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West Coast DMOs Rollout Alliance

Smart Meetings

The pandemic has been a very rough time for the nation’s destination marketing organizations , as it has for the hospitality and meetings industry as a whole. Named for the chef’s mother, it was launched in 2005 and today serves warm meals to 5,000 needy children daily in 20 locations at 62 locations. View this post on Instagram.

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

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Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. million visitors.

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10 Top Literary Oases for Groups—in Hotels!

Smart Meetings

The tall shelves showcase more than 100 books, including Last Train to Paradise by Les Standiford, In The Kingdom of the Sea Monkeys by Campbell McGrath and Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. In 2016, after an expansion, the property added a new Art Deco wing on the third floor, where the library is now located. Regis New York City.

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How Extreme Weather Is Impacting Events

Convene by PCMA

Lutz got a “minor taste of the apocalypse,” he wrote in Decrypt Media, as flooding turned the streets into rivers, making them impassable by most vehicles and shutting down the trains that connect the airport to the rest of the city. “It’s putting a lot of pressure on the organizers to make high-stakes decisions.”

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Before Coronavirus: How the Travel Industry Overcame Its Five Biggest Crises

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Let’s recall how carriers, hotels, tour operators and other trip-related organizations responded to the greatest shocks of the not-so-distant past. Additionally, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) reported a sharp drop of travel from North America to Jordan (by 48 percent), Egypt (by 36 percent), and Israel (by 30 percent).

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The Ultimate Guide to Conferences for Event Planners in 2024

Bizzaboo

7-10, 2024 San Diego, CA Embark on a transformative journey to shape the future of your organization through exceptional business event strategy. 21-23, 2024 Greenville, SC The leading conference produced exclusively for independent planners not associated with third-party organizations.

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Bringing the Maker Movement to Events

Convene by PCMA

He founded and is president of Make: Community, which, according to its website, has been at the heart of the maker movement — celebrating everyone from tech enthusiasts to crafters to homesteaders to scientists to garage tinkerers — since 2005. It’s a way for people to connect to other people in that organization differently.”

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