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Corporate Retreats: The Offsite is Back On

Convene by PCMA

The 500-acre Cedar Lakes Estate in upstate NewYork has seen a huge bump in inquiries for corporate retreats — 150 percent more inquiries than in 2019. “If It was unusual and yet right on trend: A potential client wanted to take their team to Barcelona for what would be the company’s first-ever retreat in its 16-year history.

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What Can the Events Industry Learn From ‘Emotioneering’?

Convene by PCMA

The series is the first offering of The Drop In , which founder Gillian Zettler calls a “platform for diverse experiences and ideas that encourage human connection.” In addition to the Happier Hours events, The Drop In offers weekly classes, other pop-up events, multi-day retreats, and custom programs. Jennifer N.

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World Travel Market Africa explores consumer trends shaping the future of travel

Travel Daily News

The discussion also highlighted the need for travel providers and destinations to embrace sustainability and respect local communities, as well as the importance of reaching consumers through emerging platforms such as private online communities and digital detox travel.

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Corporate Travel That Works: New Trends

Smart Meetings

Travel management companies (TMCs) and online booking tools are perfectly positioned to modernize business travel by creating the seamless experiences that employees crave and companies need. Corporate travel is entering a new era with changing policies that incorporate and prioritize employee wellness, modern technology and sustainability.

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A Planner’s Guide to Event Vendors 

Social Tables

Ticketing vendors, like online ticketing platforms, can streamline pre-event planning, speed up registration, and sell more event tickets through automation. In addition to offering online ticketing tools, onsite registration vendors help make event arrival a smooth, seamless, and satisfactory experience for attendees.

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Top 4 Reasons for Hosting a Corporate Event

Bizzaboo

If you want to build a stronger, more inspired team, it might be time to host a company retreat dedicated to this purpose. Company Retreats If you’re looking to bring all employees together for a team-building experience that increases team morale and alignment, a company retreat might be just what you need.

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Attention Meeting Planners: Instant Booking Is Finally Here

Skift Meetings

Conventional wisdom has long dictated that the meeting booking process is too complicated to allow any kind of instant, online booking system to be much help. Most hotel brands have traditionally been guarded about sharing their group booking rates on public platforms. The New Marketplace Philosophy for Meeting Bookings.

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