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Why Planners Choose the Pennsylvania Convention Center

Smart Meetings

Add in a multimillion-dollar investment in cutting-edge technology, customer service training, and progressive exhibitor policies, and its easy to see why the Center continues to attract some of the industrys most significant events to Philadelphia. The training program revolves around three pillars Safety, Skills and Smiles.

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Celebrate World Tourism Day

Smart Meetings

The industry can anticipate the need for investment in education and skills as their workforce looks towards welcoming millions of graduates and adding 800,000 jobs requiring vocational training by 2030. trillion investment opportunity in the green buildings sector by 2030. Reducing emissions brings a $24.7

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ExCel London Paves the Way for Green Meetings

Smart Meetings

It is a Planet Mark-certified business and a signatory of the Net Zero Carbon Events Pledge —which means it has committed to accomplishing a 50% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. The company will invest in training to upskill employees and provide personal career development. In 2022, the center was the first U.K.

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Sustainable event ideas in Lucerne

The MICE Blog

Just under an hour by train from Zurich, Lucerne offers a quintessential Swiss experience, complete with top-notch infrastructure for business events. If you don’t have the Swiss Travel Pass, you can get the Visitor Card Lucerne at the hotel for bus and train rides within the city, valid throughout your entire stay.

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SwissSkills Bern 2022 – Shaping the future for young people 

The MICE Blog

Over 60 percent of young adults in Switzerland choose vocational training or apprenticeship over an academic path. Vocational training is common in many countries around the world. The vocational education and training system in Switzerland is unique in the world . They can still have a chance to pursue a higher education later.

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Imagination And Events: Immersive Events Through Storytelling

Endless Events

In this case, there was a program that they were unveiling about a new visa program to encourage tourism as part of their 2030 vision to sort of diversify their country. And we definitely value that compliance, and we have training. And we all have to do some training on it and make sure we know it and tested on it.

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Smart Travel: New Dubai Hotels Focus on Luxury, Reed & Mackay Expands to France, Customized Travel Study Analyzes Key Players and More

Smart Meetings

Nicer will provide recruitment, onboarding and training of new advisors and employ the learning-management systems and training resources of Global Travel Collection. The latter has acquired a 50% stake in the former, granting In the Know Experiences agents free access to Nicer’s technology, which creates a more efficient workflow.

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