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Educational Support Elevates DEI and Could Alleviate Staffing Issues

Smart Meetings

Staffing shortages and ensuing issues have become commonplace in the hospitality and tourism industries and a stark reality meeting professionals must now grapple with at nearly every turn. TDM functions under four pillars defined as apprenticeship programs, workforce development, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and research and data.

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Destinations International Rising Stars Share Their Covid Lessons

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings loves recognizing talented hospitality professionals who will help the industry evolve as we get back to meeting, so when we heard that Destinations International had announced their 2021 30 Under 30 class from convention and visitors bureaus and tourism boards around the world, we wanted to get to know them better.

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Lessons from Dubai’s Massive, Rescheduled 2020 World Expo

Smart Meetings

The Expo office workforce numbers more than 1,400 and many more staff—along with 30,000 volunteers of 135 nationalities will help welcome millions of visitors when doors open. Read More : Lessons from the Front: Covid-era Med Meetings. Pandemic Impacts. The capital expenditure was $25 billion AED. Kailash Nagdev.

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

In addition to the Olympic venues, London cleaned up and rebuilt its canals, extended and built new transportation, and invested in its hospitality infrastructure. When Covid-19 caused the nation to close its borders, its reliance of international visitors was cut off abruptly. million visitors. Bangkok Skyline. Chicago; 7.

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How the IMEX Crowd Prioritizes Human Beings at Events

Smart Meetings

#meetsmart pic.twitter.com/ZHSNc85djI — JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 19, 2023 A Sense of Balance Yigit Segin When it comes to sitting in a conference room, less is more at events. Post-Covid, you can’t have people in meetings, meetings, meetings, throw them into the bar and then end the event. The property opened Nov.

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10% of Jobs are Worldwide Connected to the Tourism Industry – What Does That Mean?

Solimar International

This article explores all the different employment opportunities tourism provides, explains why they are so important for the industry, and presents some of the challenges in the current workforce stemming mostly from the COVID-19 pandemic: What are the employment opportunities in tourism? Direct employment in tourism.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE Blog

Maximilian Von Reden added, ‘It also developed because our workforce is very young, and I believe that the younger generations are highly focused on sustainable employers; it is very important to them.’. ‘We Pre COVID-19, approximately 800 events took place at the hotel annually. COVID-19 measures.

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