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TWT: Monkeypox May Be a Red Herring, Bleisure Booms

Smart Meetings

Some meeting planners are addressing these concerns by writing amenity guarantees into contracts to provide a more desirable and consistent experience for attendees. First, travelers are concerned about availability of desired amenities on their trips. Luggage being loaded on board. The global mishandled baggage rate has spiked by 24% to 4.35

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Make Your Event Wi-Fi Not Suck – #EventIcons Episode 148

Endless Events

They will answer questions regarding speeds, signal strengths, contract negotiations, and so much more. White Paper: Negotiating the Internet Landscape at Hotels and Convention Centers – If you plan to order Internet or telecommunications services for your event, it is critical to understand the underlying business model in play.

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This 60-year-old technology simply refuses to die

MeetingPool

Despite being almost 60 years old and seemingly overrun by newer, more potent telecommunications technologies, the fax machine is still very much alive and kicking, new research has found.A Audio player loading…. What’s more, a fifth claimed there were 51 or more fax users within their organizations.To

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How Blockchain Can Disrupt Financial Services

BizBash

Smart contracts can be coded to reflect any data-driven business logic. Transfer of Ownership (Contracts, Titles) Transferring title of a property or negotiating contractual terms for financing, funding and loads is a long and onerous process with multiple intermediaries, include the legal profession. Digitalizing letters of credit.

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

Convene by PCMA

Is that something that comes back to the employees and they own it, or is that something that’s part of the benefits package and that [employee] contract that’s changing?”

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