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Labor Day Spotlight: The Growing Demand for Specialized Freelance Meeting Planners

Smart Meetings

Additionally, the freelance marketplace is evolving with regulatory changes aimed at better worker classification compliance and providing freelancers with access to benefits like health insurance and retirement plans. Event Marketing Roles : Specialists who promote and market events to target audiences.

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St. Gallen: Your Complete Guide to a Top Business Event Destination

The MICE Blog

This progress is further fuelled by proactive government initiatives supporting startups. With an investment strategy aimed at empowering entrepreneurs, the local government is enhancing St. Recognising the advantages of a robust startup ecosystem, the government of St.

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Top Business Travel Trends Coming in 2024

Smart Meetings

Harrison explains that this style of bleisure presents both challenges and benefits for businesses: how do they face tax implications for employees working remotely in different countries? How do they ensure cybersecurity? How do they navigate timely coordination and clear communication across different time zones?

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Closed User Groups in Travel: Benefits, Examples, and Best Practices to Enable a CUG Strategy

AltexSoft Travel

They are a way for travel vendors to offer discounted airfares, hotels, car rentals , and other perks and benefits to certain clients, while also potentially increasing sales and customer loyalty. By offering special perks and benefits to CUG members, hospitality businesses can foster customer loyalty and encourage repeat business.

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Charting New Waters: Maldives Debuts First Sustainable Destination Management Organization

Solimar International

A shift in government regulations in 2009 transformed the Maldives’ tourism landscape. Despite this opportunity, many guest houses have struggled to reach the market and ensure that tourism benefits the local community. Tourism is the core of the Maldivian economy, significantly contributing to the national GDP.

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Power of Partnership Stewardship Summit (POPS)

Smart Meetings

The need for change in travel and tourism The hospitality industry is continuing its efforts towards improving sustainability, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) with cross-sector discussions and in-person activities. The Travel Foundation and the U.S.

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International visitor numbers to Vietnam grew to10 million in the first 7 months of 2024, a 51% increase vis-à-vis 2023: Nguyen Van Dung

Travel Daily Media

Following this global trend and fulfilling the Vietnamese Government’s commitment to Net Zero emissions, Vietnam has implemented numerous programs and plans for sustainable development across all sectors, including tourism. “To

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