MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

The @Event Minds Matter community will help you ensure your 2023 journey is led with care, self-awareness and happiness.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

This year’s tax deadline is Tuesday, April 18 but for those late filers or for those self-employed meeting planners just waiting to sign and send, a last-minute check is always a good idea. Some things have changed and some have remained the same. We spoke to Bonnie Lee, an Enrolled IRS Agent whose California-based firm, Taxpertise, specializes in the self-employed.

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ETC Corporate

APRIL 13, 2023

About 72% of Europeans intend to travel between April and September this year. Leisure remains the primary reason for travel (69%), though the drop of 7% over 2022 suggests a potential slowdown in the post-pandemic ‘revenge’ travel. Business travel, in contrast, has recorded a 3% annual increase, now accounting for 8% of all intended trips.

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Endless Events

APRIL 13, 2023

Amid industry-wide event budget cuts, global inflation, and nationwide layoffs, teams across the events industry are forced to decide which things to keep, remove, or reduce in the budget. So in this episode of the Event Brew podcast , the crew shares their thoughts on what they’d keep, cut, and remove. But before we dive into budgets, let’s introduce our special co-host, Xander Castro.

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Join us and connect with experts at the 3rd International Conference on Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases”, scheduled on May 05-06, 2025 in Dubai, UAE with the theme of “Novel Progression Towards the Heart and Cardiovascular Research”.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 14, 2023

April is Autism Awareness Month, the perfect time for meeting professionals to commit to learning more about how a few simple changes can improve the meeting experience for neurodiverse attendees. As the growing interest in workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion expands, meeting professionals are considering how events can be more inclusive for neurodiverse attendees, including those with autism.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 13, 2023

On this episode of What One Thing? Marin Bright speaks to Jade Simmons on what led her to find her purpose in public speaking, playing piano, and a look into her new book Purpose The Remix: A Mind-Blowing Reunderstanding of Purpose and How It Works. The post What One Thing? with Jade Simmons appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Pádraic Gilligan, chief marketing officer for SITE, will walk attendees through the latest trends in incentive travel and its “awesome, transformational power” at MPI’s EMEC Brighton, 26-28 March.

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Special Events

APRIL 12, 2023

Leading Caterers of America treated to three-course dinner

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

An incentive destination for the new generation Any time a hit television show features a distinct destination, meeting professionals get interested and the tourism industry of that location gets a real boost. It has recently been reported that season three of the wildly popular dark-comedy series White Lotus will be taking place in Thailand. According to Dana O’Malley, CEO of Kindred Public Relations representing Aleenta Resorts & Spas, the producers of the hit show say the new season in Th

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 10, 2023

The company will begin testing Starlink on Norwegian Breakaway.

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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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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Disengagement at conferences is a significant problem, and the solution is providing attendees with more. But what does “more” mean?

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Special Events

APRIL 10, 2023

Add these six tasks to your to-do list to get ahead of the curve

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

Refresh your events with purposeful design and messaging Two of the buzziest industry events showcasing forward-thinking ideas today are CES and SXSW. As producers of events across the world, we have a front-row seat on how brands are bringing their marketing strategies and purpose-driven initiatives to life and witnessed how these two are capturing hearts and minds of audiences, capitalizing on evolving trends and inventing new ways to connect.

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 11, 2023

FloridaKeysTV features more than 75 hours of family-friendly programming highlighting the popular island chain.

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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.

MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Compact dimensions work to the advantage of MPI EMEC host city Brighton.

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Special Events

APRIL 13, 2023

Sessions covering every aspect of the business brought inspiration to CS+TSE attendees

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 10, 2023

Mentorships, transparency and white whales For meeting planners new to the industry, experience and connections are the glue that holds the universe together and ultimately provides the tools for current and future success. Smart Meetings chatted with four Gen Z meeting planners and explored aspects of the meeting industry that they deem vital to their success and the tools that they still need to make it in the field.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

How robust does your event network need to be, and what’s negotiable? Here are some things to consider before signing a connectivity contract. In the past year, Jay Klein planned one event where he was charged $150 for an ethernet line for a week and another where the same-size line was $2,500 per day. Tens of thousands of dollars can separate one hotel’s internet fees from another.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Mark Cooper, CEO of IACC, will be sharing his insights at MPI’s European Meetings & Events Conference (EMEC) in Brighton, U.K.

