Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The 2022 Annual Meeting & Exposition agenda covered the current disruptions of sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion; and workforce challenges with an eye toward finding new solutions using new association business models. I love traveling,” she said, reflecting on the miles booked on the road over the last year. “I

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. These trends have relevance for planners in a variety of ways.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In the report, consisting of 580 global event professionals from five continents and 23 countries, it was found that all aspects of the meeting sector are increasing, including interest in sustainability, attendance, meeting spend and diversity, equity and inclusion. Read More : WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth.

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Tourism eSchool

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Home A Guide to Sustainability Accreditations for Australian Tourism Businesses By Nic Cooper Published on February 24, 2023 Becoming a Sustainable Tourism Accredited business is one of the best ways to communicate to the ever-growing conscious traveller that your business is the right one to book.

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Tourism eSchool

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Home Guide to Sustainability Accreditations for Tourism Businesses By Nic Cooper Published on February 24, 2023 Becoming a Sustainable Tourism Accredited business is one of the best ways to communicate to the ever-growing conscious traveller that your business is the right one to book. So why consider becoming Eco Accredited?

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 5, 2023

The post Generative AI and sustainability are driving investment in the tourism technology segment appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The post Generative AI and sustainability are driving investment in the tourism technology segment appeared first on Travel Daily. I think that’s certainly one of our challenges.”

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The post TIS reveals travel trends for the coming years: social media, sustainability and frictionless experiences appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. According to a study by Lufthansa and Hopper, 73% of travellers would be willing to pay more for more sustainable options, however, only 1% of travellers paid for it.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

More than simply stretching our pre-existing 2022 budgets thin might be required in this climate. Book venues with renewable energy sources like solar panels. The silver lining is that the energy crisis can motivate our industry to start implementing sustainability in more significant, meaningful ways. in the last year.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 18, 2023

78% of respondents say that their or their clients’ expenditures have increased since 2022. This growth brings both ample opportunities and new challenges as planners work to accommodate an influx of attendees while booking, planning and executing events. Sustainability isn’t only about reducing emissions.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The post Ticket booking opens for World Travel Market London as the show announces exciting changes appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. WTM Connect Me – the show’s meeting booking platform – will return in 2023 and is available for Buyers, VIPs and Media.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 22, 2024

FCM Meetings & Events (FCM M&E), the long-standing specialists in the sector under the FCM business and key division of the Flight Centre Travel Group, has launched a brand-new technology delivering a world-class booking solution for meetings and group hotel lodging within the MICE industry. billion by 2030. “We

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 25, 2023

After two years of being at home and the revenge travel surge of 2022, the world has welcomed a more, shall we say, logical approach to vacationing. Transformational Retreats Travelers are booking destinations that offer life-altering experiences, not just pretty views. People are traveling again. Really traveling. To exotic places.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

According to a March article in The Washington Post , Royal Caribbean Group has seen a 30 percent increase in new bookings in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the last two months of 2020. Interestingly, he noted, revenue for 2022 reservations is 24 percent higher, possibly reflecting that cruisers are booking more expensive vacations.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

A dashboard tracks number of tickets booked, flights flown, amenity funds earned and the number of tickets needed for the next amenity award. She predicts that the end of 2022, beginning of 2023, business travel will be back to 2019 levels in the aggregate, but some sectors will exceed 2019 in 2022 because they are coming back faster.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Encore Global hosted “Break Free, a journey of transformation” which invited guests to take part in an interactive survey focused on the sustainability efforts at IMEX while touching all the senses in a dramatic LED-enhanced space. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 12, 2022.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. Destinations International Released New Destination Booking Agreement. On Wednesday, Destinations International released the Destination Booking Agreement (DBA), a new toolkit, establishing mutually agreeable terms to provide accountability to protect both event planners and destinations.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2022, the technology event for travel and tourism professionals, returns to Seville (Spain) from 2 to 4 November. TIS2022: towards a new, more sustainable, inclusive and digital tourism. The post TIS2022 to define the future of global tourism appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 25, 2023

Community-Based Tourism (CBT) exemplifies sustainable tourism, promoting local development through social justice, resource redistribution, sustainability, and empowerment. This paradigm shift reinterprets tourism models, emphasizing consciousness, autonomy, and bottom-up strategies while detaching from predatory practices.

