Smart Meetings

MARCH 28, 2025

travelers are starting to opt for shorter trips and more affordable stays as they brace for tighter budgets. Curious how staffing challenges in hospitality might shape events moving forward? As always, Smart Travel is here to bring you this weeks must-read travel and tourism news. Youre not alonenew research shows U.S.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 25, 2025

The hospitality students were part of a larger partnership with the university that embodies Cal Polys learn by doing ethos. The conference reinforced the importance of sustainable tourism and innovative marketing strategies, which I hope to integrate into my future career in event planning and hospitality.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In December 2024, Adrianne Glass and Laura English traveled to historic Ybor City to meet with some of Florida’s finest. As destination marketers in Florida, we sometimes face challenges beyond just the sunshine. The post 2024 Destinations Florida Annual Meeting appeared first on Advance Travel & Tourism.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The most anticipated openings of 2025, alongside big plans for brands, show how hospitality continues to evolve. Its opening marks the continuation of the all-inclusive trend, showing that travelers continue to demonstrate high interest in all-inclusive resort properties in an expanding list of destinations.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 5, 2024

Restaurant group offers lesson in setting standards for quality, culture and service Steve Pettus True hospitality starts with making a friend, according to the Brennan philosophy of running world-class New Orleans restaurants. That is hospitality, the joy of watching people eat food made with care. Make friends.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 7, 2023

The Hospitality Show offered a mix of great insights and lessons to take home More than 3,500 attendees came together at the first-ever Hospitality Show at The Venetian Conference Center & Expo in Las Vegas June 27-29. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven and more. Cinnabon suffered greatly as a result.

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Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Sustainability has been shaping society for quite some time now, and we’re seeing examples of it incorporated into wellness and hospitality more and more each year. In addition, according to Booking.com’s 2023 Sustainable Travel Report , approximately 76% of respondents want to travel sustainably over the next 12 months.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 29, 2022

It’s no secret that the hospitality industry has been understaffed since the beginning of the pandemic. The recent surge in “revenge travel” has been met with burnt out staff and slow service. Travel restrictions are being lifted around the world , drawing in even more tourists from abroad and more professionals to events.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 12, 2024

Women’s History Month is a fitting time to look at the leaders in our midst—regardless of their title—and learn from their heroic approach to hospitality innovation. Some have worked in hospitality their entire careers, while others found their own routes to their roles.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 8, 2019

The hospitality industry is filled with brilliant women who give their all to make sure every guest has an exceptional experience. More : These Five Women are Making Waves in Hospitality. As a child I grew up in many parts of the world, which exposed me to many cultures and inspired me to be a global traveler. It is in my DNA!

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Traveler's Q

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Companies just need to book the best business travel destinations, as shown by their $269.3 billion spending on corporate travel in 2021. Business travel will reach 483 million trips by 2026, and cities worldwide are adapting to welcome more travelers. The city attracted $28.70

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 14, 2025

He has spent over 35 years in the international hospitality and business events industry, having began his career in hotels. Pilar Florez Pilar Florez, Bernardus Lodge & Spa Bernardus Lodge & Spa appoints Florez as director of sales & marketing.

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Dana Communications

APRIL 25, 2022

For DMOs and CVBs promoting their own corner of the world to travelers, it may sometimes seem like the budget you’re granted just isn’t enough to accomplish all of your goals. Enter…co-op marketing! The digital assets for the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism’s regular and co-op efforts below illustrate this concept.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 25, 2023

The layoffs that happened during the pandemic have had a deep impact on today’s market. “A Read More : Mike Dominguez’s Vision for Hospitality Restaffing Entry Level Experience Required Nikki Gonzales, Judges’ chief of staff, has first-hand experience in the matter. “I Gen Z are] more purpose driven than any other generation before.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 17, 2022

Designed in collaboration with Tourism Cares , a nonprofit organization dedicated to making the hospitality industry more eco-friendly, this free course is a great first step toward a more sustainable style of travel. Teaching each traveler is important to increase the impact of the course. More Travel-focused Resources.

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Dana Communications

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When we leverage life-stage marketing, we’re able to reach our targets at the right moment in time with the right message. As travel and hospitality marketing experts, we zero in on a specific life stage within a generation. Case in point? Let’s look at two Gen Zs. Both are from the same generation. What’s in a number?

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Travel recovery post-Covid has been a case of two steps forward one step back. Smart Meetings has been covering the airline and hotel industry closely this year, both in our weekly travel reports designed specifically for meeting planners and in our feature coverage. Until, of course, the busy holiday travel season comes around.

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 9, 2024

Welcome to Smart Travel, where we’ll be spotlighting the latest can’t-miss travel news, from groundbreaking studies and data to tips on decompressing from your next destination meeting. Want to hear from market experts advising on successful business group planning strategies? Travel tech tools you need in your carry-on?

