Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. Destinations International Released New Destination Booking Agreement. On Wednesday, Destinations International released the Destination Booking Agreement (DBA), a new toolkit, establishing mutually agreeable terms to provide accountability to protect both event planners and destinations.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2022

The free course in partnership with Tourism Cares discusses how to offset carbon emissions, find sustainable suppliers and offer equal opportunities for women. The best way to combat climate change is through large-scale action, which is where WeTravel Academy ’s new sustainable tourism course comes in. More Travel-focused Resources.

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ETC Corporate

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Almost 70% of all surveyed Europeans plan to travel by the end of January 2022. Almost 70% of Europeans surveyed stated they have plans to travel between July 2021 and January 2022, while significantly fewer expressed unwillingness (17%) or uncertainty (15%) about travelling in the short-term.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Advocacy within the travel, tourism and hospitality industries takes on many forms. Smart Meetings has collected a list of advocacy stories from 2022 and we are all excited to see even more in the new year. Read More : 2022 Smart Women in Meetings: Visionary. The post Best of 2022: Advocacy appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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ETC Corporate

OCTOBER 28, 2021

66% of Europeans plan trips through March 2022, while increased confidence on when, where and how to travel indicates a positive tourism outlook for the coming months. At the same time, trip planning is becoming more last-minute, since only 29% of Europeans with travel plans for October or November have fully booked their trip.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JUNE 25, 2024

Labor Day and Beyond According to a travel survey by Deloitte , the busy 2024 travel season is extending into fall, with 17% of Americans planning post-Labor Day vacation trips in September, up from 12% in 2022. The post Strong Domestic Summer & Fall Travel Outlook for 2024 appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The post TIS2022 to define the future of global tourism appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2022, the technology event for travel and tourism professionals, returns to Seville (Spain) from 2 to 4 November.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Dale Chihuly, Persian Ceiling and Rondel Doors, 1999, The Boathouse, Seattle, 2022 © Chihuly Studio. All rights reserved Though the studio is usually not open to the public except on the Refract tours, it can also be booked for private events. Planners can even add on glassblowing demonstrations and a tour.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 5, 2021

According to a March article in The Washington Post , Royal Caribbean Group has seen a 30 percent increase in new bookings in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the last two months of 2020. Interestingly, he noted, revenue for 2022 reservations is 24 percent higher, possibly reflecting that cruisers are booking more expensive vacations.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

OCTOBER 1, 2022

As Globest reported, STR listings are expected to grow faster in 2022 than in the previous ten years. Here are some thoughts on leveraging your short-term rentals in tourism marketing. Thankfully, destinations can offset the valleys by encouraging off-season visitors to book STRs for longer periods of time. Like what you see?

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

The 10th NYC Experience Wellness and Travel Media event presented by Organic Spa Media on June 17, 2022 highlighted five major wellness trends that meeting planners should be aware of in booking spa experiences or resorts with wellness-centered offerings. These trends have relevance for planners in a variety of ways.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 25, 2022

Indianapolis, Las Vegas, and numerous other cities have since bounced back and are reporting high occupancies and big convention numbers to prove that the tourism and hospitality industries have regained stability amid a prodigious couple of years. . Read More: Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022-Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. Why the Rapid Growth in International Travel?

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Smart Meetings

MAY 18, 2023

This is the second consecutive year of waning passenger satisfaction, following a 22-point decline in 2022 from 2021. The biggest factor driving this year’s decline in satisfaction is cost and fees, which has fallen 17 points from 2022. The study was fielded from March 2022 through March 2023.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

MAY 15, 2023

Travel foundation predicts an increase in spending compared to 2022, and even when compared to levels in 2019. On average, people are booking trips farther in advance than in 2019, with half of respondents already planning trips for summer.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The post 92% to use agents to book luxury trips in 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. As per the research presented at ILTM ASIA PACIFIC 2022 opening forum, the future of this region has huge potential for luxury travel brands around the world. So ILTM is the key trade show for us in Asia”.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Over 60 events already committed to the book for 2023 and with dozens of holds in place, the ACC is on its way to not having a weekend free until August. Discover Albany , which heads tourism promotion within Albany County, crunched the numbers for 2022, and hotel room revenue and occupancy are up.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Read More : WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth. Sixty-five percent of North American respondents expect their meeting spend to increase, compared to 68% in 2022; 12% of those expect a spend increase of 11% or more. Global in-person attendance is predicted to rise 3.3% for conferences and tradeshows and 4.2%

