Smart Meetings

MAY 4, 2021

Before Choose Chicago, Anderson was regional director of marketing for The Peninsula Hotels. Bennett has been promoted to executive vice president for Louisville Tourism in Kentucky, effective July 1; Bennett was formerly senior vice president of convention development. Doug Bennett, CASE.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 20, 2021

He previously worked at GMCVB for 17 years, in roles such as executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Under Whitaker’s leadership, Chicago was voted Best Big City by Conde Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards from 2017-2020. “I I am honored, thrilled and blessed to have the opportunity to return home,” Whitaker said.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Bienvenu is market director of sales of sales and marketing for The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach and The Ritz-Carlton, Bal Harbour , both in Florida. Bienvenu previously worked at W Fort Lauderdale Hotel & Residences; before this, she was director of sales and marketing at W Hollywood & Residence in Los Angeles.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

After a year marked by fire, flood and tragedy , the overall tone of Destination Marketing Association of the West ’s Education Summit 2018 was light, inspiring—even funny. A post shared by Oinkari Basque Dancers (@oinkariboise) on Jul 29, 2017 at 3:19pm PDT. Top Trends Impacting Hospitality, Tourism and Events. Shawna Suckow.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2021

Destinations International (DI) unveiled its 2021 Hall of Fame inductees and Destination Organization Leadership Award recipient.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 25, 2023

1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. During the pandemic-driven drought of meetings & events, Las Vegas doubled down on winning tourism which recovered faster, and certainly saw success there. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

A Tourism Improvement District (TID) is a revolutionary way to fund destination marketing programs. They are typically run by local businesses that collaborate and invest collectively to support the growth and development of their destination’s tourism industry. West Hollywood Tourism Improvement District Case Study.

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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.” We marketed around traveling with a purpose,” Waterman said. Philanthropic tourism became a marketing message, with CSR opportunities to give back to the community a popular addition to group agendas. Strangers Stepped Up.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 8, 2018

8, 2017, turned into an inferno when winds picked up that night. However, from a meetings, events and tourism perspective, very few venues were lost and 90 percent of the grapes had already been harvested for the season. Napa Valley Film Festival 2017 photo by Bob McClenahan. The Show Must Go on. In the Words Of A Planner.

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The MICE Blog

AUGUST 12, 2024

This is a leading sustainability standard in the hospitality and tourism industry.’ ’ Luxury of space in central Berlin I interviewed Maria Hoffmeister, Director of Sales & Marketing to uncover interesting event stories from this iconic property. Fortunately, many employees were eager to repeat the experience.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 21, 2022

Regis Atlanta, and entered the digital side of things in 2017 when he got into Ethereum (or ETH [pronounced “eeth”]). Farr says it’s expected to open this summer, but with the recent downturn of the crypto market, he isn’t certain. Read More : Mark Zuckerberg Weighs in on Future of Virtual Reality Tourism.

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Solimar International

JULY 19, 2023

Green Investments in Tourism: Unlocking Opportunities and Experiences for Sustainable Growth (World Tourism Day 2023) Green investments in the tourism industry are crucial as we move farther away from the pandemic, as many consumer preferences have shifted to become more eco-friendly.

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Tourism eSchool

JANUARY 10, 2023

Does your Tourism brand have a YouTube channel but you haven’t looked at it in awhile? Why add YouTube into your marketing mix? Where does YouTube fit with your marketing strategy? So you can see YouTube has the attention of your potential customers, but where does it fit in with the marketing of your tourism brand?

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Solimar International

AUGUST 11, 2023

The ominous warning signs of climate change have accelerated our desire for ”last chance tourism,” driving us to observe animals and landscapes in danger–and to do our part to protect those ecosystems. Conservation tourism emerged from the 1950s conservation movement, originally aimed at protecting “nature from people.”

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Travel Daily Media

JUNE 10, 2024

The post Philippines to host the 1st ever UN Tourism Gastronomy Forum appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. And while one can virtually gain familiarity with various tastes and dishes from all over the world, nothing beats savoring the actual thing bite by bite.

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Bizzaboo

JULY 7, 2021

It may be time to add experiential marketing to your budget. Experiential marketing brings your brand to life with unique experiences—in-person or using virtual event technology. Experiential marketing can be part of your overall event marketing strategy or it can be something entirely different. Table of Contents.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Valley Forge Casino Resort , a gaming and entertainment resort in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, welcomed Bailey as vice president of marketing. Bringing 18 years of entertainment and hospitality experience, Bailey enters the new role after serving as vice president of marketing at Rivers Casino Philadelphia. Ben Fairchild. Charles-St.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ashwin Gunasekeran, the CEO of Penang Convention and Exhibition Bureau (PCEB ) said that Penang has been actively engaging with India since 2017 as its one of the fastest growing markets for Penang. The post PCEB to host its annual roadshow in India in 2023: Gunasekeran appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dean shared that while the island is ahead of the national average for staffing due in part to the return of those who were displaced after Hurricane Maria in 2017, a lot of businesses still aren’t fully staffed. Youth sports was a key market during the pandemic when corporations were hunkered down.

