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Automated Contact Tracing: The Next Big Thing for Events?

Convene by PCMA

Lippman also added a high-tech safety feature — wearable contact-tracing technology called Check-In , provided by the global consulting firm PwC. The technology used in Check-In was developed in 2020 by PwC to help the consulting firm’s thousands of global employees safely and comfortably go back to work, Skladzinski said.

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Dishing 2019’s Hot F&B Trends for Groups

Smart Meetings

cities, but, ready or not, automation is already here in hospitality. In F&B, an increasing number of beta sites are being closely watched, says food and restaurant consultant Michael Whiteman. It was a hot button in last year’s strikes against hotel companies in several major U.S. Whiteman also predicts sour will have its moment.

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How Hospitality Hiring Trends Can Improve Your Hotel Experience

Smart Meetings

Planners can expect a more automated lobby in the future, hopefully reducing delays. AI can add a personal touch to the impersonal automated check in, too, when it gives you recommendations and makes plans like a human concierge. Event planning consultant. Flexible Schedules. Accountant. Marketing and PR executives.

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PCMA’s Big Bet on Presidential Visit Paid Off

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He suggested that one way to add value in the future will be to provide the human touch missing from an automated world. “In AI consultant Nina Schick predicted a mixed autonomy human and computer world working together in a multimodal model. The soft skills will be the ultimate skills.”

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ITB China Conference to bring together the travel industry from 12-14 Sept in Shanghai, China

Travel Daily Media

Other highlights of the day include a panel discussion moderated by Alicia Yao, Managing Director of IME Consulting Co., under the heading “How to Select Association Meeting/Conference Destinations?”, Bamboo Wang, Chairman of I.A.E.C., Virginia Wang, Project Manager of WFCMS will impart further knowledge and information on the topic.

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Accessibility Rules: How to Make Everyone Comfortable at Event Venues

Smart Meetings

Matt Sterling, a former hospitality consultant who has been disabled since birth and uses a wheelchair, reports that often, little details make the difference between a comfortable stay and a painful barrier to fully participating. Look for a designated, convenient and enforced parking area for those with disabilities.

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Recent Incidents Highlight Need for Risk Management

MeetingsNet

A veteran security consultant says that planners should implement many of the same protocols used for executive-level events across all their meetings. In addition, “you need to inform people about where the AED (automated external defibrillator) devices are.”