Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

For the latest in can’t miss travel news, we cover levitating trains, travel market projections, the ultimate flight experience and more. Wondering what your business travel expenses might look like in 2025? Read what the CEO of Global Business Travel Forecast has to say. Dreaming of a 30-minute commute from Los Angeles to San Francisco? We have an update on how that’s inching closer to reality.

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EHL Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When a prospective guest is ready to book a hotel, there are several factors they’ll consider when making their decision. Once they’ve ticked off location and price, an important and often subconscious consideration is your hotel branding.

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Ronnie Collins Ronnie Collins, Visit Anaheim Collins is Visit Anaheim ’s new chief sales officer (CSO). Since joining Visit Anaheim in 2023, he has seen numerous successes, including redeploying Visit Anaheim’s meeting sales team to better service local hotels and launching several new programs, including an incentive program for hotels to generate group business.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

For events both big and small, Los Cabos is spoiled for choice when it comes to venues that complement the area’s generous natural beauty — from its mountainous, desert landscape to its dramatic perch on the Pacific Ocean. When it comes to hosting business events, the team at Visit Los Cabos follows a simple ethos: Raise the bar. This principle guides every step of the process, from the planning phase to execution, but it also rings true for everything the destination has to offer.

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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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Global DMC Alliance

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Discover business opportunities in Central Asia with insights on China, India, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

In the survey conducted by ResumeTemplates in the first week of September, one in 10 company leaders said they are increasing RTO days to drive employees to quit, with half citing it as a strategy to avoid layoffs. In mid-September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that the company is ending its hybrid work policy — extending a requirement to work from the office at least three days a week to five days a week after New Year’s Day.

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Convene by PCMA

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

With Lake Erie as a backdrop, sustainability expert Leor Rotchild shared case studies of sustainable business events held in Canada during the ASAE day trip. Earlier this year, when the team at Destination Canada brainstormed how they could add “oomph” to their brand activation at the 2024 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, they had an epiphany: Canada’s Pelee Island is just 20 minutes by air from Cleveland, ASAE’s host city.

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Creative Group Inc

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

We’ve earned a place on the MeetingsNet CMI 25 list of Largest U. S. Meeting and Incentive Travel Companies for 18 consecutive years by continuing to create unique, memorable, brand-focused experiences. Meeting planning companies have jumped at the opportunity to bring people together live to gather, share, learn , and celebrate in person, where deeper connections can be made.

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FICP

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

If you're heading to IMEX America , make it a priority in your schedule to connect with fellow FICP meetings professionals and hospitality partners at our informal meetup. We will be gathering on.

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Redfin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When you’re buying a home, one of the most important pieces of the puzzle is working with a real estate agent to guide you through the process. But how do these agents get paid, and who is responsible for covering their fees? This is where buyer agency compensation comes in. Traditionally, sellers have covered these costs, but recent changes following the NAR settlement have shifted the dynamics, making the process more transparent and completely negotiable between buyers and sellers.

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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.

Special Events

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Special Events industry news

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MeetingsNet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Salesforce’s big meeting brought 45,000 people to San Francisco last week. While organizers make it a high-profile, expertly produced event, here are three low-cost, attention-grabbing ideas from the show that anyone can try. With a national-park campground theme and a focus on artificial intelligence’s uses and benefits, Dreamforce ’24 was a hot ticket, drawing more than 45,000 people to the Moscone Center in San Francisco from September 17 to 19.

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Redfin

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

When listing your home for rent , there’s plenty to do like creating an application, finding tenants, and signing a lease agreement. One thing you’ll need to learn about is how to screen tenants during the application process. In this Redfin article, we’ll give you the step-by-step guide to screening renters, from setting application requirements to pre-screening tenants and verifying their information.

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