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Las Vegas Hospitality Workers Authorize Strike on The Strip Weeks Ahead of IMEX America

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A near unanimous number of members from the Culinary Workers Union Local 226, the largest labor union in Nevada, and the Bartenders Union Local 165 have voted to authorize a strike on the Las Vegas Strip, following tens of thousands of hospitality workers casting their votes at Thomas and Mack Center on the University of Nevada’s campus.

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Smart Moves in Berkeley, Hollywood and More

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He brings over a decade of hospitality experience, and most recently served as assistant director of sales at JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa. He began his hospitality career with the Disney College Program, and later played an important part in launching Disney Cruise Line’s first ship, Disney Magic.

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The Mutual Benefits of Planning with a Unionized Property

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However, with the chaotic state of staffing in the hospitality industry, the 140th year of celebrating labor unions merits a second look. Unionized hotels provide the stability and training that hospitality workers are seeking—they could be part of the solution to the shortage that meeting planners are waiting for.

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Concord Hospitality reports record-breaking growth and shares projections for 2023

Travel Daily News

Concord Hospitality , the award-winning hotel and development company which presently operates over 150 hotels, is preparing for a year of expansion in 2023 as the company recounts 2022 milestones and projects significant growth for the year ahead. RALEIGH, N.C. The company’s hotel revenues grew to $981 million with comp hotels seeing a 41.6%

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How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected

ADMEI

How DMCs Can Help You Manage the Unexpected 13 December 2023 You’re probably already familiar with this popular phrase in the hospitality industry: expect the unexpected. Will travel routes be affected? Contracts : Are your contracts with venues and vendors solid? Is another expected? Are you protected if things change?

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Event Contracting Challenges & Meeting Professional Tips

ITA Group

Event Contracting Challenges & Meeting Professional Tips. Pressure on Contracting. But when presented to at least one hotel, they responded that terms and conditions should not be changed since they were accepted at time of original contract. They may drag their feet responding to contract addendums. What about 2021?”

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The Event Vax Debate Uncovers Legal, Health and Moral Questions

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Read about the 25 Hospitality Trends waiting for meeting profs on the other side of the pandemic. . Do you think masks/no masks, vaccines/non-vaxed will or should be an addendum on contracts with venues? Or is it location based, and a mutual understanding between venue and planner?” was an early question. While Attorney John S.

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