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American Airlines Eases Pet Policy

Smart Meetings

As American makes it easier to travel with pets, what will this mean for passengers? The next time you’re on an American Airlines flight, don’t be surprised if things look a little, well, furrier. American recently updated its pet policy, which could serve as encouragement to travelers—specifically, those who normally leave their small friends at home or try to pass them as support animals—to bring them along.

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The 2024 Travel Outlook Survey Results: What are DMO’s Marketing Priorities?

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Our 2024 Travel Outlook survey highlights DMOs’ Marketing Priorities, with professionals from destination marketing organizations (DMOs) emphasizing brand awareness as their top goal for 2024, even surpassing the importance of increasing visitor numbers. Brand awareness, indicated by 40% of respondents, is deemed crucial for destinations in generating demand and emerging from the recent pandemic years.

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Launch Your Next Sales Drive With an Incentive Group Travel Experience

Motivation Excellence

When you start rewarding the people most involved with increasing your company’s revenue with a group travel experience, you can use the momentum from your top achievers to roll right into the next sales cycle. It all begins with a data-driven rule structure, a motivating destination and a plan to push your business ahead. Your first-year award winners will gather with company leadership, partake in inspirational activities and be in the perfect mindset to be a repeat winner…year after year.

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How to Write a Winning Proposal for Any Client

ADMEI

How to Write a Winning Proposal for Any Client 10 April 2024 Writing a winning client proposal is both an art and a science. Historically, Destination Management Companies (DMCs) adopted the practice of presenting highly personalized proposals to clients, showcasing unique event designs, vendors, and ideas. However, this approach typically involves disclosing your intellectual property, which is only advisable with a client agreement such as a Letter of Intent/Engagement in place.

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COVID-19 Travel Consumer Sentiment Study

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

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New and Renovated: Inspiring, Inventive, International

Smart Meetings

Brand new meeting spaces around the world Seeking inspiration for your next international meeting or incentive? Look no further! Whether you’re headed off to take in the great skyscrapers of Dubai, relax by the ocean in Cabo San Lucas or wander amongst Oxford’s iconic streets, there’s a new and renovated hotel perfect for an awe-inspiring international gathering waiting for you.

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The 2024 Travel Outlook Survey Results: What are DMO’s Marketing Priorities?

Advanced Travel and Tourism

Our 2024 Travel Outlook highlights DMOs’ Marketing Priorities, with professionals from destination marketing organizations (DMOs) emphasizing brand awareness as their top goal for 2024, even surpassing the importance of increasing visitor numbers. Brand awareness, indicated by 40% of respondents, is deemed crucial for destinations in generating demand and emerging from the recent pandemic years.

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Tech-Infused Weddings: The Allure of VR and AR in Modern Matrimony

Traveler's Q

Have you ever dreamed of a wedding in Paris or on a secluded beach? Now, imagine bringing that dream to life from anywhere in the world. Welcome to weddings in the age of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). The Evolution of Wedding Planning Gone are the days when wedding planning was confined to tangible, physical limitations. Enter the revolutionary era of tech-infused weddings, a nexus between tradition and cutting-edge technology.

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No More Ms. Nice Planner! It’s Time to Demand Support for International Programs

Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals hold the reigns on an economic engine that drives more than $1 trillion in direct spending globally. It is time to act like it. In-person events are the single most effective tool for advancing scientific and medical breakthroughs in addition to boosting human understanding and connectivity. We create an outsized GDP and jobs-for-the-investment made in the sector.

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First Business Event in Las Vegas Sphere

MeetingsNet

The keynote address for HPE Discover 2024 will use the venue’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound screen as the band U2 did a few months back. When Hewlett Packard Enterprise brings its HPE Discover 2024 conference to the Venetian Convention and Expo Center in mid-June, attendees will have to walk a bit farther than usual to take in the keynote presentation from HPE President and CEO Antonio Neri—but it’s unlikely that many of them will mind the inconvenience.

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Enhancing User Experience: Making Tourism Websites Accessible for All

Tourism Tiger

Explore the importance of accessibility in tourism websites, and learn how prioritizing inclusivity can amplify reach and enhance user experience. Discover essential tips for optimizing website accessibility!

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Evolution of the DMC:Renewing Business Relationships with Deeper Trust, Transparency & Understanding

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

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Luxury experiences: When luxury meets hospitality

EHL Insights

The luxury industry is undergoing a change. As a result, its products are reaching more and more people. In order to avoid losing exclusivity and uniqueness, many brands are now relying on ‘experiences’. These are enabling them to strengthen their relationships with their customers, offering them a unique experience without sacrificing status or reputation.

