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Is the Price Right for Your Next Meeting or Event?

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: As costs for just about everything skyrocket, what should meeting and event planners do? Is package pricing the way to go? — Andrea Doyle and Sascha Zuger Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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The Breakdown on International Travel in 2022

Smart Meetings

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. But with the travel industry still reeling from the fallouts of Covid, heavy international travel traffic has been difficult for airports to handle.

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What’s New With C2 Montreal, The Most Innovative Conference

Endless Events

Event planners and organizers are always considering how to push the envelope of event design. But with progress comes risk, the risk of failure. C2 Montreal is an event known for pushing the boundaries of events and inspiring industry-wide progress. #EventIcons has invited Anick Beaulieu of C2 International to chat with us. Anick is an accomplished event professional.

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Sustainabile Event Checklist: The Ultimate Event Planning Checklist

Bizzaboo

Now more than ever, sustainability is top of mind for event planners. It doesn’t matter if you’re hosting a team summit, client meet-and-greet, or large trade show — attendees want to participate in events prioritizing a safe, healthy planet. That’s where this sustainable event checklist comes in. . Read on to learn more about why sustainability in the events industry matters and what you can do to create a sustainable event strategy that makes you proud and keeps attendees coming back ye

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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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Event Idea Theft

Skift Meetings

Skift Take: How the request for proposal became a vehicle for the misappropriation of someone else's work. — Sue Pelletier Read the Complete Story On Skift Meetings.

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Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing

Smart Meetings

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. His company is filling the gaps in specialty areas to support hospitality clients by hiring specialists.

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The meaning of 'hospitality' according to an airline company

EHL Insights

Whenever we think about hospitality, hotels are usually the first thing that comes to mind. During our 6-month mandate as Ambassadors of Swiss International Air Lines, we wanted to broaden our understanding of the meaning of hospitality according to the aviation industry. What better way of finding out than directly going to the field and being surrounded by professionals in the sector?

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Stories from America’s 15 Most Haunted Hotels

Hotel Engine

It’s after midnight when you park. According to the hotel sign, it’s open. Dashing through the rain, you pull open the heavy door and step inside. An oil painting of an old man hangs above the front desk. His eyes follow as you tentatively walk across the creaky floor. You hit the bell. Its “ding” echoes loudly. Lightning flashes outside. Something moves in the corner.

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Adventures in International Meetings

Smart Meetings

Meeting professionals are not just in the events business, we are in the business of helping people define who they are. That was a reminder from Greg Bogue, chief experience architect at Maritz Global Events and keynote speaker last week at Smart Meetings Incentive Experience in Riviera Maya at the all-inclusive Hotel Xcaret Arte. “Experiencing new things and offering new perspectives helps people find themselves,” he said.

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In the Midst of a Renaissance, Greater Phoenix Offers Meeting Attendees More Choices Than Ever

Convene by PCMA

The sky’s the limit: Greater Phoenix’s growing hotel portfolio makes meeting planning easier than ever. Phoenix is booming—and meeting attendees will notice the changes from the moment they arrive. The first sign of the city’s renaissance greets visitors when they touch down at Sky Harbor International Airport. The City of Phoenix is investing more than $1.2 billion in airport renovations and improvements, including a soon-to-open PHX Sky Train extension to the rental car center.

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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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Bizzabo Announces 724% Growth of In-Person Events in 2022

Bizzaboo

We’re excited to announce a 20% increase in the number of events hosted on Bizzabo’s Event Experience Operating System. This growth follows the resurgence of in-person events and Bizzabo’s continued investment in its product and culture. . Between January and September 2022, the number of in-person events on Bizzabo’s Event Experience OS increased by almost 724%.

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Miami Beach Convention Center announces new appointments

Travel Daily News

Having completed a three-year, $620-million-dollar reimagination in late 2018, today, the MBCC stands as one of the most advanced venues of its kind in North America, with 1.4 million square feet of flexible event space.

