Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. In 2020, leisure travel accounted for 80.4%

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Visit Houston President and CEO Mike Waterman described the first months of 2017 as “bad ass.” On the conference front, Waterman immediately went into triage mode. As soon as the first one agreed to go through with their conference, we knew the others couldn’t object, and we were going to get through this,” he said.

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Convene by PCMA

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Travel Association, speaks Wednesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Travel Association). The travel industry won’t fully recover until the meeting industry recovers, Roger Dow, president and CEO of U.S. Travel Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Emerson Barnes said at the press conference.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Winners of the prestigious 2018 Crystal Awards were honored at the SITE 2019 Global Conference in Bangkok in January. Best Destination-Based Experiential Incentive Travel Program. Excellence in Incentive Travel: Africa/Middle East. Excellence in Incentive Travel: Asia Pacific. Program: US Foods President’s Cup 2017.

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Endless Events

JULY 5, 2018

According to International Meetings Review, a small poll in 2017 found that almost half of event organizers aren’t considering virtual attendance for their events. That’s why we’re going to jump in and explore the potential virtual participation has for the event industry, from small conferences through to live sporting events.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2023

Since 2012, the conference has been tracking diversion, recycling and reuse and has averaged an 86% diversion rate. And 946 books have been donated since 2017. Long-range plans include offsetting air travel impacts and increasing renewable energy at Mandalay Bay Convention Center to 100%.

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Convene by PCMA

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Before making Ethical Swag her full-time job in 2017, she had spent a 30-year career in variety of roles, from director of communications and marketing of the original bid committee of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games to head of a cyber-security company. That’s why I find companies are coming to us,” she said. A Good Sign.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 3, 2019

I am beaming, thrilled to be at the finishing line to bring world-class conferences here,” said Jon Kimball, area general manager for Marriott International. Later, Mayor Ed Lee took up the cause of expanding and modernizing so the city could continue to compete for large conferences and serve the needs of a growing tech community.

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 2, 2023

The post Prague Retained International Congresses and Conferences in 2022 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Postponing the large association congresses and conferences has led to the fact that in 2022 Prague welcomed the most events of this type in the last five years. of events vs. 8.1%

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2018

You need to think of smaller costs like taxes, fees, gratuity, marketing, and travel. Here are some things to consider for budget line items: Costs to travel to your event: Is there a room block for your event? Don’t stop at just the big-ticket items like your venue, food and beverage, and AV (although these do make it on the list).

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Today, planners are racing to adapt to trends that make conferences and events more engaging and dynamic than ever before. As Janet Sperstad’s white-paper Purposeful Meetings: How to Plan With Deeper Meaning, Innovation, & Insight shows, the concept of “purposeful meetings” became the theme of IMEX America 2017.

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Endless Events

JANUARY 25, 2019

October 2017. PSAV President and CEO, Mike McIlwain stated in the press release “The addition of SAV is an important step toward PSAV’s goal of being the ultimate local resource for corporate, association, and event planners around the globe.”. PSAV acquires Hawthorn Theatrical, LTD. January 2018.

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Social Tables

OCTOBER 6, 2018

As a demographic, they also value experiences over material goods, want to share those experiences (usually via social media), have higher technological literacy, and are 62% more likely to travel then their generation X counterparts. So they’re boldly blending the two when they travel to exhibitions and trade shows.

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Crowdriff

OCTOBER 14, 2017

CrowdRiff was pleased to be invited to present a session at the Caribbean Tourism Organizations’s 2017 State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) in sunny Grenada last week.

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Travel Daily Media

APRIL 25, 2024

The post Iconic Basket Boat-Shaped Convention Centre opens in Vietnam appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Its host of remarkable facilities include a vast state-of-the-art conference hall, a 360-degree rooftop venue, a stunning outdoor beachfront event space, and about 10,000sqm dedicated to shopping and dining outlets.

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DCI

JUNE 13, 2023

The latest edition of the Meeting Room of the Future, a research study conducted by Development Counsellors International in partnership with the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC), provides firsthand insight into the world of meetings and conferences from meeting planners and venue operators.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 9, 2021

This isn’t the first time that the Lung Association has raised its voice about the climate crisis — the association first issued a climate change declaration in 2017 — but the updated call for action focuses on “addressing the inequities with climate change,” Bender said. “We “But for organizations like ours, this is all about health.”.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The post MICE and Corporate buyers flock to ITB Asia 2017 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Celebrating its 10 th anniversary, ITB Asia 2017 has opened its doors today at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Marina Bay Sands. Already, ITB Asia 2017 is expected to top the success of ITB Asia 2016.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 19, 2022

The devastating impact of travel on the environment and local communities is enormous. marine litter is up to 40 percent bigger during peak season) are just some of the global problems caused by travel. marine litter is up to 40 percent bigger during peak season) are just some of the global problems caused by travel.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 20, 2020

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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MeetingsNet

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Security With the mass shooting in Las Vegas that happened just prior to the 2017 IMEX America event , still top of mind, the IMEX organizers are convinced that the industry must stay vigilant, resilient, and unified on the need for globally recognized and agreed-upon security standards for both show organizers and venues.