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Harrah’s $200 Million Makeover: Elevating Luxury, Dining, and Event Experiences in Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

Harrah’s Las Vegas , a well-established landmark on the bustling Las Vegas Strip, has recently undergone a remarkable transformation worth over $200 million. The extensive renovation encompasses 2,442 redesigned guest rooms, a complete overhaul of the lobby and casino floor, as well as the introduction of new dining options and more. Its prime location on The Strip, coupled with these recent updates, positions Harrah’s as an ideal choice for event planners booking in Las Vegas.

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3 Lessons for Planners from Global Meetings Industry Day

MeetingsNet

For an industry that often seems invisible, GMID is its annual coming-out party. Here are some useful takeaways from the day’s educational sessions. Held this year on Thursday, April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day is “an international day of advocacy showcasing the undeniable value that business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions bring to people, businesses, and communities,” according to the U.S.

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The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) publishes new GSTC MICE Criteria

Travel Daily Media

The post The Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) publishes new GSTC MICE Criteria appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The Global Sustainable Tourism Council® (GSTC®) is pleased to announce that the GSTC MICE Criteria have been published and are available to the public for non- commercial use. Developed for Venues, Event Organizers, and Events & Exhibitions, the GSTC MICE Criteria, developed with support from the Singapore Tourism Board (STB), will guide businesses towar

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Destination Brief: No Sales Tax in Portland Leads To Hero Event Experiences

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Event planners face the challenge of creating ever more immersive and exciting event experiences but on a tighter budget. Portland’s zero sales tax, outside-the-box thinking, thriving foodie culture, and varied event venues are helping them to answer the call.

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Hotel Del Coronado Unveils Boutique Meetings Program Created Specifically with Small Groups in Mind

Smart Meetings

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program. Renowned for its grand events, The Del is extending its expertise by creating a new experience focused on small meetings set in unique and non-traditional settings, including The Del’s luxurious cottage and villa-style accommodations, Shore House and Beach Village.

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5 Great Reasons to Meet in Portland

Convene by PCMA

From bustling downtown to snowcapped Mt. Hood, Portland is a destination your meeting attendees won’t soon forget. The city of Portland, Oregon might just be the best-of-all-worlds destination you’ve been looking for. It offers the value and ease of a small, walkable city while offering some of the best culinary offerings and gorgeous nature in the country.

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Meetingselect is using Travelport+ to enable direct and preferred hotel bookings 

Travel Daily Media

The post Meetingselect is using Travelport+ to enable direct and preferred hotel bookings appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Meetingselect has recently started working with Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of thousands of travel suppliers worldwide. Travelport’s travel retailing platform, Travelport+, provides simplified access to robust hospitality content that will enable Meetingselect bookers to quickly and easily make indiv

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Maritz Reveals Trade Show Registration Trends

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: Maritz takes a closer look at new attendee behavior and shares insights on how to optimize revenue and attendance.

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Hotel Del Coranado Unveils Boutique Meetings Program Created Specifically with Small Groups in Mind

Smart Meetings

Hotel del Coronado continues its legacy as a premier destination for meetings and events with a renewed focus on personalized, boutique meeting experiences with the launch of its new “ Plan With Ease: Boutique Meetings ” program. Renowned for its grand events, The Del is extending its expertise by creating a new experience focused on small meetings set in unique and non-traditional settings, including The Del’s luxurious cottage and villa-style accommodations, Shore House and Beach Village.

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Top Reasons to Plan Your Next Meeting in Anaheim

Convene by PCMA

The Anaheim Convention Center has the indoor and outdoor space you need for your next event. The most successful events are about more than just convenience; the destination itself should be someplace your attendees want to visit anyway. Anaheim strikes that balance, and with more than 280 days of sunshine a year, the always welcoming weather is just the beginning.

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Travel management firm, TAG, soars higher with backing from ECI Partners

Travel Daily Media

The post Travel management firm, TAG, soars higher with backing from ECI Partners appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. ECI Partners, the leading growth-focused mid-market private equity firm, today announces its investment in TAG, the market leading high-touch travel management company to the entertainment and corporate markets. The transaction marks a significant milestone as it facilitates an exit for Apiary Capital, who have supported TAG since 2018 and will make a 4x return.

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Unraveling the Confusion about Thinking and Feeling

Conferences that Work

I am not a psychologist or neuropsychologist. However, I have spent thousands of hours as an amateur, supervised by therapists, leading small group workshop explorations of individuals’ struggles to make sense of their lives. And I’ve learned that confusion about thinking and feeling is common. Especially for men. As I wrote in 2010: “…when I was growing up my education emphasized thinking…However, the educational agenda allocated no time for understanding or expressing my feel

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Awesome September Savings at Mohegan Sun

Smart Meetings

Three Reasons why Mohegan Sun is a smart choice in these times of escalating costs to Host Meetings, Conventions & Expos Offering 275,000 square feet of indoor meeting space, Mohegan Sun has the venue and the convenience to ensure your next event’s success. Featuring two distinct convention centers offering traditional convention ballroom space, a 125,000 square-foot column-free expo hall, 35 breakout rooms and state-of-the-art boardroom, to outdoor patios, private dining experiences, profes

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‘Organizations Don’t Change. People Do.’

