The MICE Blog

MARCH 27, 2025

The AER Annual Conference 2023 marked a new beginning after two years of planning under pandemic conditions. Held in Amsterdam, this event for the Alliance of Independent Travel Agencies (AER) brought together 500 travel agencies and 400 specialized tour operators, with a large portion focused on sustainable travel.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2025

Read More : Empowering a New Generation of Association Leaders Becker is proud of how the program partners with the meetings and events industry to include students in Outlook Forum , IMEX and other travel industry gatherings to see first-hand the types of career paths possible. and the students were enthusiastic.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In December 2024, Adrianne Glass and Laura English traveled to historic Ybor City to meet with some of Florida’s finest. What we do here truly matters to the overall Florida tourism industry. Community : Although this was not one of the conference topics, it is crucial. It was such a fun and unique place to explore.

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ETC Corporate

JUNE 1, 2021

European tourism bodies providing the essential leadership to reassure consumers that safe and seamless travel is possible in summer 2021. Multi-channel digital campaign will drive engagement across Europe to stimulate pent-up demand for travel. Open Up to Europe’ – New Campaign to Kick-Start Summer Season.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 10, 2022

and namesake for the hospitality school in the NYU School of Professional Studies, was realistic about the effects of Covid on the travel industry but remained optimistic about the upward trends of 2022. He said in his opening remarks, “Travel is essential to the way we work and live–because it has tremendous potential to connect us.”.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 18, 2023

With cannabis gaining momentum in state legislations and shedding its stigma to be more visible in mainstream culture, cannabis travel and tourism is a fast-rising market. A: Cannabis travel consultant. Some people consider me a subject matter expert in cannabis and hemp travel and tourism.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2022

Ferguson came together at Union Market for its annual Travel Rally, held during U.S. Travel Association’s National Travel and Tourism Week—which happened this past week—where they discussed the region’s forecast and data from 2021. Travel, overseas visitation will likely not reach 2019 levels until 2025.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 21, 2022

Tourism, for all its economic and personal growth potential, has a massive environmental footprint. Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In 2018, international visitors accounted for 81% of Bangkok’s tourism spend. In 2020, leisure travel accounted for 80.4% Paris and 10.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 15, 2021

By all measures, this week’s Destinations International Annual Conference 2021 (AC21) in Baltimore, Maryland, was a huge success. Or a completely on-site event at the scale of the 2019 conference in St. No one knew what the world would look like in July, what would be allowed and whether people would be comfortable traveling. “We

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Dana Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tourism is fascinating. Tourism is exhilarating. Tourism is also easily affected. Those of us in the tourism industry know all too well that in the blink of an eye, a natural disaster can turn a beautiful top-selling destination into a disaster zone. With tourism after a natural disaster focus on the positive.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 18, 2024

Experts from around the world share what impacts global travel California may be the ultimate playground, but the reasons people come from all over the world—or don’t in the numbers they did pre-pandemic in some cases—vary by region. What flights were in place, were expensive, partly because of Chinese travelers bidding up demand.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 1, 2021

Travel Association believes professional meetings and events (PME) suffer from being lumped in with other gatherings—and is working to change that. Relying on the most current travel-sector data from The Ohio State University and Tourism Economics, U.S. businesses are engaging in business travel. Travel Association. “A

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The post Red Dot Representations inks partnership with Sri Lanka’s Hayleys Travels appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. This partnership also marks a new chapter in promoting Sri Lanka as a premier travel destination, reinforcing Hayleys Travels’ leadership in the industry.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Read on for Smart Travels latest cant-miss headlines. At one point, an estimated 2,500 workers at Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott International hotels affected 27% of San Franciscos hotel inventory, deeply impacting the citys travel sector. Stressed about San Franciscos hotel strike and how it will impact an upcoming meeting?

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ETC Corporate

MARCH 6, 2023

The European Travel Commission (ETC) today hosted a joint press conference with Tourism Economics and European Tourism Association (ETOA) at ITB Berlin on the state of long-haul travel recovery to Europe and expectations for 2023.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 15, 2022

Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection , the North American-based travel insurance company, released its annual “ Safest Places to Travel 2022 ” list just before the start of this year, detailed in a report by market researcher Kit Kiefer. Harpa Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Center in Iceland. Its 21,600-plus sq.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 5, 2022

After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. Read More : What Meeting Profs Get Wrong About DEI—and How to Start Fixing It.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 7, 2023

“This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Let’s take a deeper dive into why events and business travel might float above the turbulence.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 1, 2022

Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow will be inducted into U.S. Travel’s Hall of Leaders. Dow will be the 104th travel inductee to be named in the Hall of Leaders since its establishment in 1969. Travel for the last 17 years. Before he entered the travel industry, Dow served in the U.S. Travel on Nov.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2024

Welcome to Smart Travel, where we’ll be spotlighting the latest can’t-miss travel news, from groundbreaking studies and data to tips on decompressing from your next destination meeting. Travel tech tools you need in your carry-on? The CDC Has Updated Travel Regulations for Dogs, Effective Now On Aug. We have you covered.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 3, 2025

One warm summer day in 2024, Eming and I locked ourselves in the conference room to hunker down and figure out how we could bring our podcast to the forefront of the meetings industry. Major world events invariably influence our sector, highlighting the critical role tourism plays on the international stage. What does GMID mean to you?

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 26, 2022

Weekly travel updates for the busy meeting professional. Norway Drops Covid-19 Travel Quarantine. Upon a recommendation from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the Norwegian government is removing current requirements for travel quarantine during Covid-19. Covid-19 Updates. 1 for construction.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become increasingly important as the travel and tourism industries are surging into 2023. Corporate sponsorship allows Invisible Cities to provide skill training for their employees, bring tourism to the city and create a team-building experience that will inspire understanding amongst a group.

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Social Tables

JANUARY 14, 2022

Many hospitality conferences and conventions were virtual or hybrid events , while others were forced to cancel altogether. 2021 also brought about many exciting developments in hospitality technology, digital marketing, hotel services, and changes in travel trends. HFTP Mid-South Atlantic Regional Conference . Cvent CONNECT.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

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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Smart Meetings

APRIL 22, 2024

This summer is looking at experiential travel—whether that be a relaxing health and wellness retreat, a culturally rich destination or an environmentally conscious and responsible gathering, summer 2024 trends are geared towards progressive practices.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

JANUARY 10, 2023

Becca is more than familiar with the travel industry as her family owns and operates Luray Caverns in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Becca grew up attending tourism conferences and events with her mom where she got the bug to continue to craft her career in the industry. ” -Becca Meyers. .

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The travel and tourism industry lost an estimated 62 million jobs globally during the pandemic according to Statista.com. While demand for hotel and restaurant workers came back relatively quickly once people started traveling and meeting again, job-seekers were more reluctant. How ‘venge travel is impacting event planning.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 24, 2024

That Tuesday afternoon of the conference, DI held a volunteer activity with Feeding Tampa Bay , a local nonprofit that works to tackle food insecurity. Donations given by attendees throughout the conference were directed to Feeding Tampa Bay, as well as two more local nonprofits: Dress for Success Tampa Bay and Rebuilding Together Tampa Bay.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, Covid-19 was the chubby kid that sat on our seesaw, ruined our fun and crashed incentive travel into the ground. Question: When will be the magical moment that sparks the tipping point for the return of incentive travel ? Individual Travel Rebounds Faster. Spoiler alert. It has already occurred. Here is why. .

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

She has presented at multiple conferences including Destinations Florida Marketing Summit and Florida Governor’s Conference. The post New Employee Spotlight: Adrianne Glass appeared first on Advance Travel and Tourism.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Travel Association , after having close ties in meeting production over the years. This move aims to “[provide] greater value to coalition members as business travel and professional meetings and events rebuild from steep pandemic-related losses,” a press release reads. Travel, this move will further aid the industry’s recovery.

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Travel Daily Media

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The post TIS2022 to define the future of global tourism appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. TIS – Tourism Innovation Summit 2022, the technology event for travel and tourism professionals, returns to Seville (Spain) from 2 to 4 November.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 13, 2022

At the local level, it is exciting to see new meeting and conference sectors emerge that engage a new market and heighten our ability to reach new visitors.”. – Mallory Snyder , vice president of communications and strategic development, Visit York County. . – Amy Shen , sales coordinator, Destination Toronto. “I

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Travel Daily Media

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

The post Phetchaburi, Thailand to host PATA Destination Marketing Forum appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) made the announcement on Friday, 1st November, and the event will be held from 12 to 14 November at the Dusit Thani Hua Hin Hotel.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 21, 2022

We are at a significant time in the travel industry where we need to authentically reconnect with people and respect the places we choose to visit,” President and CEO of Destinations International Don Welsh said. Global All-Star panel agreed that creative, intentional tourism management can be a source for good. Much Respect. “We

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