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5 Major Wellness Trends for Meeting Planners to Know Now

Smart Meetings

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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Starting IPW 2022 with a Green Bang: Tourism Cares Pledges $10,000 to IDEAS for Us

Smart Meetings

A community garden volunteer event serves as the perfect opener for IPW 2022. In addition to presenting American tourism to international planners, a series of panels, summits and workshops offer attendees many opportunities for personal and professional growth. Growth in the Ground and the Convention Attendee.

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Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances

Smart Meetings

Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds.

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Here’s Why Your Event Budget Needs to Increase in 2023

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More than simply stretching our pre-existing 2022 budgets thin might be required in this climate. Book venues with renewable energy sources like solar panels. Consequently, catering prices have increased in 2022 too, and you should budget for those price hikes. . Higher Food and Beverage Costs. in the last year.

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NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference Starts with Hopeful Vision of Return to Travel

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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. Speaking on the panel was Keith Barr, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts; Sébastien M. Tisch, CEO of Loews Hotels & Co.

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The Industry Comes Together for GMID 2023

Smart Meetings

Greater Philadelphia Chapter held an event titled Meetings Matter: Trends and Tactics. New Orleans & Company New Orleans & Company hosted an interactive panel discussion at Hyatt Regency New Orleans’ Empire Ballroom. In 2022, Atlantic City hosted 209 events, resulting in $300 million in economic impact.

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State of In-Person Events: Who’s Booking What, Where & When?

Smart Meetings

ELI CEO Howard Givner will be moderating the panel and invited Smart Meetings to listen in on the pre-event prep call. Positivity sentiment rose from 30 percent in February to 45 percent in April, and by all accounts those numbers have continued their upward trend in May. Below are some of the key takeaways. 75 in February to.81

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