CEO of U.S. Meetings can — and are — being held safely, Dow added. “We You’re safer in a meeting room than in the local grocery store,” Dow said. Travel Association). We urge the business community to come back together again.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Here’s how the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 could boost meetings-industry efforts to get back to business. Congress on February 25 would, if passed, provide help to the meetings and travel industry in the form of tax breaks. A bipartisan stimulus bill introduced to the U.S. between January 2022 and December 2024.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The post IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2017 focuses on education. In depth knowledge building was the core of an amplified education programme across 22 forum sessions at IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2017. and there are many other vertical priorities ahead of tourism when you look at these clusters.”.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 30, 2021

In 2017, Choice Hotels International Inc., The post IHG Hotels Launches Vignette Collection, a ‘Conversion Brand’ appeared first on Smart Meetings. The conversion trend itself goes beyond just converting existing hotels into brands owned by hospitality conglomerates. for instance, began looking to convert vacant Washington, D.C.-

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

founder Hilina Ajakaiye, surrounded by some of the volunteers who organized the 1,400-person women’s leadership conference in 2022, first created the conference in 2017. Hilina Ajakaiye draws on her experience as an immigrant — and conference organizer — to invite everyone to the table in the Boston hospitality and events industry.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 14, 2022

VisitPittsburgh has added John Leinen and Razak Kadiri to its business events sales team. Kadiri has more than seven years of experience serving as the primary contact for logistics support and customer service for more than 20 B2B tradeshows and events. Most recently, he worked as senior event services coordinator for NTP Events.

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 26, 2022

The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has announced the promotion of Adam Berrios to vice president of sales and services, a position that drives the organization’s key role in attracting meetings, conventions, and sporting events to the area. West Coast market. She will oversee Washington, D.C., Beki Winchel.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The post MICE and Corporate buyers flock to ITB Asia 2017 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Celebrating its 10 th anniversary, ITB Asia 2017 has opened its doors today at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands. Already, ITB Asia 2017 is expected to top the success of ITB Asia 2016.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Louisville Tourism has promoted an employee and hired several others across the organization. ASM Global has appointed Patrick Lynch as senior vice president, private events, in the U.S. The Westin Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach Resort & Spa has appointed Natasha Anna Pereira as director of event management.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

PRSA conference participants capped off the event with an immersive experience at Garver Feed Mill, where local food and drink purveyors offered a taste of Madison. Taking that approach, he said, would mean “losing that local connection and the experts who know how to do meetings and events.” Here’s how.

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Convene by PCMA

OCTOBER 27, 2022

She joins Visit Tampa Bay from the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay, where she served as the group sales and events manager. With 20 years of hospitality and tourism experience, as well as extensive knowledge of the Tampa Bay region, Gupta will focus on the southeast region of the U.S., Florida government, and social events in her new position.

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Travel Daily Media

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Following the success of the 2019 event, OTDYKH Leisure Fair 2020, the annual travel market in Russia will be back and the early bird registration is now open. Next year’s highly anticipated three-day event will take place at the Expocentre in Moscow from the 8 – 10 September 2020. Russia’s total spending amounted to USD 31.1

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Convene by PCMA

JUNE 23, 2022

Morial Convention Center has named Elaine Williams, CMP, CEM-AP as the facility’s senior director of sales and event services. In this new role, Williams will be responsible for developing and overseeing the sales and event services functions from planning to execution. The New Orleans Ernest N. James Kelley.

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