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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Vi Nguyen, CMP

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Vi Nguyen, CMP, entered the industry with an unyielding drive from the very start. When she began attending college at San Jose State University, she was quick to join their Hospitality Management Program. The support and guidance from great mentors sustained her evolution, she reports. I love the Bay Area,” she says.

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IACC Set Sights on Creative Innovation During Knowledge Exchange

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Annual conference center gathering in Durham addressed staffing, sustainability and collaboration A nine-year average drop in the age of the meeting/hospitality professional since the start of the pandemic translates into a loss of nine years of collective knowledge. Knowledge is what helps you handle the unexpected,” he said.

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Leading Hospitality, Travel and Events Orgs Are Investing in the Next Generation of Talent

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After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. Collett also reports the organization has been receiving no shortage of applications.

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Celebrate World Tourism Day

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It also seeks to promote innovative solutions to bolster economic growth and productivity. They released three ways the tourism industry can contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Finally, innovation, technology and entrepreneurship are vital to upskill the tourism workforce, especially for young people and women.

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Travel and Tourism Trends in U.S. and Canada

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The goal of the report is to provide destinations in both countries with an opportunity to craft well-informed engagement strategies around tourism within their communities. What’s Next Getting groups to return to in-person events was a huge relief for the tourism industry of both countries, but that recovery isn’t free of residual issues.

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Smart Moves in The Bahamas, New York City and More

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He brings over 30 years of experience in hospitality, having most recently served as general manager at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay on Kauai. He will draw on his over 30 years of hospitality experience to oversee all hotel services and operations. Franco Vella Franco Vella Vella joins InterContinental David Tel Aviv as general manager.

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How AI Could Help Build Better Meeting Spaces — Online and IRL

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The recently published “The Future 100: 2024” report identifies 100 trends across industries — from culture to technology to travel and hospitality — that will shape the way people live and work this year and beyond. Some of their so-called trends seem so … out there. Curt Wagner is digital editor at Convene.

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