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Smart Meetings

AUGUST 10, 2022

Rising prices for business travelers are predicted to continue in 2022 and through 2023, according to a report, “ 2023 Global Business Travel Forecast ,” by travel management platform CWT and Global Business Travel Association. Air Travel To See Sharp Increase. in 2023, following its 3.4% decrease in 2020.

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Dana Communications

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The great travel recovery is here. As we all flipped the calendar to 2021, industry pundits were already forecasting when travel would return to pre-2020 levels. Travel Takes Flight The U.S. We recommend fully leaning into the travel upswing. We recommend fully leaning into the travel upswing.

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Dana Communications

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The media experts at Dana are constantly on the lookout for what’s new and next to promote our travel, tourism and hospitality clients. Below is a snapshot of the stunning results we achieved from this AI-enabled approach to target marketing for one of our clients: 75% average CTR – which is 7.5x Let’s dive right in!

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Some familiar names and kitchen-tested ideas are behind the launch of Appellation , a new hospitality company planning to open boutique properties with a local edge in popular luxury tourist destinations in the West. His philosophy is that “Genuine hospitality is the way a restaurant makes you feel before you even take a bite of food.

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Dana Communications

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Techy Travel in 2023: What Resorts & Hotels Need to Know Have you noticed how much easier it is to travel nowadays? With so many possibilities for properties to grow their business through travel tech, we’ve compiled a list of some of the top advancements below. Want to go next level?

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The Abbi Agency

JULY 27, 2021

If you’ve ever been in a destination marketing board meeting, you know the drill. The tourism marketers stand up, drop a bunch of nice-looking numbers, and then sit back down. Numbers have become the currency of travel marketing. It seems like almost every marketer has fallen in love with numbers. Faster is better.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Editor’s note: This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union representing Sodexo Live! 21, to warn of potential strikes in Las Vegas and Orlando and labor disputes in other markets. Convention Centers.

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Dana Communications

MARCH 20, 2023

A Global Business Travel Association industry poll indicates a massive uptick in business trips for 2023, with 78% of travel managers and 85% of travel suppliers expecting higher or much higher numbers year-over-year. Grant business travelers full access to your fitness center and group exercise classes.

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Advanced Travel and Tourism

AUGUST 20, 2024

In the evolving landscape of travel and tourism, 2024 has presented destinations with a unique set of counter-intuitive factors influencing travel behavior. Our digital experts specialize in hospitality and tourism, and we’ve identified and translated these trends into actionable strategies for our clients.

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Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Louis , bringing over two decades of leadership in travel and tourism. Mgeni Mpolo Mgeni Mpolo, Pendry West Hollywood Pendry West Hollywood appoints Mpolo as director of sales & marketing. Brad Dean Brad Dean, Explore St. Dean takes on the role of president & CEO at Explore St.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 19, 2024

Many travelers swear by communication apps like WhatsApp and Skype, which let you phone home as if you were still in the U.S. In major meetings cities, that shouldn’t be much of a problem—English is usually widely spoken in the hospitality sphere. Vietnam also requires proof of Vietnam travel health insurance.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 4, 2022

Skinner joined Makeready hospitality company’s Emeline hotel in Charleston, South Carolina as general manager. Conrad Nashville , a Conrad Hotels & Resorts property with Hilton opening in May 2022, named Wormull general manager and Stack director of sales and marketing. Carly Skinner. Martin Wormull and John Stack.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 4, 2024

She began her 26-year career leading marketing and special events in college sports at the University of Kentucky Athletics Association. Crystal Resto Crystal Resto, Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico Hyatt Regency Grand Reserve Puerto Rico appoints Resto as director of sales and marketing.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 6, 2023

Suffice it to say, the general public in both North America and Canada are eager to travel while also welcoming tourism and events back to their respective communities much in the vein of the storied “before times.” A lot of them are coming from countries where they may already have a background in tourism and hospitality,” Pincombe said.

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Dana Communications

JANUARY 20, 2025

But how does the concept apply to the hospitality sector? Freed up to work from anywhere (WFA), these digital nomads are the tech-savvy, experience-driven guests hybrid hospitality was made for. Selina was built from the ground up with the nomadic traveler in mind. You know, the whole idea of getting the best of both worlds.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Lauren Shoaf Pace Lauren Shoaf Pace, Destinations International Pace is appointed vice president of marketing at Destinations International (DI). With nearly 20 years in the travel and tourism industry, Pace has held positions at numerous destination organizations at both the state and local levels and spent over a decade with Visit Florida.

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Smart Meetings

JANUARY 28, 2022

Decker has spent more than 10 years in luxury hospitality sales. He has held sales and marketing directorships at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Maui, The St. Mancuso has been in event, tourism and hospitality sales for over a decade. Regis Princeville Resort and more. Claudette Davis.

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Smart Meetings

MAY 10, 2024

He has enjoyed a robust hospitality career across various departments, including front office management, catering and remote sales. He brings nearly 30 years of hospitality experience, from which he will draw to drive the resort’s longtime mission of delivering unparalleled guest experiences in an energetic employee environment.

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