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Refract Seattle: The Power of Connecting Events to Local Community

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Read More: Public Art is Unifying, Function and Important How You Can Work Refract into Your Seattle Meetings Kris LaFata, Visit Seattle One of the great conundrums of planners in recent years: how do you get attendees engaged in new and exciting ways? Visit Seattle can also curate it to your attendee demographic.

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Incentive Travel 2025: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

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Read More: New and Renovated: Calling All Incentive Planners The Evolving Workplace The pandemic shook things up for office culture, and companies are still trying to find the best recipe to build an office culture in a hybrid and remote work environment. Theyre still concerned about cost and the attendee experience, Gregg continues.

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Hosting at Hispanic Cultural Centers

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How culture and history elevate events Celebrating cultural heritage, whether one’s own or that of others, is an engaging method to provoke thought and inspiration in attendees at events hosted at venues focused on celebrating various backgrounds. in the world.

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Qurator: Hawaii’s New, All-encompassing Tourism Certification Program

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It needs tourism, including groups, but its residents—especially but not only Native Hawaiians—have been increasingly upset about overtourism and degradation of the state’s fragile environment and treasured cultural sites. The aftermath of the tragic West Maui wildfire only sharpened divides. What to do?

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Luxury, Culture and White Lotus in Thailand

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Stay in Luxury With beachfront villas hugging the coast of Pak Nam Bay on the gulf of Thailand at the Aleenta Hua Hin Pranburi Resort & Spa , attendees can relax by the water in the beachfront villas, residencies and suites. Elephants have always been an important animal and a historical symbol of Thai culture.

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

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In the face of doubt, however, business travel has emerged with critical and pivotal strategies for recovery in its pocket and a renaissance of travel in its sights, as evidenced by American Express Global Business Travel (GBT)’s white paper, “ Why Business Travel Is the Center of the New Company Culture.” The Great Reprioritization.

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Events in 2025: Creating a Foundation of Connection

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Hybrid formats blur the lines between in-person and digital experiences, inviting remote and on-site attendees into shared moments, where everyone feels like they have a seat at the table. Similarly, inclusivity in 2025 will go beyond checking boxes; it’s about creating spaces where attendees feel free to show up fully as themselves.

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