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 8, 2023

The US dollar has lost about 14 percent of its value against the euro since it peaked last September.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 14, 2023

Yazan Latif Latif is general manager for Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl—Doha in Qatar. Latif comes from The Ritz-Carlton Sharq Villas & Spa in Doha as general manager. In 2018, he worked as hotel manager for Sheraton Grand Doha. Prior to this, he was director of rooms at Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, as well as hotel manager task force for Viceroy Palm Jumeirah—Dubai and Viceroy Istanbul.

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MeetingsNet

APRIL 10, 2023

Zoom introduces a new feature called IQ, a “conversation intelligence software” to keep attendees and non-attendees up to speed on a meeting’s content and next steps through A.I.-generated summaries. Online-meeting platform Zoom has partnered with artificial-intelligence firm OpenAI—the maker of ChatGPT—to create Zoom IQ, a feature that tracks the audio, visual, and chat-forum content of virtual meetings and then summarizes topic threads, creates content for post-event emails, and more.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Malinda Harrell says that when it comes to the fight against human trafficking in the meeting industry, one of the key first steps is to unlearn what you think you’ve learned.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

Gatlinburg’s charming food and shopping options include more than 500 stores, 100 restaurants, nostalgic in-town streetcar trolley transportation, and the largest grouping of independent artisans in North America. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the quaint town of Gatlinburg is filled with everything a meeting planner needs to design a successful event: a state-of-the-art convention center, 16,000-plus sleeping rooms comprising full-service and limited-servic

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2023

The Corporate Advantage: Exceptional Designs + Exceptional Service Citizen Watch America (CWA) offers a portfolio of leading and trusted brands for your business needs, including Bulova, Citizen, Frederique-Constant, Alpina, Bulova and Citizen Clocks, and Accutron, with prices ranging from $95 to $45,000 in retail value. These brands are known for their exceptional craftsmanship and design with cutting-edge technology and industry-leading quality and reliability, with hundreds of styles and tast

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Hotel Engine

APRIL 12, 2023

Download Case Study The post Hotel Engine Saves 360 Rail $4k a Month on Lodging appeared first on Hotel Engine.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Samme Allen discusses the importance of event emcees and why it’s exciting to bring the meeting professional community together again in Brighton.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

The Tampa Convention Center’s two-level waterfront addition debuts this summer. The Tampa Convention Center is breaking records this year, as it hosts the busiest convention schedule in its history. And soon the Center—recently nominated as Best Convention Center in the Southeast by the Stella Awards—will debut even more reasons to book your next meeting or convention in Tampa Bay.

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EHL Insights

APRIL 13, 2023

Formerly Professor of Food and Beverage and Service Operations Management at EHL, Ian Scarth has a background in strategic development and leadership within the hotel and hospitality sectors. In this article he gives his views on the culture of fear and bullying the hospitality industry has gained a reputation for. He aims to shed light on our sector which is struggling with the contradiction between its core purpose of offering hospitality and the often-highlighted bullying - yet to be eliminat

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 10, 2023

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt will play havoc on popular beaches.

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MPI

APRIL 11, 2023

Kim Myhre, local education lead, on developing a diverse education platform for EMEC Brighton.

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Convene by PCMA

APRIL 14, 2023

Chattanooga’s dynamic dining scene offers something for everyone. Have you heard the chatter about Chattanooga? The southeastern Tennessee city has been named by Lonely Planet as the “Best in the U.S.” and one of the “10 U.S. destinations you need to see.” The New York Times has even named Chattanooga as one of the “Top 45 Places to Go” in the world.

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Travel Daily News

APRIL 11, 2023

EGYPT -The most popular holiday destination in Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, is now at your fingertips with Air Cairo direct flight from Dubai for the first time, starting on the 20th of April for a roundtrip, which will have two flights available weekly. Nestling on the Southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, tons of scenic places in the red sea await you at Sharm El Sheikh.

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Travel Pulse

APRIL 10, 2023

The new campaign has been an instant success, generating more than 1.2 million ad impressions and skyrocketing visitation to the website "Vamos a Tucson.

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