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Smart Travel: G7 Tourism Ministers Gather in Italy, Spirit Airlines Headed for Bankruptcy, Florida Tourism Soars, AI as a Carry On

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New Sabre Platform Promises Superpowered Booking Experiences for Group Travel Consultants Sabre Red Launchpad has officially debuted following a successful pilot phase, providing travel consultants in North America and Europe with access to air, hotel and car content backed by AI-powered capabilities and multi-source content.

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Qurator: Hawaii’s New, All-encompassing Tourism Certification Program

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DMO counterparts like Jackson Hole Travel and Tourism in Wyoming and Queensland Tourism in Australia were also consulted. Environmental Protection Agency, LGBTQIA+ Travel Alliance and Humane Society of Hawai’i.

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Focus on Sustainability: Marriott Bonvoy Events Embrace Innovative Practices in Meetings and Events

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Plus, we’ve teamed up with South Pole, a carbon project developer and climate consultancy, to allow planners to choose from a list of verified climate action projects that can be purchased as part of their events. It’s available in 11 languages, so it’s accessible globally.

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Slow (Incentive) Travel in Western Canada

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by Pdraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua & Research and Consultancy, SITE Recently Jenn Attersall of Destination Canada and I spent a week in Western Canada with eight corporate buyers of incentive travel, starting in Calgary and winding our way west to Vancouver, the bulk of our journey aboard the legendary Rocky Mountaineerone of the worlds great. (..)

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The New Geography of Incentive Travel: Regional Reset and Reasons for Hope

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by Pdraic Gilligan, Co-founder, SoolNua & Research | Consultancy, SITE The mood music The mood music around global trade, and by extension, around business events, now sounds like Shostakovichs or Rachmaninoffs darkest, most tormented pieces. Or, to use a biblical reference, its the Book of Job.

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MPI’s EMEC 2025 Pursued Harmony in Turkiye

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She is an honorary board member of the Turkish Hotelier and Investors Association and founder of Handan Boyce Consulting. The uniqueness of Turkey, it’s richness of cultural and historic heritage is in demand, she said. Its a bucket list experience. Some ancient sites go back 10,000 years to pre-Neolithic settlements.

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Business Events Industry Week 2025 Focused on Celebrations That Work

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Read More: Navigating International Attendance Challenges in 2025’s Political Climate Francisco Gomez, CEO of Factum Global , an international growth consultant, went a step farther. What you’re doing in these moments is going to matter for them years down the line,” he said. “ Some countries are removing barriers.

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