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JULY 12, 2022

We all saw travel decrease dramatically in 2020 as flights and bookings were canceled due to COVID-19. However, even though domestic flights have increased so far for 2022, bookings have decreased by 2.3 Higher fares seem to play a significant part in the booking deficit. appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 10, 2022

and namesake for the hospitality school in the NYU School of Professional Studies, was realistic about the effects of Covid on the travel industry but remained optimistic about the upward trends of 2022. That same day on Twitter, Adams celebrated a rebound in hotel demand as bookings reached 95% of pre-pandemic levels over Memorial Day week.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 22, 2022

When waiting around in an airport, the temptation is strong to book last-minute activities, additional hotel stays or different flights, but the security around public networks isn’t strong enough to protect any sensitive information you enter. To mitigate this risk, book online plans at home or with a more secure hotel Wi-Fi network.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 18, 2022

Cut to 2022 and Revel has morphed and rebranded as Ocean Casino and Resort, Atlantic City’s chic-est denizen, sitting at the tail end of Atlantic City Beach and still “reveling” in its enviable location. Read More : Sustainability, Regenerative Tourism and Getting Back to Business in Atlantic City.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

He has led an outstanding sales team that achieved 116 percent of the room revenue booking goal in 2022. Margaux Helm Margaux Helm Helm steps in as marketing manager for meetings at Visit Seattle , the city’s tourism and promotion bureau. He has received numerous awards including the President’s Award for Sales Excellence.

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The MICE Blog

JULY 8, 2024

The pass can be booked for durations of 3, 4, 6, 8, or 15 days, offering significant savings in both time and money. Residenz’ since February 2022: The Neubad apartment serves as a retreat for creative and sociocultural short and long stays, actively promoting art and networking. They can also suggest local giveaways.

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The post Artificial Intelligence, data analytics and augmented reality for transforming tourism appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. Tourism Innovation Summit 2022 has once again hosted the Touristech Startup Fest entrepreneurship competition. Beder has won the Telefónica Award.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

He has worked with The Salamander Collection since 2022, formerly overseeing Aurora Anguilla Resort & Golf Club. Bringing over 35 years of experience in international tourism and hotel business, Arnold is an incredible choice to manage the hotels’ growth in a prime alpine destination.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The post TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit selects the top 40 startups impacting tourism worldwide appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. A dozen startups have been recognised at the Touristech Startup Fest 2023, the global entrepreneurship competition hosted every year by TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit.

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Solimar International

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The tourism industry looked very different merely 10 years ago. Read on to learn the history of how social media changed the tourism industry. The tourism industry before social media. They decide to go on the trip, making their payments to tourism businesses to book flights, hotels, and activities.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 19, 2022

Florida Tourism has released Quarter One (January to March) results for travel to the state in 2022. Not surprisingly, travel is up and hotel bookings are strong, with a 36 million total visitor figure, a 39.6% during Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2021 and were down from Q1 2019 by 5.5%. Florida Continues to Come Back Strong.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 13, 2022

— JT Long (@SmartMtgsJT) October 13, 2022. Destinations International Released New Destination Booking Agreement. Members of the @destintl Large Market Roundtable announced the new Destinations Booking Agreement at #IMEX22 , establishing best practices to protect both destinations and #business #events #strategists.

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Tourism eSchool

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Profitability and sales margins are a worry for many tourism business owners, especially when you only have a certain number of tours seats, hire vehicles or beds to sell, or if you need a certain number of visitors through your doors to break-even. So how do you offer a premium product offering in your tourism business? Access to you.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Savelli is not alone in that observation.

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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? A recent article from Think with Google stated that YouTube reached more than 17 million Australian adults in May 2022 — more than 85% of the country’s population. Well, now is the time to give it some love with some simple updates! New to YouTube?

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Tourism eSchool

APRIL 26, 2021

Our key Takeaways from the Victorian Tourism Conference 2021. Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events. Tourism spend hasn’t been that low for 15 yrs. Government is committed to ensuring our tourism sector thrives again. Regional tourism has an incredibly important role to play in recovery. By Paige Rowett.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 25, 2023

After two years of being at home and the revenge travel surge of 2022, the world has welcomed a more, shall we say, logical approach to vacationing. Transformational Retreats Travelers are booking destinations that offer life-altering experiences, not just pretty views. People are traveling again. Really traveling. To exotic places.

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Travel Daily Media

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The post Céline Cousteau and Alfonso Vegara to discuss how to promote responsible tourism at TIS 2023 appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. From October 18 to 20, more than 7,000 tourism professionals from around the world will gather in Seville (Spain) to learn first-hand about the latest trends in tourism innovation.

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Achieve Incentives

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Are you trying to plan for your 2022 event budget and not quite sure where to start? Now that tourism and events are rebounding, destinations are working to secure revenue however they can to build back their economies. While some destinations are adding taxes, others are providing great incentives to book your event there.

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