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Get to Know ME with Carrie Fox

Motivation Excellence

Carrie Fox is a repeat employee, and we’re sure happy to have her back as a coordinator in our travel department! I’m a Travel Program Coordinator. I started at Motivation Excellence in 2001 and worked until 2011, then took a break to become a full-time mom. What do you like about being a Travel Program Coordinator?

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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

Smart Meetings

Everyone loves to complain about air travel today. Some regional carriers are already offering signing bonuses and higher pay to avoid schedule cutbacks that could significantly impact air travel—and the competitiveness of group offerings—in so-called second-tier cities. Cramped cabins. Added fees for everything.

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7 Smart Moves at Four Seasons, Visit Music City and More

Smart Meetings

The agency specializes in travel, tourism and hospitality and has thorough knowledge of the United States. He’ll continue overseeing sister property Courtyard by Marriott Stamford Downtown, as he’s been doing since 2001. Amanda Hills Nashville Convention & Visitors Corp.

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Smart Moves in Florida, Wyoming and More

Smart Meetings

Gavin Bailey Bailey is senior travel industry sales manager for Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve in Puerto Rico. He began working with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica as travel sales industry coordinator.

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New Hotel Brand Appellation Will Channel Genuine American Hospitality

Smart Meetings

Skapinok calls this making the invisible, visible, something he thinks their “curious traveler” demographic will appreciate. Buffet stations will be like walking into a private kitchen and picking what you want for dinner. The move is an expansion on his interests in Sonoma County hospitality.

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Deconstructing COVID-19 Compliance & Event Safety With Alan Kleinfeld

Endless Events

” ” I did meeting planning full time until September 11th, 2001,” he adds. There are people so upset on planes since we started traveling again. Then, Alan decided to sign up as a reserve police officer. “I’ve been doing something in law enforcement ever since,” he explains.

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New ITA Airways Shows Its Colors

Business Traveler USA

Following in the footsteps of Alitalia which had been a SkyTeam member since 2001, the new carrier also signaled its intention to join the alliance “pending the identification of a strategic partner.” The post New ITA Airways Shows Its Colors appeared first on Business Traveler USA. itaspa.com.

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