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8 Smart Moves at Destinations International, Travel Santa Ana and More

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She also worked as area director of sales and marketing for Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts’ properties in Toronto and Vancouver; before this, she worked with Destination Toronto as director of citywide sales and event management. Westdrift Manhattan Beach in California named Jones director of sales and marketing. Diego Oviedo.

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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

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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. The post Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

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Incentive Travel: Interactive Connection is the Name of the Game

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Walking tours provide distinct experiential learning that you can’t get any other way As incentive travel continues to be a critical tool for retaining and motivating talent, planners are looking for ways to make excursions more meaningful and memorable. Andrew put together a tour for his friend centered around the 2008 crisis.

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MeetingPlay and Aventri Merge as First Big Event Tech Deal of 2022

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Aventri, which was founded in 2008, had grown into a global provider of data-driven solutions for event sourcing, marketing, registration, onsite technology, data security and reporting. Capabilities include: Event Marketing Website and Registration to create a seamless attendee journey from beginning to end.

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Tapping a New Economic Powerhouse

The Abbi Agency

Luxury-Oriented Millennial Travelers. As the post-pandemic travel sector continues to rebound quickly, Millennial consumers are playing a key role. As the post-pandemic travel sector continues to rebound quickly, Millennial consumers are playing a key role. Spending on luxury travel by Millennials is projected to grow an 11.9

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Visit Seattle CEO, Tom Norwalk, Retires

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Before heading off, Norwalk achieved the unanimous passage of an increase to the Seattle Tourism Improvement Area (STIA) assessment, signed by Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, allowing the city to greater promote leisure travel as the city continues to recover from the pandemic.

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What is Event-Led Growth?

Endless Events

He previously worked at Drift as the VP of Content and Community and at HubSpot as the VP of Marketing. My journey started pre-HubSpot when I was a Hu bSpot customer in 2008 or 2009. I try to create connections in my mind and understand how they relate to something that might be beneficial, like development, growth, or marketing.

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