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DCI

JULY 5, 2023

With post-pandemic meetings placing a central emphasis on experience creation and meaningful travel , the types of venues that meeting planners are seeking are evolving with a focus on transformative event spaces. They want spaces that are larger, where people can spread out.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 14, 2024

The post ATM 2024 will address sustainability and innovation in the aviation sector appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The ATM conference programme takes place over four days and features presentations from global travel and tourism leaders.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The post IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2017 focuses on education. appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. In depth knowledge building was the core of an amplified education programme across 22 forum sessions at IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2017. appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

JANUARY 17, 2022

Emphasis on adults because the media often shares statistics on the total population, but children are not traveling for business meetings and club trips.). Even though large-scale virtual conferences are fading away, audience expectations will remain for shorter and faster presentations. TO-DO LIST – INCENTIVE TRAVEL .

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Travel Daily Media

MAY 8, 2015

The post Archipelago opens Aston conference hotel in Jakarta appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The hotel will become the 40th Aston in Indonesia, with a further 15 expected to open by 2017. The post Archipelago opens Aston conference hotel in Jakarta appeared first on Travel Daily.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 22, 2019

The post “Ease and speed of travel will become major differentiators”: The smart future of Thailand’s travel industry appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Pracha Asawateera, depa, and Simon Akeroyd, Amadeus. Thailand welcomed a massive 38.27 million tourists in 2018. Chiang Mai.

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Travel Daily Media

JANUARY 18, 2016

The post Theme park planned for Bangkok’s IMPACT conference centre appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. A new theme park and marina complex are among the major developments being planned at IMPACT, Thailand’s largest conference and exhibition centre.

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Crowdriff

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

I’ve always loved the idea of being a world traveler. By university, I’d only traveled to Costa Rica and taken a few road trips across Canada, but that was enough to catch the travel bug. However, I wasn’t ready to give up on my travel dreams. Finding a new workplace in the travel industry.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

DECEMBER 9, 2024

With the allure of exclusivity, awe, and wonder, the British Virgin Islands is ideal for your incentive travel program and can deliver a once-in-a-lifetime experience for your qualifiers that will leave a lasting impression. Learn more abou t what we can do for you , or contact us today !

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Social Tables

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The unprecedented rise in demand for meetings and events will continue this year, with CWT Meetings & Travel predicting a robust 5-10% growth in demand. Bleisure” travel isn’t going anywhere. In other words, planners are not just meeting coordinators, they are now ad-hoc travel agents. Industry Performance Trends.

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Crowdriff

JUNE 15, 2017

Photos from your locals and visitors can transform any of your print materials into authentic and well-trusted traveler resources. When we went to the 2017 Digital Tourism Think Tank conference in Copenhagen earlier this year, we created pocket-sized guides to the city for attendees — and acquired all the visuals from Instagram!

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 24, 2018

The post Ras Al Khaimah tourism, fuelled by MICE and adventure, up 14% appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The data shows that trips to the Emirate by foreign travellers were up by 14% at the end of Q2 2018 compared with the same period last year. against the same period in 2017. Mattar added.

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Travel Daily Media

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

in new business appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Flight Centre Travel Group’s global MICE division, cievents, has experienced exceptional growth in the UK over the last six months, winning £3.8 For 2017, cievents also intends to maximise growth in the group travel sector.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The post From City of Vice to City of MICE: MGM raises its events game appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. MGM Grand Conference Center expansion . The post From City of Vice to City of MICE: MGM raises its events game appeared first on Travel Daily. sqm in MICE real estate.

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Brightspot Incentive Events

MARCH 27, 2023

With the allure of exclusivity, awe, and wonder, the British Virgin Islands is ideal for your incentive travel program and can deliver a once-in-a-lifetime experience for your qualifiers that will leave a lasting impression. Learn more about what we can do for you , or contact us today !

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The post IEML launches Expo Inn, Suites and Convention appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. This new facility will be a perfect destination to organise large size MICE events, association conferences, award shows and product launches.

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