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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

Smart Meetings

Tourism, for all its economic and personal growth potential, has a massive environmental footprint. Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. Between 2005 and 2017, London saw an increase of 10.8 In 2018, international visitors accounted for 81% of Bangkok’s tourism spend. Paris and 10.

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Feeling Good: 2022 Wellness Tourism Trends

Dana Communications

When the global pandemic that started unfolding in 2020 shifted all of our lives dramatically, it fueled a wellness crisis—physical, mental and spiritual—in addition to putting the brakes on travel and resulting tourism revenue. The Global Wellness Institute (GWI) projects that after the 2017-2019 boom and then bust of -39.5%

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Cannabis Tourism: Igniting a Special Interest Segment

Dana Communications

We’re also touching on what’s happening in the tour operator and hospitality spaces to give you a fuller picture of cannabis tourism. THC in CO As one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana, Colorado has been riding the high of cannabis tourism for years. 117 or lkaniper@danacommunications.com today.

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Exploring the 2022 Trends Inside the Solo Travel Trend

Dana Communications

In fact, we’ve been blogging about it since 2017. Don’t make the mistake of equating wellness tourism to just another spa getaway. from 2015 to 2017—a rate twice that of tourism overall. New for 2022: Wellness tourism was clearly on the rise even before the pandemic struck. Solo travel is nothing new.

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Team Spotlight: Brittany

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Brittany began her career in advertising at the Atlanta Journal Constitution in 2017 where she worked as a Multimedia Coordinator and was later promoted to Client Support Specialist. The post Team Spotlight: Brittany appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism. Brittany then came to Advance in October 2021.

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Smart Moves in Reno, Paradise Coast and More

Smart Meetings

He brings over 30 years of expertise in the travel and tourism industry and has served in executive roles local to the region for 15 years. He served as vice president of sales for RSCVA since 2017 and is a third-generation Nevadan. Cory Rosenberg Cory Rosenberg, PRA Rosenberg joins PRA as regional vice president.

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Economic Impact of Meetings Industry Tops $1 Trillion

Smart Meetings

Created in partnership with the Events Industry Council (EIC), IMEX, Hilton, MPI Foundation and PCMA Education Foundation, the study combines the findings of multiple, national-level studies conducted on behalf of the World Travel and Tourism Council, and models formulated by Oxford Economics. EIC calls the study a critical tool.

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