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Smart Travel: Mystery Destination Flights Sell Out in 4 Minutes, Jordan Tourism Board Teams Up with Leading Travel App, Hyatt Announces New Brand Hyatt Select and More

Smart Meetings

For meeting profs planning MENA events, Expo City Dubais Dubai Exhibition Centre and Expo Village provide a compelling venue that promises world-class facilities within a sustainable community. Its proximity to Al Maktoum International Airport, Jebel Ali Port and public transport options enhance accessibility for international attendees.

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The Future Is Now: The Case Of Event App Design

Endless Events

After the pandemic hit, virtual event platforms essentially started replacing venues. ” Speculations For 2040: VR Will Finally Take Over. What about 2040? . “Pretty much every major conference had its own event app as we were moving into 2020,” says Brandt.

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California Passes Extensive Climate, Clean Energy Bill

Smart Meetings

The overall goal of the newly passed legislation is to codify new benchmarks in the state to have California at 90% clean energy by 2035, 95% by 2040 and 100% clean energy by 2045. Read More : Healthy World: Is Net-zero Enough? Hospitality, Tourism Industries Combat Climate Change.

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Seattle Convention Center Set to Open Summit Expansion Next Month

Smart Meetings

When the expansion was announced in 2017, the convention center was known as Washington State Convention Center, but the new name and differentiated buildings better reflect the location, funding and profile of the venues, Jeff Blosser, president and CEO of Seattle Convention Center shared.

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Earth Day 2024: Ending Single-Use Plastic

Convene by PCMA

The official theme for Earth Day 2024 is “Planet vs. Plastic,” a call to arms issued by Earthday.org to reduce all plastic production by 60 percent by 2040 and to rapidly phase out all single-use plastics by 2030.

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ITB India 2024 Conference to reveal key trends in the South Asia Travel Market

Travel Daily Media

India’s growing outbound and domestic travel India’s travel industry is on a remarkable growth trajectory, with total travel expenditure set to reach $410 billion by 2030 [1] and outbound travel expected to surpass 80 million travellers by 2040 [2].

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Taking Carbon off Event Menus

Convene by PCMA

(Courtesy Levy UK + Ireland) Four million delegates will pass through the doors of ExCeL London this year, arriving for meetings on oncology, robotics, tattoos, firefighting, and AI — the usual gamut for the massive event venue on the city’s Royal Docks. s most well-known venues, including sports stadiums and OVO Arena Wembley.