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Luxury, Culture and White Lotus in Thailand

Smart Meetings

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. Meeting professionals are seeing Thailand as the next “most desired” location for incentive trips.

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Smart Moves in Chicago, Arizona and More

Smart Meetings

Ali Amin Ali Amin, One10 Leading travel, events, incentives and marketing services company One10 has appointed Amin EVP, Product Management and leader in SaaS product. Kate Yordi Kate Yordi, Visit Mesa Visit Mesa , the regional destination marketing organization for Mesa, Arizona, has expanded its team with the promotion of Yordi.

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Destinations International Rising Stars Share Their Covid Lessons

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings loves recognizing talented hospitality professionals who will help the industry evolve as we get back to meeting, so when we heard that Destinations International had announced their 2021 30 Under 30 class from convention and visitors bureaus and tourism boards around the world, we wanted to get to know them better.

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Maldives to become the official island travel partner of ITB China 2023

Travel Daily Media

The Chinese market is traditionally one of the most significant markets to the Maldives tourism industry. The partnership is one of the highlights of the roadmap prepared by MMPRC to raise awareness for the Maldives as a leading tourism destination for the outbound travel market in China. market share of incoming arrivals.

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People on the Move

Convene by PCMA

A hospitality and tourism industry veteran with more than 15 years of experience, Li previously worked for NYC & Company from 2017-2020. She returned to the organization in February after nearly three years at the Long Island CVB. Prior to joining NYC & Company, she worked in the hotel industry for more than 10 years.

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9 Top Meetings Industry Writers to Know

DCI

While that’s good news for meeting planners, it’s a sign that destination marketing organizations and CVBs need to get back to work attracting the media actors who can tout the benefits of their convention centers and hotels to decision makers. David Swanson is a freelancer who covers the events industry for publications including .

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Dariel Curren on the Benefits of EDO-DMO Collaboration and Smart Place Branding Initiatives for The Place Brand Observer

DCI

For the unfiltered outsider perspective for tourism brands, we survey past and potential visitors, as well as meeting planners, tour operators, airline executives and travel advisors. Their work resulted in thousands of inquiries from talent and spiked traffic in both Vermont’s tourism and economic development sites.