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Solimar International

JULY 22, 2022

In part one of this series, we discussed how tourism and climate change are inextricably linked. Nature-based tourism is becoming increasingly vulnerable to changing weather patterns, while the nature of tourism itself contributes 8% of global emissions.

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AltexSoft Travel

JANUARY 31, 2020

Airline industry made an impact on how we buy things today, and how those things are marketed. Driven by insane competition, airlines relied upon many tools to survive on the market. Besides innovative technologies themselves, marketing plays a huge role in running business successfully. Understanding the air travel market.

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Tourism eSchool

MARCH 17, 2023

Home Destinations Transforming Community Sentiment Towards Tourism By Nic Cooper, Regenerative Tourism Specialist Published on March 18, 2023 What happens when a community turns it back on tourism? In some circumstances communities have taken matters into their own hands and put up fierce resistant to visitors.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

February 2017. If you’re interested in learning more about carbon accounting, Smart Meetings spoke to Heather Griffin , vice president of marketing at Impact XM, to learn more about the company’s seven sustainable action areas for planning green meetings. Beach pollution at Kuta beach, Bali. of meeting and event space.

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Tourism eSchool

AUGUST 8, 2021

How does this change the way we market tourism brands? Map their Journey with your tourism brand. Typically, a SME tourism businesses will be trying to attract 1, maybe 2 Customer Personas, whereas a destination can have up to 3-5. Where are they going to find answers to these questions?

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Social Tables

JANUARY 4, 2018

You should also play with seating to boost engagement — theater-style seating is “so 2017.”. In fact, demand for such venues already rose 4% in 2017. It’s all part of the push for “local” that’s taking industries by storm — from food to goods and even tourism. In, 2017 most major mobile apps incorporated some form of AI.

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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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Crowdriff

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

. — lauramitchell (@lauradaugaard) August 29, 2017. This idea really struck us as fresh and relevant – which is why we wrote up this recap of his talk, along with some ideas on what it means to apply this concept to your own tourism marketing strategy. . — Colleen Raymond (@colleenraymond) August 23, 2017.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 15, 2022

She was later promoted to marketing and communications manager in 2010, and later, co-director in 2017. McCarron is general manager and Yurko is director of sales and marketing for Conrad Orlando, slated to open summer 2023. Kisskeys has worked with the organization since 2007, when she joined as office administrator.

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Solimar International

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Visitors can immerse themselves in the bustling markets, savor the local delicacies, and engage with the warm and hospitable locals. This case study explores the process of setting up a tourism development project for Cox’s Bazar. In recent years, Cox’s Bazar has experienced huge growth in tourism.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 14, 2024

Exploring the future of aviation, Arabian Travel Market (ATM), which takes place from 6-9 May at the Dubai World Trade Centre, will host prominent international airlines and aircraft manufacturers to discuss the latest industry innovations and solutions.

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Convene by PCMA

JULY 9, 2021

In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. One industry that both contributes to global warming and suffers from its negative effects is tourism. Nine other bureaus have signed on since then. Courtesy of Glasgow Convention Bureau). We Have a Great Responsibility’.

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Travel Daily Media

MARCH 23, 2018

million annual visitors, breaks 2017 record appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. In 2017, the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) hosted a whopping 353 MICE events including 103 mega-events that attracted 2.6 In 2017, DWTC hosted over 1.1 The post Dubai World Trade Centre crosses 3.3 Having welcomed 3.3

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Solimar International

AUGUST 5, 2021

A Tourism Improvement District (TID) is a revolutionary way to fund destination marketing programs. They are typically run by local businesses that collaborate and invest collectively to support the growth and development of their destination’s tourism industry. West Hollywood Tourism Improvement District Case Study.

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Convene by PCMA

AUGUST 20, 2021

Nestled in the heart of downtown, the freshly minted GCCC — which had a $140 million makeover in 2017 that added 47,000 square feet of exhibit and meeting space — boasts a total of 1.8 million square feet, four exhibit halls with 373,000 square feet of exhibit space, three ballrooms, and 75 meeting rooms.

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Interface Tourism Spain

MAY 10, 2022

Evolution of MICE tourism in Spain. As the tourism industry continues to expand and reach new heights, we can’t forget about one of the most prominent sectors within the industry, the MICE sector. MICE tourism is composed of four niche areas : Meetings. Why is MICE tourism important? All the news Back to newsroom.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The post CATA’s outlook for Central America tourism initiatives in 2018 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. An increase in first quarter visitors 2018, investments in tourism infrastructure, new flight routes and more regular connections between Europe and Central America spur multi-centre travel to the region.

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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. Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA) announced its latest tourism figures yesterday. Germany remained as the second biggest source market, up 4%, followed by the UK, up 13% on 2017.

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