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Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing

Smart Meetings

Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) President and CEO Mike Dominguez is bullish about the demand for group bookings and the path for building up the capacity to service meeting professionals sending RFPs in a compressed market with shrinking booking windows. His company is filling the gaps in specialty areas to support hospitality clients by hiring specialists.

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How This CVB Executive Is ‘100-percent Focused on Inclusion’

Convene by PCMA

R.I.S.E. founder Hilina Ajakaiye, surrounded by some of the volunteers who organized the 1,400-person women’s leadership conference in 2022, first created the conference in 2017. Hilina Ajakaiye draws on her experience as an immigrant — and conference organizer — to invite everyone to the table in the Boston hospitality and events industry. When Hilina Ajakaiye joined the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) in 2020 as executive vice president, she was new to working in the ho

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INBOUND Workshop Recap: Building a Post-event Strategy To Drive Pipeline

Bizzaboo

Once your event wraps up, it can be tempting to want to relax and reward yourself for a job well done. After all, you’ve worked hard for several months, your event was a success, and you’ve done a great job ensuring everything went off without a hitch. But what about your post-event strategy? In many ways, the job of an event professional is just getting started once an event is over.

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The benefits of flexible working practices in the hotel sector

EHL Insights

Dr Sowon Kim answers questions based on a 2022 industry report that looks at the positive impact of flexible working practices in the hotel sector. Giving hotel employees the opportunity to organize their professional lives via part-time work, remote work and flexible scheduling brings benefits not just to the personnel's work-life balance but also to the organization and its capacity for resilience.

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Miami Beach Outdoor Dining Rules Upheld in Court

Smart Meetings

The new contract-based permitting model allowing restaurants to operate sidewalk dining parklets in Miami Beach was upheld by a Miami-Dade County judge this week following a legal challenge brought by a small group of businesses who disputed the new model, which goes into effect Oct. 1. The nine restaurateur plaintiffs argued that the contract-based model infringed on their vested right to do business on city property.

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How to Get an Itemized Receipt from a Hotel [+ Other Tips for Reconciling Business Lodging Costs]

Hotel Engine

Everyone in business understands the importance of a paper trail. Every swipe, tap or insert of the business credit card must be recorded and reconciled. This is especially important when employees stay in a hotel for business travel and charge things to the room. Keeping on top of it all can be quite an undertaking for those in expense bookkeeping.

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Try Out These Local Cultural Recreational Activities When Travelling

Meeting Package

You can try to search online for "Top 200 Activities … “Or whatever you want to search for – however, imagine a scenario in which the vacation destinations don't intrigue you. Or if you visit them all in a day or two and you need to discover something somewhat extraordinary?

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10 career insights after studying hospitality management

EHL Insights

The hospitality industry is facing a dramatic labor shortage. After the pandemic, many employees have decided not to return to work, and as a consequence, hotels are struggling to find and attract candidates. This problem is however not new because the industry has always been associated with difficult conditions: long hours, work-life conflict and stress.

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The Spa: From Luxury to Preventative Medicine

Smart Meetings

Whether walking 10,000 steps, working at a standing desk, lifting weights or hitting the yoga studio, wellness, in its many forms, has been getting increased attention over the last few years—attention unlikely to stop anytime soon. People around the globe have become more health conscious—even before Covid sparked obsession with cleanliness—and the proof is in the numbers.

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High expectations on sustainability and pandemic preparedness

Travel Daily Media

The post High expectations on sustainability and pandemic preparedness appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) urges the 41 st Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to address top industry issues. These included: Agreeing a Long-term Aspirational Goal (LTAG) for the decarbonization of international aviation in line with the aviation industry’s commitment to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050.

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From SATW: 5 Things Top Travel Editors Need You to Know

DCI

Travel PR professionals are always scrambling to figure out what top travel editors want and need from us in order to land coverage. To answer precisely those questions, SATW (formerly the Society of American Travel Writers) recently hosted a panel of travel editors during their 2022 conference in Bogotá, Colombia. The takeaways underscore some tried and true lessons, while introducing new intelligence that editors want destination marketers to know.

