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Julie Coker to Head NYC Tourism + Conventions

Smart Meetings

Industry trailblazer Julie Coker makes the move to serve as president and CEO of NYC Tourism + Conventions On the morning of Oct. 22, the NYC Tourism + Conventions Board of Directors announced it had selected Julie Coker to step in as the organization’s president and CEO. Beginning on Dec. billion in visitor spending.

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Bouncing Back: Tourism After a Natural Disaster

Dana Communications

Tourism is fascinating. Tourism is exhilarating. Tourism is also easily affected. Those of us in the tourism industry know all too well that in the blink of an eye, a natural disaster can turn a beautiful top-selling destination into a disaster zone. With tourism after a natural disaster focus on the positive.

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Smart Moves in Little Rock, Oakland and More

Smart Meetings

Louisville Tourism has promoted Morgan and Lundy to marketing manager roles and hired Clements as convention sales assistant. Morgan now handles promotion and initiative marketing for tourism in the organization. Lundy joined Louisville Tourism as a sales assistant after finishing her degree at the University of Louisville.

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Sustainable event ideas in Lucerne

The MICE Blog

Just under an hour by train from Zurich, Lucerne offers a quintessential Swiss experience, complete with top-notch infrastructure for business events. This event brought together both destinations to showcase to event planners the extensive possibilities for organising sustainable events.

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Microadventures: The 16-Hour Travel Trend

Dana Communications

Alastair Humphreys , National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year in 2012, coined the phrase in his bestseller on the subject. A microadventure does not have to be an overnight event to be a success. And it’s exactly that — a mini adventure, done alone or with friends. It also happens to be one of the hottest travel trends today.

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Ocean’s Edge

Smart Meetings

When Ocean Casino and Resort opened as Revel in 2012 with Beyonce as its headliner, people got a sense that this was going to be something big. Read More : Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism and Getting Back to Business in Atlantic City. Atlantic City’s surfside diva amps up its wow-factors. Extraordinary Amenities.

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ASEAN Tourism Ministers approve professional standards to strengthen MICE

Travel Daily Media

The post ASEAN Tourism Ministers approve professional standards to strengthen MICE appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Since its establishment in 2012, the ASEAN MRA on TP has guided ASEAN countries in the development of their tourism workforce in two areas: 1) Hotel Services and 2) Travel Services.

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