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Smart Travel: MICE Industry’s Positive Impact on Business Travel, Wynn Resorts’ Bigger Better UAE Plans Revealed, Indigenous Tourism Booms and More

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Wynn Al Marjan Island, located in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), is projected to open in 2027 and cost $5.1 Wynn Resorts’ New Financial Forecasts for Its UAE Project On Tuesday, Wynn Resorts debuted a significantly expanded presentation of its UAE casino project to investors and analysts. billion, a $1.2 billion increase from a previous estimate.

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Sustainable event venues and hotels in Rotterdam

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Where to Stay: Sustainable hotels in Rotterdam Rotterdam’s hotel sector, expanding to over 11,000 rooms by 2027, mirrors the city’s commitment to sustainable innovation.

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LA Tourism President: ‘Host an Event to Support the City’

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Planners and attendees can experience the host venues including the new Intuit Dome (host of NBA All-Star 26) and SoFi Stadium (host of the FIFA World Cup 26, Super Bowl LXI in 2027, and the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games).

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Top Reasons to Start Planning Your Next Meeting in Cincy

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Brand new headquarters hotel Within steps of the convention center, a new 800-room headquarters hotel is scheduled to begin construction in 2025 and open in 2027.

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What’s New in Omaha for 2025

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306 million streetcar system will run a 3-mile route between the downtown convention district through midtown, starting in 2027 For more information go to VisitOmaha.com/Meetings. The Fortune 300 insurance company is adding 800,000 square feet of office, meeting, and amenity space to the downtown area.

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New York City Hotel Licensing Fight: What Meeting Profs Need to Know

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But by 2027 or sooner, there will be “almost nothing” in the pipeline. Nice Planner! It’s Time to Demand Support for International Programs Freitag says New York City’s hotel development pipeline currently stands at about 8,000 rooms in construction. The pipeline in New York used to be 10,000 rooms,” he says. It gets worse.

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Australia Says G’Day to Returning Groups

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After reopening to the world in February, Robin Mack, executive general manager of commercial and business events with Tourism Australia , reported in an interview at IMEX that groups are coming back to the country with postponed and new events both for the coming months and out to 2027.