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11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a DMC

ADMEI

Do you belong to any professional organizations in the industry? Participation in professional industry organizations demonstrates that the DMC is consistently acquiring industry insights and upholding its commitment to maintaining high-quality skills and services. Are they responsive communicators?

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The Dobbs Decision: Ways to Avoid Destination Boycotts

Convene by PCMA

Wade has given many organizations another thorny issue to consider when deciding where to hold their events.(Sarah Wade in June, it not only took away the constitutional right to abortion, but also disrupted many organizations’ plans to hold their events in about half of the United States that now or will likely soon ban access to abortions.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

The session features Ken Holsinger, senior vice president of data solutions at Freeman ; Gus Vonderheide, vice president of global sales at Hyatt ; Rose Horcher, CMM, CMP, vice president of client services at Choose Chicago ; and Jessica Malaty Rivera, epidemiologist and science communications lead at the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic.

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Elevate Your Group Travel Experience: Incentive Travel Company vs. Travel Agency

Brightspot Incentive Events

Rather than focusing solely on transactions or logistics, their mission revolves around curating incentive-quality travel programs that reward top performers within organizations. These partners provide boots-on-the-ground knowledge and management to help advise and assist on-site.

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Elevate Your Group Travel Experience: Incentive Travel Company vs. Travel Agency

Brightspot Incentive Events

Rather than focusing solely on transactions or logistics, their mission revolves around curating incentive-quality travel programs that reward top performers within organizations. These partners provide boots-on-the-ground knowledge and management to help advise and assist on-site.

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Controversial Convention Draws Lawmakers’ Indignation

MeetingsNet

Moms for Liberty, a controversial far-right advocacy organization, is known for supporting book bans on topics of racism, slavery, sex, and gender identity, and for pushing anti-trans policies in schools. What criteria or guidelines does your hotel follow when deciding which organizations are allowed to host events at your premises?

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Hosting at Hispanic Cultural Centers

Smart Meetings

A Unifying Force in Seattle In the Pacific Northwest, Seattle is home to El Centro de la Raza —a community organization focused on unifying people from all racial and economic backgrounds through organizing and empowering marginalized people in the community. So, we want to reach all corners of the U.S.,

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