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CES Leans into Hybrid Meeting Format in Uncertain Times

Smart Meetings

This year may see fewer people wandering the venue halls Las Vegas Convention Center , but promoters are confident that the show will go on, with some pandemic tweaks. Sylvia Kindlain, account manager at ThinkInk Communications , believes that CES 2022 will be successful because of the number of precautions taken at the venue.

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A Security Flaw in Millions of Hotel Keycard Locks Has Been Found. What Does that Mean for Planners?

Smart Meetings

It starts off with doing your due diligence with the venue. Planners can work with venues,” he says. If the venue does indeed have a concern, the planner can ask the hotel to do more security sweeps in the hallways while the group is in house.” A quick Google search says there are roughly 5.3 million hotel rooms in the U.S.,

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5 New Marketing Strategies You Should Be Using

Advanced Travel and Tourism

That might include strategies focused on updated cleaning standards, company responsibility, and safety measures to protect those who visit your destination. Even when people are worried about travel safety, they still get tired of looking at the same four walls. Re)introducing Yourself to Locals. Going Mobile.

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Remaking the Travel Experience

Carrousel Travel

At that time, we also had national unity in remaking the travel experience to ensure our own and fellow travelerssafety. I don’t have any illusions of national unity now but want to draw some comparisons to the stress we face in travel and tourism with Covid and the aftermath of 9/11.

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B2B Travel Platform For Corporate Travel Management

AltexSoft Travel

Corporate travel managers must consider factors like travel policies, preferred vendors, traveler safety, budget constraints, and approval workflows. Therefore, B2B travel platforms should handle these intricacies, ensuring they can source and process bookings accordingly. Different booking flow.

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How to Design Pride-Friendly Events Year Round

Smart Meetings

Penning diversity and inclusion policies is a great step, but if they are stiff, cold and hidden, they are not serving the purpose of welcoming all to events or venues. One more easy step: Google Maps offers the option for LGBT-friendly or trans-inclusive flags on venues. 5 Steps to LGBTQ+ Traveler Safety. Chase Brunson.

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Mindtree Launches Digital Health Passport

Business Traveler USA

. “Amid a wide range of rapidly evolving travel health standards because of the pandemic – with no single authority to harmonize them – travelers worldwide are dealing with a high degree of confusion and ambiguity,” said Venu Lambu, executive director and president of global markets at Mindtree.