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CMP Spotlight: Get to Know Beth Surmont, CMP Fellow

Smart Meetings

She has been a CMP since 2008, and was a member of the inaugural class of CMP Fellows in 2022. It was not only a way to ensure I had the formal training, but it was recognition that I knew what I was doing,” she says. I truly believe that bringing together the right people, in the right ways, can prepare us for a brighter future.”

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The Rise of LinkedIn

Convene by PCMA

That gave content creators access to potentially much larger audiences — users shared 40 percent more content on the network in Spring 2023 than they did in the same period in 2021, according to LinkedIn. After Slido was acquired in 2021, Holub cofounded Remote People, a consulting and training company for remote teams, based in the U.K.

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A Brief History Lesson on Travel: Why, How, and Where We Traveled in the 1920s

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The home of Lufthansa, it was constructed back in 1923 and continued operating up until 2008. Although in the twenties, air passenger travel was more of an attraction than a necessity, the construction of an airfield was important for the future growth of the route network. And the Roaring Twenties delivered.

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PCMA to Planners: Be a Better Performer, and a Better Manager

MeetingsNet

Use Self-Reflection for Professional Growth Next, PCMA presented Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist and consultant, who pushed attendees to create “challenge networks” comprising “a few thoughtful critics who you trust to hold up a mirror so you can see your blind spots.”

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The UK and Spain’s travel industries unite at second edition of ‘Spain Sustainability Day’

Travel Daily Media

Coralia Pino discussed Spain’s initiatives within the hotel industry outlining how the 2008 crisis forced hotels to look at energy efficiencies. Keynotes Keynote speeches were delivered by Nejc Jus, Director of Research at the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and Charlie Cotton, Founder of Ecollective Carbon.

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Bye bye group bookings? Marriott cuts strategic meetings and corporate travel commissions in North America

Travel Daily Media

King added that Marriott continues to invest in improving groups and meetings, like its centralised group support desk and its group intermediary website which launched in 2008. Both he and the Travel Agent Central letter also cited Meetings Excellence! ,

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How Event Professionals Can Think Like Futurists

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Those who leave employers and are therefore no longer funded to attend a conference may be willing to pay their own way for the opportunity to network and learn about a different career path. Imagining what might be is a gift and it’s also something we can train. Einstein once said imagination is more important than knowledge. “Two

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