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TWT: Survey Says Pent-up Demand for Meetings Conflicts with Corporate Cuts

Smart Meetings

A new survey from JD Power, US Travel and Tourism Economics (an Oxford Economics company), shows good news for meetings, albeit in tandem with a lag on behalf of corporate to allocate funds for meeting and business travel. One in four (26%) agree these events are critical to building awareness of my organization’s products or services.

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Conventions Return to Indianapolis and Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Las Vegas has also made a grand return while maintaining its title as the number one Trade Show destination. Indianapolis. Las Vegas .

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The Survey Says: Meetings and Events are Thriving and Evolving

Smart Meetings

Accor Survey: “Meeting Expectations: The Future of Meetings & Events” World-leading hospitality group Accor operates a diverse hospitality group of over 40 hotel brands, from luxury to economy. Respondents also confirm the importance of trade shows, exhibitions and conferences.

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The Story Behind the 2024 Smart Women in Meetings Awards

Smart Meetings

Smart Meetings founder Marin Bright built her career in hospitality, first in luxury hotels at Mandarin Oriental and then in the meetings and events B2B publishing industry. The seeds of that powerful community were planted nine years ago in a ballroom at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver. She loved everything about the business.

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7 of the Top Event Planning Conferences in 2021

Social Tables

NEW Client Services Get all the support you want for your events because we know hospitality matters. Free Planning Tools Diagram events, wow attendees, and win clients with free planning tools. Many event planning conferences were canceled or postponed, and most of those that weren’t took place virtually.

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Planners Face Changes in Their Hotel-Sales Relationships

MeetingsNet

On Global Meetings Industry Day, hospitality-sales veterans detailed how availability, contracting, and staffing will be different for meetings after the pandemic.

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Travel in the new normal: ITB Asia 2020 kicks off virtual event

Travel Daily Media

The post Travel in the new normal: ITB Asia 2020 kicks off virtual event appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily. ITB Asia has opened its virtual doors for the first-ever virtual event. As one of the industry’s firsts, the three-day event is being hosted online.