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ADMEI Welcomes Denise Malo, DMCP, as New Board President

ADMEI

Denise has been a part of the BBC team for over 22 years, promoted to Director in 2004 and Vice-President in 2021. As the essential global resource and platform for Destination Management companies, ADMEI plays a significant role in the hospitality industry. However, she brings to the table over 35 years in the hospitality industry.

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The Glorious Evolution Of SXSW With Scott Wilcox!

Endless Events

” And then, there are social media platforms. “When we first started incorporating RFID in 2004,” replies Scott. ” Scott advises looking for a virtual platform with as many features as possible. Creating that variety of platforms was really difficult, as was pulling together that volume of content.

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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Heike Mahmoud, CMP

Smart Meetings

Preparing for the Exam In 2004, when Meeting Professionals International (MPI) held their EMEA Conference in Berlin, Mahmoud was working as director of conventions at the Berlin Convention Office. Their digital team is currently developing an event platform to circulate information even more quickly to everyone involved.

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Global Hotel Alliance celebrates 20th anniversary at IHIF EMEA in Berlin

Travel Daily Media

UAE-headquartered Global Hotel Alliance (GHA), the world’s largest alliance of independent hotel brands, celebrated its 20 th anniversary this week in Berlin at the International Hospitality Investment Forum (IHIF), where the then start-up was first announced in 2004.

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How has Social Media Changed the Tourism Industry?

Solimar International

But the explosion of social media platforms between 2006 and 2010 connected individuals around the world like never before, paving the way for another industry upheaval under social media marketing. Let’s rewind to 2004. TripAdvisor revolutionized the industry in 2001 by making a public online platform for customer reviews.

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Smart Moves in Kansas City, Miami Beach and More

Smart Meetings

Most recently, he was director of sales and strategy at blinkpad, a job matching platform for those in the employment process, in Saratoga, California. Prior to joining Visit Tucson in 2004 as its vice president of community affairs and Mexico marketing, Garcia was economic development specialist for the City of Tucson.

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What Exactly Is the Metaverse? Here’s One Expert’s Take.

Convene by PCMA

The metaverse is “platform-agnostic,” said Di Bartolo, who co-authored with Hackl the 2022 book, Navigating the Metaverse. The second — Web 2.0 — refers to evolution from a static platform to one with user-generated content distributed on social-media platforms, including LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, etc.