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UAE to host International Residency and Citizenship Expo

Travel Daily News

The event will bring together various industry leaders and government officials to assist aspiring high net worth individuals looking to acquire a new citizenship. The expo will host various exhibitors from across the world showcasing various citizenship and residency programes.

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Got room for a new discovery? Make room for Valley Forge

Smart Meetings

Every planner knows that a memorable meeting is about more than state-of-the-art meeting rooms. Plan with Confidence. It’s about a place that gives attendees room to relax. Restaurants and attractions that give them more room for fun. Hotel rooms where they can stretch out. An easy-to-get-to location that’s not too crowded or too hard on budgets, where people can enjoy breathing room of every kind.

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Doing peer conferences right

Conferences that Work

Software testers do peer conferences right! (They even call them a peer conference , rather than unconference , a term I don’t like.) As evidence of software tester conference awesomeness, I offer three examples below. But first…. …a short history of the peer conference. I first designed and convened what I called a “ peer conference ” in 1992 for a group of IT managers at small schools that eventually became known as edACCESS.

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16 Living Room Remodel Tips to Design Your Perfect Space

Redfin

A living room remodel can take many forms, from a simple refresh to a complete gut job. Whether you’re simply painting your walls in an apartment in Phoenix, AZ, or doing a complete makeover in a house in Philadelphia, PA, there are a few things to keep in mind that will help you get the most out of your living room remodel. First, think about how you want to use the space.

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TAW Youth Forum held in Jamaica points youths to opportunities in tourism

Travel Daily News

The Youth Forum was organised as part of a series of activities to celebrate Tourism Awareness Week (TAW) 2022, which runs from September 25 – October 1.

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Sustainability is Center Stage in Greater Phoenix

Smart Meetings

Plan with Confidence. Innovation is a way of life in Greater Phoenix. Since ancient times, the Sonoran Desert has evoked inspiration, adaptation, collaboration, and innovation. This spirit is an indelible part of the city’s identity as it influences forward-thinking approaches to hospitality, technology, and sustainability. As the fifth-largest city in the country, Phoenix is leading the way in finding sustainable solutions for all industries.

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Pantone's Color Trend Forecast for Autumn/Winter 2022/2023

Special Events

Hues from New York Fashion Week to inspire your events

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Get in the Empire State of Mind with These 15 Unique Things to Do in NYC

Redfin

The Big Apple. The City that Never Sleeps. No matter what you call it, it’s hard to argue that New York City is one of the most vibrant cities in the world. With so many iconic landmarks like the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Yankee Stadium, living in New York City means there’s no shortage of things to do. Whether you’re moving into a Brooklyn apartment or a new house in Staten Island , it can be hard to figure out where to start.

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Central Hall Westminster chosen to host The BNC Show 2023

Travel Daily News

Central Hall Westminster, part of Central Hall Venues group, will host the BNC Show in April 2023. Right image: Natasha Hogan and Paul Southern represent CHV at The BNC Show 2022.

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The Breakdown on International Travel in 2022

Smart Meetings

International travel grew gradually in 2021 after the quarantine of 2019, yet 2022 has seen a huge spike. With more countries opening their borders and lifting Covid restrictions, 2022 international travel has increased exponentially since 2019 and progressing towards pre-pandemic numbers. But with the travel industry still reeling from the fallouts of Covid, heavy international travel traffic has been difficult for airports to handle.

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And The Award Goes To: Gala Updates

Special Events

Reminder of the Gala Awards updates and details

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The 10 Fastest-Growing Cities in Georgia

Redfin

Often referred to as “The Peach State,” Georgia is best known for being home to Coca-Cola’s headquarters, its southern hospitality, and of course, its peaches. The state is currently home to around 3.75 million people spread across cities like Atlanta , Savannah , and Albany. If you are thinking of making the move to Georgia and are figuring out what city to live in, we’re here to help.