Smart Meetings

JULY 5, 2023

Local nonprofit Refugee Resettlement Agencies (RAs) provide services for 30 to 90 days while introducing them to federal programs such as Refugee Cash and Medical Assistance, employment services and English language training and linking them with employment opportunities in many arenas, including the understaffed hospitality industry.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

From Decorations to Health Benefits Over the course of his 43 years working in biophilic design, Zazzera has seen a shift in how employers are using nature. It makes them more willing to come to work and stay to work and helps employers to attract and keep employees.” It was more about image,” Zazzera stated.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 13, 2024

Volunteerism to a Paid Model While last year was a volunteer program, this year Recycle Dat shifted toward a paid model for its participants. “I I definitely think that it’s good to employ people to engage in this, volunteers can only get you so far,” Ledger says. “If We’re all really happy that we took that step this year.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In October, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 164,000 and has risen by 2.4 The foundation also says it will collaborate with organizations to engage those between ages 16-24 who are “out of school, unemployed, and looking for a path forward in an industry that offers more than 200 career pathways.”.

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Hospitality Organization Meeting Training 236

BizBash

MAY 3, 2017

Learn about the complex risks and benefits to co-employment, and best practices for engaging independent contractors.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 23, 2024

Luxury language can be used to establish your worth as you present yourself to potential partners, employers or when you pursue any other personal or professional ventures. Lots of “E” words were standing out in the word cloud. The largest word was “empower.” The next largest words were “engage” and “elevate.”

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 23, 2023

Smart Meetings reached out to John Reyes, senior vice president and chief sales officer of Meet Hawai’i , to ask how meeting planners can best support their counterparts in Hawai’i right now. How can meeting planners best support the islands in the wake of the Lahaina fires? Hotels in unaffected areas will continue to operate and welcome guests.

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Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Looking deeper into the dilemmas… Today’s pandemic-linked complexities include “The Great Resignation,” labor shortages, employers struggling to find and hire great talent in an increasingly hot job market and a substantial number of employees working remotely (who seem destined to stay that way).

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Convene by PCMA

MAY 6, 2024

Adding to the challenge: The hospitality industry loses workers at the highest rate of any employment sector. Although Boston has been a majority-minority city since 2000 — 43 percent of its current residents identify as non-Hispanic white — employment of people of color historically has trailed white employment in the city.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

” In Nick’s opinion, people who are calling the labor shortage in hospitality ‘a crisis of employment’ are missing the mark. People are finding employment. Employment numbers are not going down. “It’s a crisis of compensation. And those people are treated poorly, to say the least.

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Endless Events

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

If you want to align your career to be more about internal events, company culture, and employer brand, then that’s a way to specialize and not just be a generalist at events. I’ll say no initially because knowing that you need to have employer posters for equal opportunity in your common spaces is not important. Yes or no? “I

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Human Resources Events Audience Banking 177

BizBash

MAY 9, 2017

Looking for a self-employed career that aligns with your skills and expertise? Here are 7 options to consider.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Building Employment Pipelines through Education. However, one of the major hurdles that organizations currently face is worker apprehension regarding how their employment could be affected during a pandemic—and this apprehension impacts businesses and educational institutions alike.

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BizBash

MAY 15, 2017

Defined Benefit Plan for self-employed professionals: everything you need to know about Defined Benefit Plan contribution limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

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Benefits 32

Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The outlook is also grim on the employment front where a disappointing November jobs report revealed that the leisure and hospitality sector is still missing nearly 8 percent of jobs. Almost half (46 percent) said they expected the problem to last 6-12 months and one in three (36 percent) said it could go on for more than a year.

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Human Resources Hospitality Government Travel 260

BizBash

APRIL 6, 2017

SIMPLE IRA for self-employed professionals: everything you need to know about SIMPLE IRA contribution limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

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BizBash

APRIL 24, 2017

SEP IRA for self-employed professionals: everything you need to know about SEP IRA contribution limits, advantages, and disadvantages.

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Endless Events

JUNE 1, 2020

There are plenty of ways you can entice your partners and guarantee they get all the exposure and hot leads they could possibly want. Creativity is a boundless resource, and you’ll need to employ it now more than ever. But to ensure we get those little grey cells of yours in the right mindset, we cooked up this very special post.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 17, 2023

Our motivation for being the best employer we can be is based on our mission to Inspire Extraordinary Performance. In 2022, the company acquired another incentive travel firm in Michigan. The leadership team is happy to accept local Best and Brightest honors for their Traverse City location this year too.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Following a 95% vote in favor of strike authorization, the two-unions negotiating committee is now authorized to call a strike at 22 casino resorts along The Strip, divided between its largest employers: MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment and Wynn/Encore Resorts. We’re continuing to monitor the situation and will share updates as appropriate.”