Convene by PCMA

Dominic Thurbon will facilitate a session called “Connecting the Dots,” on April 16 at PCMA APAC’s The Business of Events conference at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. Dominic Thurbon, a partner at the consulting firm Ernst & Young Australia, where he works in climate change and sustainability services, is in the business, he told Convene , “of helping people ‘do’ change in the face of disruption and uncertainty.

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Soneva welcomes Sanctum to SOUL Festival

Travel Daily Media

The post Soneva welcomes Sanctum to SOUL Festival appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. The mindful movement community will make its Maldivian debut at Soneva Fushi from 9 to 13 October, 2024. Pioneering resort brand Soneva and global mindful movement Sanctum have announced an exclusive partnership to bring the cutting-edge wellbeing experience to the Maldives for the first time at SOUL Festival 2024.

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Unlocking AI in Hospitality SMEs: Q&A with Ian Millar

EHL Insights

Amidst the current discussions about AI's transformative potential, there's a common industry misconception that it primarily benefits large-scale hotels and enterprises, leaving smaller and medium-sized firms behind in the dark ages. To shed light on the nuanced reality, we sat down with EHL’s Ian Millar , Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Technology, to discuss how AI is not just a tool for hospitality giants but can also be a game-changer for SME hotels and firms with an innovative mindset.

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Behind the Scenes: Our Journey To Becoming a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader

Bizzaboo

Gartner® published its inaugural Magic Quadrant™ for Event Technology Platforms a few weeks ago, and Bizzabo was named one of three market Leaders. Being a Leader is not just a nice marketing catchphrase, it’s a meaningful acknowledgment from an impartial, trusted source of technology insights that we “execute well against [our] current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.

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State of the Industry: Innovations in Tech

Special Events

Part 7 in our annual State of the Industry (SOI) report

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HSMAI Revenue Optimisation Conference (ROC) APAC 2024 to take place from 8-9 May

Travel Daily Media

The post HSMAI Revenue Optimisation Conference (ROC) APAC 2024 to take place from 8-9 May appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Brand TD. Held at the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on May 8th and 9th, this conference is your chance to join a supportive community of hospitality leaders from across Asia-Pacific that share best practices with each other.

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Buying Your First Home in Las Vegas, NV? Here’s How Much Money You Need to Make

Redfin

You need close to a six-figure income to buy a starter home. Las Vegas, NV, is renowned for its entertainment, amenities, attractions, and gorgeous weather. However, Las Vegas isn’t just the entertainment capital of the United States; it’s also home to a booming real estate market that’s seen significant growth in recent years. For many, buying a home in Las Vegas is a dream come true, but it’s also important to know how it will impact your finances.

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Introduction:

InEvent

In the intricate dance of event planning, there are countless moving parts—overlooking a single step could mean the difference between a standing ovation and awkward silence. Event management software has emerged as a powerful tool for event professionals, offering a streamlined solution to manage all aspects of event planning and execution. Defining Event Management Software … Post Introduction: showed as first in InEvent Blog.

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Swifties and Scholars: Inside a Taylor Swift Academic Conference

Convene by PCMA

Taylor Swift: The Conference Era When: Nov. 3–5, 2023 Where: Gayle Karch Cook Center for Public Arts & Humanities at Indiana University Bloomington Website: ArtsAndHumanities. indiana.edu/ Attendees: ~700 Taylor Swift has proven she can make the whole economy shimmer with the success of the Eras Tour, a career-spanning concert that kicked off in March 2023 and will run throughout 2024.

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Meetings Matter: GMID 2024 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

On April 11, Global Meetings Industry Day was marked by in-person educational sessions and meet-ups, a 12-hour virtual event, hundreds of social-media posts—and even an original poem. The international day of advocacy showcases the value of business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences, and conventions to people, businesses, and our communities.

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Buying Your First Home in Nashville, TN? Here’s How Much Money You Need to Make

Redfin

While you don’t quite need a six-figure salary, it comes close. Nashville, TN, is not just the Music City; it’s also home to a thriving real estate market that’s seen significant growth in recent years. For many, buying a home in Nashville is a dream come true, but it’s also important to know how it will impact your finances. From down payments to monthly mortgage payments, there’s a lot to understand before buying your first home So whether you already live in Music City or are loo