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Top Business Travel Trends Coming in 2024

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WTP’s Frank Harrison Shares the Top Three Business Travel Trends for the Coming Year Frank Harrison As the travel industry around the world continues to recover post-pandemic, new business travel trends have emerged that meeting professionals will have to master to optimize attendance.

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Travel and Tourism Trends in U.S. and Canada

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Community Members Chime In Leveraging new and existing meeting facilities to attract events plays a major role in helping to boost tourism and local governments in both countries. The post Travel and Tourism Trends in U.S. Seeking community approval can ensure all sides benefit from any changes and future events bring the wow factor.

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The Present and Future of Event Production Trends

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Following the ever-changing trends of the event production industry This summer marks the 30th year event and entertainment production company Empire has been putting on live events across six continents. The post The Present and Future of Event Production Trends appeared first on Smart Meetings. Founded by J.B.

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How Hospitality Hiring Trends Can Improve Your Hotel Experience

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McKinsey & Company has found the biggest trends in hiring for the hospitality industry and developed a method for choosing the best employees. When choosing who to work for, employees often assess a company’s environmental, social and corporate governance ( ESG ). Remember ESG During Hiring.

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The 15-Minute City concept trend in event planning

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The 15-Minute City concept is the biggest trend right now in the events industry. This trend is gaining popularity as more people seek to: Reduce their carbon footprint Enhance their overall well-being Have deeper community engagement While the concept applies to private lives, it has a big influence on the events industry, too.

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2019 Event Trends That Will Change the Path of Events

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How will the events industry fare this year, and what trends will rule the roost when it comes to event planners’ priorities? Let’s take a look at these trends and how you can ride their waves successfully. 2019 Event Trends: Your Audience Craves Authenticity. Metrics has always been a top placer among the yearly event trends.

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Will the Paris Olympics Get the Gold from Meeting Profs?

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There is actually a trend right now, where some of the hotel rates are going down,” Chaulet says. billion has been spent by the government to clean it up, in hopes of staging the Games’ swimming events in its waters. Surfing events take place in Tahiti, at Teahupoo, where there’s a fabled surf break. Will it happen?

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