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Smart Moves in Salt Lake City, Seattle and More

Smart Meetings

Rebekah Courtney Courtney is convention sales manager for Louisville Tourism. Bayan Sabermanesh Florida’s T he Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota named Sabermanesh executive assistant manager and director of operations, rooms. She has also worked as general manager for Hello! at CSI DMC.

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How New Orleans Recovered after a Natural Disaster

Smart Meetings

As an owner of a corporate destination management franchise in New Orleans, I saw the reality of ground zero as I worked to rebuild my business after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Welcome Empathy Tourism. But as I regained footing, I watched a different story unfolded on the news and I learned some important lessons. Jeff O’Hara.

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How has Social Media Changed the Tourism Industry?

Solimar International

The tourism industry looked very different merely 10 years ago. Read on to learn the history of how social media changed the tourism industry. The tourism industry before social media. Let’s rewind to 2004. These revolutionary tools meant that the industry would be forever changed for both tourists and destinations.

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Etihad Airways appoints new UK MICE manager

Travel Daily Media

His focus will be building strategic relations with key Abu Dhabi stakeholders such as the convention bureaus, convention centres, hotels, destination management companies as well as leading tourism organisations such as Tourism Australia and Etihad’s own destination management company, Hala Group.