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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Megacity Opportunities As home to one of the original megacities, tourism is a growing part of the economy. The mandatory phased program includes targets for protecting the environment with green energy and recycling standards. This will also elevate the quality of their businesses, she said. billion in revenue and 62.2

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JANUARY 24, 2025

Looking to wow A-level attendees at a retreat or incentive? As always, Smart Travel is here to bring you the latest must-read travel and tourism news. In search of comfortable-yet-affordable accommodations for your next meeting or event? City Express by Marriott is gearing up to offer options in four new markets. just became easier.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

In 2020, Covid-19 was the chubby kid that sat on our seesaw, ruined our fun and crashed incentive travel into the ground. Question: When will be the magical moment that sparks the tipping point for the return of incentive travel ? More : Not Your Mother’s Incentives… Or Even Last Year’s. Spoiler alert.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

She brings over 17 years of hospitality experience, having held several leadership roles throughout her career, including as director of sales for EVEN Hotels, and sales manager and director of sales and marketing for Crown Plaza Houston, Hyatt Regency North Houston and several Holiday Inn properties throughout the Houston Area.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Earlier this month, Melbourne played host to AIME (Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event) 2025its been called the IMEX of APAC at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Australia Is Back Robin Mack of Tourism Australia emphasized that, following the pandemic, the destination is rebounding robustly.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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MAY 31, 2024

Gary Spencer and Erika Kauffman Gary Spencer (left) and Erika Kauffman (right), Highgate Real estate and hospitality management company Highgate expands its Hawaii leadership team with two new appointments. Ashley Del Buono Ashley Del Buono, The Windsor Court The Windsor Court announces Ashley Del Buono as sales manager.

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MARCH 14, 2025

She joined Fidelity Hotel from Hotel Indigo, where she worked alongside Eric Conrad, who was recently appointed as Fidelity Hotels general manager, to implement various marketing strategies to attract business in new markets. Cathy Ruhling Cathy Ruhling, Fidelity Hotel Fidelity Hotel appoints Ruhling as director of sales.

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APRIL 5, 2022

After a quiet two years on the events, hospitality and tourism fronts, an experience-driven, diversity, equity and inclusion-devoted (DEI) next generation of talent is pouring through open doors, looking for opportunities to break into the industry. In fact, anyone older than 18 can apply—no college or events experience required.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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Travel Daily Media

AUGUST 1, 2024

The post Edward Kwek appointed Tourism Australia senior business events manager appeared first on TD (Travel Daily Media) Travel Daily Media. Tourism Australia announced the appointment of Edward Kwek as their senior business events manager for South and Southeast Asia.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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Solimar International

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Developing a tourism management plan is challenging for any destination management organization. Working for a destination management organization across multiple islands is even more! Wakatobi is a rising tourism destination made up of four main islands in Southeast Indonesia. Photo by Lelie Liana.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Red Dot Representations officially partnered with Hayleys Travels, Sri Lanka’s leading destination management company (DMC) and part of the country’s largest conglomerate, Hayleys Group. Their commitment to sustainable tourism and delivering authentic experiences aligns perfectly with our values.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

6 tips for a smooth European event from an international DMC expert If it seems to you everyone is taking their incentive meeting to Europe this year, you are not alone. Read More : A Manifesto for Good Travel and Tourism 3. There’s a lot of hard work, extremely careful operations management and precise procedures to follow.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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MARCH 18, 2024

In-market managing directors for countries all over the world reported on trends in consumer sentiment, government policies and all-important airlift limitations. Experiential tourism is on the rise and people want to visit the places they see in movies like Barbie and The Beach Boys.

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Motivation Excellence

JANUARY 15, 2020

MICE is an acronym for meetings, incentives, conferencing, and exhibitions. It’s an overarching term that encompasses a niche tourism group dedicated to the logistics of business events. Incentive travel isn’t a stand-alone industry. Incentives versus Conference Travel. Incentive travel is the only exception.

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Solimar International

JANUARY 16, 2025

Focused on the Greater Sundarbans region of Bangladesh, the Activity aimed to support local government, communities, businesses and conservation activities in and around the Sundarbans Reserved Forest through the development, management, and marketing of ecotourism.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

As the tourism industry shakes off the ashes and begins to spread its wings again, so must the corporate responsibility partnerships that aid the host cities and event activities. Responsible Tourism as Travel Climbs. Read More: WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth. Bond as a Team for a Cause.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Mark Bondy has worked in the hospitality/travel/incentive industry since 1980. As the owner of VIKTOR Incentives in Traverse City, Michigan, he sold his company to David Jobes and became part of the transition team at Motivation Excellence in January of 2022 leading up to his impending retirement in April 2023.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

2019 will be a growth year for the meetings industry, with activity expected to increase across all meeting types and regions,” said Issa Jouaneh, M&E senior vice president and general manager. Incentives and special events are predicted to increase 1.8 percent longer, and incentives to be 1.9 Global Growth. percent longer.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

After reopening to the world in February, Robin Mack, executive general manager of commercial and business events with Tourism Australia , reported in an interview at IMEX that groups are coming back to the country with postponed and new events both for the coming months and out to 2027. of meeting space) in Barangaroo.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

Kariuki Epps Kariuki Epps Epps rejoins Visit Cincy as senior sales manager. He previously worked for Visit Cincy as national manager of diversity sales, during which time he booked numerous large conferences and conventions. He comes most recently from his role as general manager at the Residence Inn Anaheim Garden.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Since joining Visit Anaheim in 2023, he has seen numerous successes, including redeploying Visit Anaheim’s meeting sales team to better service local hotels and launching several new programs, including an incentive program for hotels to generate group business. Canna is appointed as group sales manager.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In his most recent role as senior account executive for Marriott, he was responsible for delivering total account management across 22 corporate accounts. She began her hospitality career as an events manager before moving into catering and group sales, and has been serving as a director of sales since 2019. She will oversee the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Jon Gersonde Jon Gersonde Turtle Bay Resort welcomes Gersonde as vice president and managing director. He brings over 30 years of experience in hospitality, having most recently served as general manager at 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay on Kauai. Franco Vella Franco Vella Vella joins InterContinental David Tel Aviv as general manager.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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. Adriel Terbeche Adriel Terbeche, Visit Anaheim Terbeche joins Visit Anaheim as vice president of tourism and international sales.

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