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Microadventures: The 16-Hour Travel Trend

Dana Communications

It also happens to be one of the hottest travel trends today. Alastair Humphreys , National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year in 2012, coined the phrase in his bestseller on the subject. The post Microadventures: The 16-Hour Travel Trend appeared first on Dana Communications. It’s called a microadventure. Rules are rules.

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Back to the Future: Revisiting Event Planner Predictions From 2012

Convene by PCMA

One event planner predicted in 2012 that that keynote speakers would give their presentation from the new orbiting space station in 2022. In 2012, Angry Birds was the most downloaded app, the iPhone was five, and Zoom was only a year old. It’s the why should I travel to this meeting.

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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

Smart Meetings

Before this, he spent time overseeing the event venues outside London for the 2012 London Olympic & Paralympic Games. She joined the team in 2012 as sales manager of national accounts, and was later promoted to director of citywide sales in 2019. Lopez currently works as vice president of sales for the organization.

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New and Renovated: Heavenly Hiltons

Smart Meetings

These spaces provide guests with dreamy comfort inside, and stand in locations that inspire guests to explore their surroundings and take in all that their travels have to offer. The hotel was first built in 1972, and in 2012 was purchased by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians, who manage and operate it today.

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New Report: IMEX 2022 Reached Net Zero Carbon Events Goals

Smart Meetings

Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate. Some 600 Clean the World hygiene kits were assembled by attendees from upcycled room amenities, bringing the total of donated kits since 2012 to 6,358. IMEX is not new to the quest for more sustainable events.

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Ramsay’s Kitchen Opens at Harrah’s Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

for some time now, but with the added bonus of my experiences and travel around the world,” says Ramsay. Wilson would travel to L.A. It’s inspired by my travels around the world and it isn’t limited to one idea like Gordon Ramsay Steak or Gordon Ramsay Burger,” Ramsay says. A True Culinary Journey.

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Sustainable event ideas in Lucerne

The MICE Blog

Arrival The biggest travel hack for Switzerland is the Swiss Travel Pass. For our trip, most of the delegates were from Germany and Austria, and we used the Swiss Travel Pass extensively for our travels within Lucerne and for our journey to Zurich. In our case, we had a small exhibition and a buffet lunch.