Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, the largest meetings industry event returned to a new home at Mandalay Bay Casino Resort this week and the buzz at the 10th annual hosted buyer show was reminiscent of years past. IMEX Group Chairman Ray Bloom reported that more than 3,300 buyers and 2,200 exhibiting companies attended. The pop-up destination exhibits represented more than 200 countries with many adding to their presence when the United States opened travel from many of those destinations ef

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MeetingsNet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

American Express Meetings & Events used the IMEX America show to present its latest forecast for the meetings and events landscape based on survey results from 500 planners. According to the 2022 Global Meetings and Events Forecast from American Express Meetings & Events, more than two-thirds of responding planners expect their total number of meetings to return to 2019 levels by Q2 2023.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

While professionals from every office, front desk, kitchen and corner of the hospitality industry worked tirelessly to keep our hotels open and running during the months of the pandemic, housekeepers have held it together with their tireless hands. The last two years, of course, have been fraught with fear of Covid contraction—and for no one more so than the essential workers charged with maintaining the cleanliness and order of dozens, sometimes hundreds of hotel guest rooms.

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Special Events

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We attend conferences because we seek professional growth, both in terms of education and networking. But, the real payoff happens when we get back to the office and unpack all of our new knowledge and connections in our ‘real world’ setting.

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TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Jason Reiplinger and Brendalee Vialpando. Reiplinger (left) and Vialpando (right). Timber Cove Resort on California’s Sonoma coast has named Reiplinger managing director and Vialpando as executive chef. Reiplinger has worked in the hospitality industry for almost 20 years, most recently as managing director at the AAA Four Diamond Bodega Bay Lodge of the Woodside Hotel Group, also in Sonoma.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Demand for hotel rooms in the US will near full recovery in 2022, according to the upgraded forecast just released by STR and Tourism Economics. In addition, the average daily rate is also expected to reach near 2019 levels on a nominal basis. The research, presented at the 43rd Annual NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference, also predicts revenue per available room, a measure of hotel performance, to be fully recovered in 2023.

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

American Airlines has introduced a new fare called Main Select, which is targeted at the business traveler. The new fare will be fully refundable, and will also offer priority boarding, check-in, complimentary access to Main Cabin Extra seats with extra legroom, and free same-day flight changes. American will retire the venerable shuttle service to offer the new fares on key business routes, including between New York LaGuardia and Washington National, and LGA-Chicago, Boston and Washington, and

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Kimberly Lewis knew she had found her place working an organization that understood “how sustainability, how buildings, how community, how the health of our planet affects us in our everyday lives,” she said. Editor’s note: ? PCMA Groundbreakers is an initiative honoring industry trailblazers who represent diverse sectors of the business events community, recognizing those who have made a significant contribution to their organizations and programs that advance inclusion and equity.

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ITA Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

What Will Customer-Centric Organizations Be Focusing On for the Next 3 Years? Being customer-centric means focusing on providing a positive customer experience before and after the sale in order to drive repeat business, enhance customer loyalty and improve business growth. However, a customer-centric approach requires more than good customer service.

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Travel Pulse

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The WTTC reports the industry might surpass pre-pandemic levels in 2022.

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The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.

Travel Daily News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The study was launched during a high level “armchair conversation” involving SITE Foundation, Incentive Research Foundation and Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals.

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Eventbrite

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

For many of us, the office Christmas party is an annual highlight. It’s a chance to unwind, celebrate with your colleagues, and toast the year’s successes – all while trying to avoid acting inappropriately in front of your boss. But with workplaces and venues across Australia still impacted by social distancing requirements and capacity restrictions, […].

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Business Traveler USA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Mesa Air Group, Inc., the holding company of regional air carrier Mesa Airlines, has signed an agreement with aerospace technology company Flirtey to order four delivery drones, with an option to order an additional 500 aircraft. With the agreement, Mesa becomes the first scheduled airline to launch drone delivery in the US. Mesa and Flirtey are initially focusing on the “last-mile” food delivery industry, enabling Mesa to expand beyond the airline market and into global food service.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We get it, you’re busy. So, the Convene editors have curated the latest tips and trends in the world of work for you. Take a look at what caught our eye this past week. What to Do About Employees Who Consciously Exclude Women. “Excluders,” those workers who treat some folks differently due to their social group membership, perpetuate inequality in various ways.

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I-Meet

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

How are planners securing safe venues in the new world? We can all agree that the meeting and event industry has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With these changes, how are we sourcing venues in this.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Your colleagues are on the move, find out who is going where. Billie Jo Poufcas. GES has appointed Billie Jo Poufcas as account director. She will lead an account team focused on managing large program healthcare accounts. Poufcas brings more than 15 years of leadership, strategy, and healthcare program management experience to GES. Most recently, she served as account director for 3D Exhibits and Matrex Exhibits.

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Travel Daily News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Hybrid City Alliance prevailed over a record number of entries and a competitive field of finalists to take the top prize with their campaign detailing how the organization launched during the pandemic.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Native Land Digital started in early 2015 and on its website shows an interactive map outlining traditional Indigenous territory boundaries around the world. More events are honoring Indigenous peoples through land acknowledgements. (Native Land Digital screenshot). The practice of including land acknowledgements — spoken and written statements that formally acknowledge the past and present relationship of Indigenous people to the land where activities are taking place — are on the rise around t

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Travel Daily News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Since 1985, the Events Industry Council has distinguished the industry through the Hall of Leaders awards programme in order to promote the value of the industry and the contributions of the leaders working within it.

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Travel Pulse

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The winter holiday travel period is shaping up to be busier than 2020.

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Travel Daily News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The Summit is the only vacation-rental event dedicated to back-of-house property care, operations, communication, and safety.

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Travel Pulse

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Measures put in place by Trump have been upheld by Biden.

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