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Traveling with a Purpose: Marketing Strategies Supporting Charitable Causes

Dana Communications

In this way, the act of pampering oneself benefits the greater community. Essentially, this suggests that consumers are willing to give the benefit of the doubt to brands that are seen to be making an effort to do the right thing. In 2010 KFC received significant backlash after partnering with Susan G.

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How Technology Can Help Us Build a Greener Events Industry

Smart Meetings

At PRG, our skilled corporate events division has utilized a myriad of innovative technologies to achieve this, which can greatly benefit event planners and producers. It also has the added benefit of being more dependable, so technicians are able to lamp down projectors when not in use.

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Pet-friendly Hotels for National Dog Month

Smart Meetings

But as life returns to normal, and travel begins to pick up again, so many people are having to leave their four-legged friends at home as they venture back into the outside world. households adopted a new cat or dog over the pandemic, and now, 22% of those owners worry about how their pets will impact their ability to travel.

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Election Results: What the Mid-Terms Meant for Events

Smart Meetings

to $15 with healthcare benefits. Jackson Hole Travel & Tourism Board Executive Director Kate Sollitt called the measure vital to providing fire, emergency medical care, maintenance, parks and other critical services to visitors and locals alike. The lodging tax has been in place since 2010. Ballot Box Development.

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2019’s Biggest Event Tech Trends

Endless Events

There are many benefits to using chatbots. Whether it’s a 4-day conference, a music festival with 100k attendees or 10 person leaders retreats, a chatbot will benefit your event. Think about it, it costs a lot of money to go to large events from travel to event tickets, and before investing in it people want a taste!

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Why Meeting Planners Should—and Shouldn’t—Worry About Airline Strikes

MeetingsNet

Delta Airlines: On March 1, Delta pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, ratified a new four-year contract that includes $7 billion in cumulative increases in pay and benefits, including better company contributions to 401(k) plans and improved work rules. Pilot strikes are rare. The last U.S.

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

AltexSoft Travel

Never before the travel industry has seen such a total standstill. Sadly, the pandemic is expected to result in: a loss of 50 million travel-related jobs worldwide; a 25 percent shrink of global travel; reduce in revenue at least by $113 billion for airlines (and this forecast was made before the closure of the North Atlantic market).

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