Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

Nicole Okuna Nicole Okuna, The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort Okuna is appointed as general manager of The Royal Hawaiian, a Luxury Collection Resort. Most recently serving as hotel manager at the same property, Okuna was a driving force in elevating guest experiences at Pink Palace of the Pacific and leading key multi-hotel initiatives across Marriott’s Waikiki Collection.

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Motivation Excellence

JULY 12, 2024

This is a hard blog to write. The passing of David Jobes leaves a huge hole for us as his work family. Please follow this link to view the official company press release. Continue reading here to get the personal side of David’s impact on all of us at Motivation Excellence. David was hired by our founder, Greg Lewis, seven years after the company started.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

Before Ronda Keys was a CMP Fellow —and a CMM, CEM, DES, CTA, HMCC and the assistant director of events at The Universities at Shady Grove —she was a little girl planning events complete with themes, invitations and menus for her Barbie dolls. She says, “Event design was a passion of mine at an early age!” Today, she is a confident planner, with prowess and passion.

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Traveler's Q

JULY 12, 2024

Revolutionizing Diversity with AI Imagine a corporate event where every culture is celebrated, every voice is heard, and every attendee feels included. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), this vision is not only possible but also practical. AI is revolutionizing how we plan and execute events, making them more inclusive, personalized, and efficient.

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TravelBoom and sister agency, The Brandon Agency, release new consumer sentiment study on travel amidst the COVID-19 second wave

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MeetingsNet

JULY 12, 2024

A major survey of planners finds that as meeting costs keep rising, sustainability slides down the list of priorities. With rising prices squeezing business-event budgets in many areas, planners are increasingly basing their venue and service-vendor choices on “value for money” while focusing less on sustainability factors. This is according to the International Planner Sentiment Report from The Power of Events, a U.K.

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 12, 2024

The post Venue and industry Association Partners announced for inaugural IBTM Asia Pacific appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. The must attend two-day event for the Asia Pacific MICE industry takes place 19 – 20 March 2025 at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. IBTM World organiser, RX, has announced the international and regional chapter associations: ICCA Asia Pacific, MPI and IAPCO as its supporting partners for the inaugural IBTM Asia Pacific, which will take place from

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Travel Daily Media

JULY 12, 2024

The post Malaysia Airlines hosts first-ever trade elevation summit appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Malaysia Airlines successfully hosted the first-ever Malaysia Airlines Trade Elevation Summit, the largest industry event of its kind in the country. A collaborative effort with Tourism Malaysia (TM) and the Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), the summit helped advance the goals of Visit Malaysia Year 2026 while positioning Kuala Lumpur as a gateway fo

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InEvent

JULY 12, 2024

We see the education niche changing and evolving, with particular zeal after the post-pandemic 2020 and the post-ChatGPT 2022. AI-based tools kicked their way into the landscape, making edu experts rethink the approach to teaching and assessing students. Numerous global education events confirm: Driven by technological advancements, the dynamic landscape of EdTech is ready to … Post The 14 Best Education Events in 2024 showed as first in InEvent.

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Special Events

JULY 12, 2024

Special Events industry news

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Smart Meetings

JULY 12, 2024

The opening gavel for the Republican National Convention will resound in Milwaukee on July 15, and the Democrats will follow with their quadrennial gathering, in Chicago, on Aug. 19. Each national convention is predicted to draw some 50,000 visitors to those cities and regions. And each will be bookended by a flurry of events hosted by local leaders, lobbyists and others who hope to hold sway with the nation’s elected officials, convention delegates, political pundits and the media.

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The evolution of the DMC industry requires that it embark upon a renewed relationship with clients that is built upon transparency, trust, and understanding.