MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

The @Event Minds Matter community will help you ensure your 2023 journey is led with care, self-awareness and happiness.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

5 Observation decks coast-to-coast offer sky-high meeting possibilities A well-designed networking event brings people together, elevates the conversation and leaves everyone with a perspective they didn’t have before. We scoped out five sky-high new and classic venues in the round with Instagram-worthy credentials to delight attendees. Whether you are going up for the opening reception or closing party, these backdrops serve as icebreakers with views inside and outside.

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ETC Corporate

APRIL 13, 2023

About 72% of Europeans intend to travel between April and September this year. Leisure remains the primary reason for travel (69%), though the drop of 7% over 2022 suggests a potential slowdown in the post-pandemic ‘revenge’ travel. Business travel, in contrast, has recorded a 3% annual increase, now accounting for 8% of all intended trips.

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Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2023

Amid industry-wide event budget cuts, global inflation, and nationwide layoffs, teams across the events industry are forced to decide which things to keep, remove, or reduce in the budget. So in this episode of the Event Brew podcast , the crew shares their thoughts on what they’d keep, cut, and remove. But before we dive into budgets, let’s introduce our special co-host, Xander Castro.

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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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MeetingsNet

APRIL 14, 2023

April is Autism Awareness Month, the perfect time for meeting professionals to commit to learning more about how a few simple changes can improve the meeting experience for neurodiverse attendees. As the growing interest in workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion expands, meeting professionals are considering how events can be more inclusive for neurodiverse attendees, including those with autism.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2023

On this episode of What One Thing? Marin Bright speaks to Jade Simmons on what led her to find her purpose in public speaking, playing piano, and a look into her new book Purpose The Remix: A Mind-Blowing Reunderstanding of Purpose and How It Works. The post What One Thing? with Jade Simmons appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

Gatlinburg’s charming food and shopping options include more than 500 stores, 100 restaurants, nostalgic in-town streetcar trolley transportation, and the largest grouping of independent artisans in North America. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the quaint town of Gatlinburg is filled with everything a meeting planner needs to design a successful event: a state-of-the-art convention center, 16,000-plus sleeping rooms comprising full-service and limited-servic

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

How robust does your event network need to be, and what’s negotiable? Here are some things to consider before signing a connectivity contract. In the past year, Jay Klein planned one event where he was charged $150 for an ethernet line for a week and another where the same-size line was $2,500 per day. Tens of thousands of dollars can separate one hotel’s internet fees from another.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

An incentive destination for the new generation Any time a hit television show features a distinct destination, meeting professionals get interested and the tourism industry of that location gets a real boost. It has recently been reported that season three of the wildly popular dark-comedy series White Lotus will be taking place in Thailand. According to Dana O’Malley, CEO of Kindred Public Relations representing Aleenta Resorts & Spas, the producers of the hit show say the new season in Th

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Malinda Harrell says that when it comes to the fight against human trafficking in the meeting industry, one of the key first steps is to unlearn what you think you’ve learned.

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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.

Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

PCMA Editor in Chief Michelle Russell and Joe Colangelo, founder of event data company Bear Analytics, discuss how marketers can use event data at Convening Leaders 2023. In the Convene Live: “ From Stats to Stories — Making Event Data Work for You ” session at Convening Leaders 2023, Joe Colangelo, founder of event data company Bear Analytics, shared the challenges event organizers are facing when it comes to figuring out how to make data work for them.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

Zoom introduces a new feature called IQ, a “conversation intelligence software” to keep attendees and non-attendees up to speed on a meeting’s content and next steps through A.I.-generated summaries. Online-meeting platform Zoom has partnered with artificial-intelligence firm OpenAI—the maker of ChatGPT—to create Zoom IQ, a feature that tracks the audio, visual, and chat-forum content of virtual meetings and then summarizes topic threads, creates content for post-event emails, and more.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

Refresh your events with purposeful design and messaging Two of the buzziest industry events showcasing forward-thinking ideas today are CES and SXSW. As producers of events across the world, we have a front-row seat on how brands are bringing their marketing strategies and purpose-driven initiatives to life and witnessed how these two are capturing hearts and minds of audiences, capitalizing on evolving trends and inventing new ways to connect.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Amanda Armstrong says that as the meeting industry prepares to celebrate Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) on March 30, it’s important to think bigger than our economic value.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

The Tampa Convention Center’s two-level waterfront addition debuts this summer. The Tampa Convention Center is breaking records this year, as it hosts the busiest convention schedule in its history. And soon the Center—recently nominated as Best Convention Center in the Southeast by the Stella Awards—will debut even more reasons to book your next meeting or convention in Tampa Bay.

