Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Plan with Confidence. Virginia Beach may be all about soft sands and ocean waves, but planning your meeting here puts you right on solid ground. You’ll enjoy not only the full support of our team of meeting professionals – devoted to the details that make your event a success – but an entire network of hotels, restaurants, venues, attractions and services ready to pitch in.
Conferences that Work
OCTOBER 4, 2021
I’m noticing that event promoters are increasingly using the word “ unconference ” to describe traditional conferences. <Sigh> Please stop doing this! There’s a big difference between unconferences and traditional events. Here’s how Wikipedia defines an unconference: “An unconference is a participant-driven meeting.” “Typically at an unconference, the agenda is created by the attendees at the beginning of the meeting. ” — Unconference
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Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Plan with Confidence. Virginia Beach may be all about soft sands and ocean waves, but planning your meeting here puts you right on solid ground. You’ll enjoy not only the full support of our team of meeting professionals – devoted to the details that make your event a success – but an entire network of hotels, restaurants, venues, attractions and services ready to pitch in.
Travel Pulse
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Thai officials have authorized the creation of a new tourism fee, which is to go into effect in 2022 and help fund projects that will take its tourism industry in a new direction.
TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave
Convene by PCMA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
In October 2020, AIM Group led the Federation of Family Paediatricians (FIMP) into a 3D world with the 3D FIMP House — the first fully digital annual conference for the association. For the September/October issue of Convene , we focus on how the pandemic has spurred the development and growth of different business models in the events industry. Patrizia Semprebene Buongiorno, vice president of AIM Group, told us that once COVID-19’s impact began to be felt last year, the organization had a visc
Travel Pulse
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The CDC’s updated list of travel advisories assigned to foreign countries has seen several warnings raised to the highest levels and others lowered, based on COVID-19 risk.
MICE Travel Today brings together the best content for MICE professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Solimar International
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Adding 400 miles to greater Washington D.C.’s existing 479 miles of trails could create more than 16,000 jobs and generate more than $1 billion in annual revenue. What is Trail Development? A recent report by the Capital Trails Coalition on the Economic, Health, and Environmental Benefits of Completing the Capital Trails Network , pointed out that adding 400 miles to greater Washington D.C.’s existing 479 miles of trails could create more than 16,000 jobs and generate more than $1 bi
Convene by PCMA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Actress and playwright Anna Deavere Smith performs an excerpt from a story by William Parker, a man who escaped slavery and published his harrowing experience in The Atlantic in February 1866. COVID forced The Atlantic , which has held The Atlantic Festival annually since 2008, to go virtual for the second time. Digiday spoke with Candace Montgomery, senior vice president and general manager of AtlanticLIVE, the media company’s live event division, to learn what they did differently for this yea
Business Traveler USA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The Ascend Hotel Collection, one of Choice Hotels International’s upscale brands, has announced the addition of four US properties to its portfolio of boutique, historic and resort hotels. The list includes the Haywood Park Hotel in Downtown Asheville, NC, Elevate Hotel at Sierra Blanca Ruidoso in Ruidoso, NM, The Inn at Leonardtown in Leonardtown, MD, and The Leo Collection Detroit in Lincoln Park, MI.
Convene by PCMA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The 2021 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) annual congress was all virtual and hosted from Philadelphia. In March 2020, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) announced that its annual congress, set to take place in Milan in July, would be moving to a virtual format. “That really did not afford us a lot of time to make that transition,” Lisa Astorga, ISTH’s director of meetings, told Convene at the time.
The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.
Special Events
OCTOBER 4, 2021
The Special Event made its triumphant return in Miami
EHL Insights
OCTOBER 4, 2021
There is the paid search, the SEOs and everything else you pay commission for. This is the landscape at the moment. So, you have as a hotel, you have a Greek salad, which is very tasty, but if you mix it, it doesn't look very constructive. No direct business - Only middlemen”. D.A. President Swiss Hotel Association & Ambassador of Swiss blockchain start-ups.
Redfin
OCTOBER 4, 2021
If you spend any time on the internet, you may have seen photos of quaint, ivy-covered homes surrounded by a field of wildflowers in the middle of the countryside. You might also be noticing people redecorating their homes to have green themed kitchens and living rooms filled with floral furniture. Suddenly, your grandmother’s house looks – cool?
