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

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In a quest to better understand what is really happening in Southern California after the well-publicized fires last month, we asked Los Angeles Tourism President and CEO Adam Burke what meeting professionals can expect when they arrive. He described a city physically intact, but mourning emotional losses and eager to return to work and life.

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Brand USA Focus on MICE and Special Events Could Expand Annual Global Travel Beyond 90 Million in the Future

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is on track to welcome 90 million visitors one year ahead of the goal outlined by the National Travel and Tourism Strategy report. tourism ecosystem. Read More: Celebrate World Tourism Day What is the biggest challenge to growing incoming global travel? That number is up from 79 million in 2019. Travel Association and the U.S.

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A City Within a City to Launch in SoCal

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Anaheim, since the dawn of Disney, has been a huge driver for Orange County, for Southern California, for travel tourism,” says Pederson. Yet this tourism has been largely family oriented. Two world class hotels will be added between 2026 and 2028 to the ocV!BE 2028 – By 2028, ocV! Pederson says ocV!BE

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Smart Travel: Flying Taxi Startup Raises Millions, Armenia Debuts Top Luxury Destination, Marriott Acquires Postcard Cabins and More

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Dubai Marks Progress in Tourism, Events and Sustainability in 2024 With nearly 15 million overnight visitors as of October 2024, Dubai has hit its stride as a top international destination for tourism, meetings and events. Read on for the latest in travel news, brought to you by Smart Travel.

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IHG Hotels Launches Vignette Collection, a ‘Conversion Brand’

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At the brand’s conception, the plan was to open around 200 hotels by 2028. Voco was created in 2018 and currently has 19 properties around the globe in countries as varied as the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, Australia and Austria. In 2015, a study by PKF Hospitality Research found that 1/3 of U.S.

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Philippines to host the 1st ever UN Tourism Gastronomy Forum

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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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Trends Report 2025: Meeting and Event ‘Destination Dupes’

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Growth is expected to continue to gradually moderate, resulting in an annual compound growth rate of 7 percent from 2025 to 2028. And less crowded: Over the summer, thousands of locals turned up in several European tourism hotspots like Barcelona to protest tourists taking over their cities. billion expansion by 2028.

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