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EHL Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Formerly Professor of Food and Beverage and Service Operations Management at EHL, Ian Scarth has a background in strategic development and leadership within the hotel and hospitality sectors. In this article he gives his views on the culture of fear and bullying the hospitality industry has gained a reputation for. He aims to shed light on our sector which is struggling with the contradiction between its core purpose of offering hospitality and the often-highlighted bullying - yet to be eliminat

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. Smart Meetings chatted with four Gen Z meeting planners and explored aspects of the meeting industry that they deem vital to their success and the tools that they still need to make it in the field.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Jessie States, CMP, CMM, vice president of the MPI Academy, was honored with IACC’s Award of Excellence yesterday during the IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange 2023 in Durham, N.C.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

Chattanooga’s dynamic dining scene offers something for everyone. Have you heard the chatter about Chattanooga? The southeastern Tennessee city has been named by Lonely Planet as the “Best in the U.S.” and one of the “10 U.S. destinations you need to see.” The New York Times has even named Chattanooga as one of the “Top 45 Places to Go” in the world.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 11, 2023

EGYPT -The most popular holiday destination in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, is now at your fingertips with Air Cairo direct flight from Dubai for the first time, starting on the 20th of April for a roundtrip, which will have two flights available weekly. Nestling on the Southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, tons of scenic places in the red sea await you at Sharm El Sheikh.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Yazan Latif Latif is general manager for Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl—Doha in Qatar. Latif comes from The Ritz-Carlton Sharq Villas & Spa in Doha as general manager. In 2018, he worked as hotel manager for Sheraton Grand Doha. Prior to this, he was director of rooms at Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, as well as hotel manager task force for Viceroy Palm Jumeirah—Dubai and Viceroy Istanbul.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

At the end of 2022, I R.S.V.P.’d for two virtual experiences after receiving press invitations, curious to see what’s on offer for groups and participants with such events.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 13, 2023

The fine-motor movement required for knitting, crocheting, doodling, or using a fidget spinner activates the same parts of the brain used for focus — so go for it during work calls. If you see me on screen looking down at my lap during a virtual meeting, I have a confession: I’m crocheting, a hobby I picked up during the pandemic. It felt like a guilty pleasure at first.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 11, 2023

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic. As states enact new laws affecting those rights, a handful of groups have publicly changed their conference location in protest. For example, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists moved its 2023 annual clinical and scientific meeting out of New Orleans, not wanting to meet in a destin

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

The Corporate Advantage: Exceptional Designs + Exceptional Service Citizen Watch America (CWA) offers a portfolio of leading and trusted brands for your business needs, including Bulova, Citizen, Frederique-Constant, Alpina, Bulova and Citizen Clocks, and Accutron, with prices ranging from $95 to $45,000 in retail value. These brands are known for their exceptional craftsmanship and design with cutting-edge technology and industry-leading quality and reliability, with hundreds of styles and tast

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MPI

APRIL 14, 2023

Organizations that make corporate social responsibility (CSR) a part of their mission aim to positively impact their community, the local economy or the environment.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 11, 2023

Omaha’s Old Market, Capitol and Blackstone Entertainment Districts are great spots to spend time while in town for a meeting with their restaurants, galleries, cafes, bars, and unique venues. But as the $8 billion transformation of Omaha continues to evolve, new opportunities for entertainment abound. Wow your meeting attendees with all that’s new in Omaha.

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 10, 2023

The new campaign has been an instant success, generating more than 1.2 million ad impressions and skyrocketing visitation to the website "Vamos a Tucson.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 10, 2023

DUBAI, UAE – Following the breakthrough expanded air transport agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Canada, Emirates is stepping up its frequency with two additional flights per week between Dubai and Toronto. From 20 April, daily flights will operate on the busy route to serve huge demand for passenger services. The move comes as bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and Canada have enhanced significantly, with both countries set to reap vast economic benefits across a

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Disengagement at conferences is a significant problem, and the solution is providing attendees with more. But what does “more” mean?

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DCI

APRIL 12, 2023

The travel trade sector is booming, and recent events showcase how the industry has emerged from the worst of the pandemic. At one event, the UNWTO discussed trends for the future as parts of the world ease into pre pandemic levels, but some destination travel trade websites are still operating like nothing has changed. It’s time to take a look and refresh our approaches to working with the travel trade.

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 9, 2023

To celebrate Regent Seven Seas Explorer’s inaugural Alaska season, RSSC is introducing new gastronomy-focused enrichment as part of its Epicurean Perfection program.

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APRIL 10, 2023

DUBAI – Wego has emerged as the #1 travel app for flight search and booking in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region with a year-over-year (YOY) growth of over 157.7% and 143,002 downloads in February 2023, according to data from data.ai. This data was gathered by analyzing the download rates of 1,062 travel apps that offer flight and hotel search capabilities.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Samme Allen discusses the importance of event emcees and why it’s exciting to bring the meeting professional community together again in Brighton.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 13, 2023

Don’t plug in! Here’s what’s behind the FBI’s new warnings and three simple ways planners can keep their phones safe from data theft and malware. A cell phone is a planner’s lifeline, home to essentials such as the event app and the on-site team’s WhatsApp or other communication tool. Keeping powered up is practically part of the job description. However, new FBI warnings to stop using public USB-port charging stations in airports, hotels, and other public places will require road warriors to ch

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