Fox World Travel
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Every survivor’s cancer journey is their own. Prior to my diagnosis, I thought breast cancer was, well, breast cancer. Five years ago, I heard the words no one wants to hear, “you have breast cancer”. In my early forties with no family history and no lump detected, I was about to learn a whole lot more about the […]. The post Survivorship: Transforming a Stormy Night Into Building Connections Who Supported Me Through Cancer appeared first on Fox World Travel.
Travel Daily News
OCTOBER 4, 2021
This is SITE Foundation’s second major research initiative of 2021, a companion piece to Corporate inSITEs: the Changing Face of Incentive Travel, SITE Foundation’s series of white papers on the resumption and recovery of incentive travel and motivational events as the pandemic recedes.
AIME
OCTOBER 4, 2021
AI matchmaking algorithm to drive business growth for 2022 and beyond! Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME), the leading meetings and conventions event in the Asia Pacific region, has today announced tech-leader Grip as the official partner to connect … The post AIME Announces Grip as Official Tech-Partner to Power Meetings appeared first on AIME.
EHL Insights
OCTOBER 4, 2021
There is the paid search, the SEOs and everything else you pay commission for. This is the landscape at the moment. So, you have as a hotel, you have a Greek salad, which is very tasty, but if you mix it, it doesn't look very constructive. No direct business - Only middlemen”. D.A. President Swiss Hotel Association & Ambassador of Swiss blockchain start-ups.
Business Traveler USA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Oman Air has announced it is seeking membership in the Oneworld alliance. The Muscat-based airline has asked fellow Gulf carrier and Oneworld member Qatar Airways for help making its application. According to reports in Reuters, Oman Air issued a statement that read, “As the industry recovers from COVID, airline alliances are going to be more important than ever.
BCD Meetings & Events
OCTOBER 4, 2021
It's been over 18 months since the COVID-19 pandemic halted the meetings and events industry and the world. 2021 proved to be another year full of ups and downs. Most recently, the Delta variant has affected the return of face-to-face and each region (and even country) remains at various stages of recovery. But a recent traveler survey found that while virtual meetings and remote work are here to stay, business travel and face-to-face meetings remain extremely important.
Fox World Travel
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Savor the sweet fresh air of Denmark, Norway and Sweden on a journey filled with natural wonders in Scandinavia. The magnificent trio of Denmark, Norway and Sweden teem with scenic vistas defined by chiseled mountain ranges and stunning fjords. Take in this scenery as you enjoy the region’s many outdoor adventures, from horseback riding and cycling to […].
Travel Daily News
OCTOBER 4, 2021
andBeyond scoops the Reigniting Africa Travel & Tourism Award with its inspirational WILDwatch campaign. World Travel Market Africa’s ‘Reigniting Africa’ category acknowledges the most impactful, story-driven and positive destination campaign.
Ulterior Events
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Our latest blog by micebook nineteen agency leader’s club member, Graham Alderman, founder of Ulterior Events, highlights the importance of incentive travel for all those suppliers and their families around the world who rely on the sector to earn a living…. The true value of incentive travel. The post THE TRUE VALUE OF INCENTIVE TRAVEL appeared first on Ulterior Events.
Travel Daily News
OCTOBER 4, 2021
ATPI Halo is an incubator of new ideas and services focused around sustainability designed to support each of the existing client-focused business units around the world to grow and evolve.
Smart Meetings
OCTOBER 4, 2021
On Friday, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort in North Carolina, which is managed by Caesars Entertainment, celebrated the completion of its $330 million expansion project. New to the property is a fourth hotel tower, The Cherokee, and an 83,000-square-foot Cherokee Convention Center. As an enterprise of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), Richard Sneed, principal chief of the community, was enthusiastic about the benefits Harrah’s expansion will bring.
Business Traveler USA
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Jetblue has launched four-times-weekly flights between New York JFK and London’s Gatwick airport. The new service is the carrier’s second transatlantic route, following the debut of flights between JFK and Heathrow in August. The route is being operated aboard the airline’s new A321LR, the same aircraft type as the Heathrow service, which offers 24 Mint business class suites, and 114 economy seats.
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