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MeetingsNet

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Speaking Industry Benchmark Report produced by AAE Speakers Bureau compiles data from both event organizers and keynote speakers to better understand the issues and trends affecting the speaker-booking process. Implications for booking speakers: • Knowing your audience and finding speakers with broad appeal will be an important challenge.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 5, 2023

When we look at our forward bookings, particularly in the group segment, which has been remarkably strong, we’re just not seeing it, yet.” Marriott stepped into the role his father vacated in February 2022. In January, Marriott announced that instant booking would be available through GroupSync Marketplace in the U.S.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 6, 2023

Read More: Year of the Sustainable RFP Sounds like a third-party planner’s secret weapon, right? Just as you might make a look book for the top three or 10 destinations with images, square footages and prices, this makes it easy to show what is popular, creative and available when the client needs it.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

trillion to global GDP in 2022), the significant environmental challenges posed by the tourism model developed to date mean that sustainability has emerged as an inescapable goal for the sector. To achieve this, TIS2023 will bring together leading international voices who are already making sustainability relevant.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

To cite but one packager, Tinggly , a travel company that organizes affordable, giftable and sustainable travel experiences around the world, has hundreds of new international excursions with all the wintry charm for welcoming whomever the cold brings in. 21 that includes bookings at Hyatt Regency Maui Resort and Spa in Lahaina, Hawaii.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Destinations International Large Market Roundtable outlined initiatives to establish Destination Booking Agreement Guidelines to create certainty for all parties. Caesars and Meet AC announced sustainability highlights from its newly released 2021 CSR Report —in a Leed-certified Augustus Tower villa suite—and the news (and views) are great.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

One lesson learned from both Frankfurt 2022 and America in 2021 was that people want more focused learning tracks. Read More: How IMEX Frankfurt Answered Critical Questions for a Sustainable Event. “The fundamentals are the same for both shows, but the venues and attendance are unique,” she said. “We Focused Learning.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 31, 2023

For its part, the PCT CARTUJA Award has distinguished DNA – Digital Nomads Association Portugal, an association created in 2022 to promote Portugal to attract digital nomads, through the creation of hubs, events, communities and promotion of destinations with ideal conditions for remote work. The startup Ruuts.travel won the WTTC Award.

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Convene by PCMA

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Business travel and meeting bookings are increasing despite continued challenges across the globe. Business travel and meeting bookings are full steam ahead despite significant global challenges, from the war in Ukraine to inflation to continued travel disruptions. Increasing Demand Amid Increasing Challenges.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2022

Cut to 2022 and Revel has morphed and rebranded as Ocean Casino and Resort, Atlantic City’s chic-est denizen, sitting at the tail end of Atlantic City Beach and still “reveling” in its enviable location. Read More : Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism and Getting Back to Business in Atlantic City.

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The MICE Blog

JUNE 3, 2022

The return of incentive travel has given clients the opportunity to book these trips with confidence. There is no need to fly out for a two hour meeting anymore due to sustainability considerations. What are some other aspects that can help clients to convince them to book incentives? We can release the booking for free.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The post Global business travel pricing set to increase in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. in 2021, followed by 4.9 % in 2022, spelling growth for business travel. Macroeconomic influences. The global economy is expected to grow 5.9%

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 26, 2024

Key themes for discussion include leveraging advanced technology to drive improvements in payment processes, professional development, accessibility, sustainability, and more, underscoring the diverse applications of technology in enhancing travel experiences. billion in 2022 and is projected to reach $21 billion by 2032.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Encore Global hosted “Break Free, a journey of transformation” which invited guests to take part in an interactive survey focused on the sustainability efforts at IMEX while touching all the senses in a dramatic LED-enhanced space. — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 11, 2022. IMEX22 pic.twitter.com/L1HkdcudyB.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 7, 2022

Developing a sustainable pipeline of diverse talent is critical. Putting relationships first then now helps us fill our venue with bookings which support our community’s hotels and businesses with economic impact, ultimately getting Raleigh’s downtown back on its feet.

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MeetingsNet

AUGUST 15, 2022

A hot topic during last week’s Hotel Data Conference was booking the right balance between leisure business travelers. And] if hotels are selling out rooms Thursday to Sunday at sustained higher rates, is it less important [to hotels] that those same rooms are more than half empty during the week?”.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

As small- to mid-size meetings are coming back fast, how are meeting professionals really managing the challenges of sustainability, supply chain issues and staffing? When IACC surveyors ask meeting professionals if they consider sustainability in their RFPs, almost to a person they say, “Yes.” CSR in Action. Now, about that gap.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 3, 2023

Since 2021, HELM have gone from strength to strength culminating in an incredibly successful 2 years, delivering almost 700 booked charters in 2022 alone (and on course for over 1,000 charters for summer 2023). We’re excited for the future and are aiming for even more sustainable growth in 2023.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 7, 2022

Many are switching out to more regionally appropriate, sustainable plants. “It We are optimistic we will see a return to traditional balance in 2022,” she said. The pace is different as booking windows aren’t as long as they were in the past, but it is improving. A Travel Rebound. of meeting space.

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