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Hospitality Contracts Contracts Technology 225

Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2023

Student Kemmia Ghodrat advised potential employers to promote their social justice work. Sustainability is a priority; we look for employers that support that and will allow us to help make change,” she said. “The connections with coworkers is hard to do on a Zoom call; I missed in-person during Covid,” she said.

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Human Resources Hospitality Conference Sustainability 246

Solimar International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Taking the above statistics into consideration, we can conclude that the sector contributes significantly to the economies and employment, being one of the main economic engines for nations. The employment opportunities in tourism can be divided into those created directly or indirectly. Direct employment in tourism.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 13, 2023

As the newest addition to the Elevations Hotels and Resorts portfolio. Read More : Cannabis Tourism: Now Mainstream for Meetings The Lexi also boasts a members-only lounge, Elevations Nation.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

Employers are having trouble finding people with the right skill set,” he says. An uneven flow of trade shows, with extreme peaks and valleys in a given venue, will make rehiring difficult if employers can’t guarantee steady work after letting long-time employees go last year. New Skills at a Premium. Building Back Better.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 30, 2024

During his speech at the forum, he highlighted the importance of the tourism and blue economy sectors, which not only offer employment opportunities and professional development but are also crucial for the economic and sustainable future of the city.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. Some things have changed and some have remained the same. Some Things Have Changed “Congress has passed these changes to the tax law,” says Lee.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2024

Stephanie Turner Jamie Murdock, executive sales leadership culture creator with Maritz , tried to get to the bottom of the confusion over the broken Request for Proposals (RFP) process by asking what has changed about RFPs. We are having to add more hotels than in the past because of a lack of availability.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2021

A major factor contributing to well-being is support from your employer. More than half—51 percent—had no idea their employers provided any form of travel risk management (TRM) program to assist them during travel; of those who knew of a program’s existence, only one-fifth felt confident enough to use the service.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 30, 2022

This company also offers other features, like letting employers buy and sell carbon offsets along with flight purchases, such as donating to the reforestation of a forest around the globe or the purchase of solar panels for a school. This service by CWT is in collaboration with carbon intelligence platform Thrust Carbon.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2021

Business travelers and their employers in a post-Covid world will demand even more flexibility, competitive prices and easy ways to blend business and leisure travel.”. See also : Kayak to Debut its First-ever Hotel.

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Hotel Engine

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Per diem is an important term for employers with employees who regularly travel for business-related events. If employers aren’t up to date with per diem rates, they could land themselves in some trouble with the IRS. When reimbursing employees, many companies adopt the federal per diem rates for simplicity’s sake.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Despite 91 percent of employers having DEI programs, according to HR analytics firm Josh Bersin Academy, many companies still believe there is much work to be done. See also : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It.

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Best Corporate Events

AUGUST 15, 2023

Generative AI (artificial intelligence) is predicted to have massive impacts on employment. They know that AI will impact their roles, but not exactly how, or what their employer will do. In turn, for employers, that increases the risk of talented employees becoming disengaged or even leaving the company.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Labor Department Jobs Report released on Friday confirmed that more than 530,000 jobs were filled in October, higher than estimates with leisure and hospitality jobs representing the biggest new employers. Even the challenge of finding open dates in his schedule and in hotel ballrooms due to compression is “a good problem to have,” he joked.

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ADMEI

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Through industry conferences, workshops, and webinars , participants can connect with seasoned professionals, potential employers, and like-minded peers, building a strong professional network. ADMEI's program recognizes this and provides participants with ample networking opportunities.

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Hospitality Destination Management Networking Education 206

Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

may also become starry-eyed brides in search of a reception venue. Remembering that blowout bat mitzvah, they’ll hit TheKnot.com to check out that same resort ballroom for wedding details. Of course, if that resort has been effectively employing life-stage marketing, their message should already have captured their attention.

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Marketing Marketing Social Media Communications 216

Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

What do employers need to do about it right now to address these issues? What should be the one action that employers need to take now to reignite the passion of their employees? Convene reached out with a few questions in anticipation of her session titled “Limitless Leadership.”

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