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Maximizing ROI: A Guide for Hotel Sales Directors

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From leveraging data analytics to embracing personalization, sustainability, and optimized campaign techniques, these approaches will help you capture more business while demonstrating clear value to stakeholders. Generic proposals no longer suffice in this environment.

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Top 3 DMC Trends as Tracked by an AI Proposal Platform

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Read More: Year of the Sustainable RFP Sounds like a third-party planner’s secret weapon, right? When you aren’t wasting time formatting your margins on the proposal, you can think the big thoughts creatively,” said Volmrich. You no longer have two weeks for a proposal because Google stepped in the way of that,” Volmrich said.

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Best of 2023: Sustainability

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In 2023, Smart Meetings released a stream of multimedia resources for planners to learn about sustainability in the world of events. This year, sustainability was just as much about education and how-to’s as it was about why it’s important to be sustainable. We know sustainability is important.

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Sustainable Meetings Through Renewable Concepts

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Sustainability is now required at meetings as attendees are demanding an environmentally conscious event. It’s easy to assume that meeting remotely is the more sustainable counterpart to in-person meetings, but what about the energy required to power the massive server farms that enable the technology?

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Smart Travel: Universal Plans New Park Near London, Viking Launches First Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship and More

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Thinking about a cruise meeting or incentive but unsure if it aligns with your sustainability goals? The proposed destination will be the first of its kind in the U.K. Viking is getting ready to launch a game-changing ship that will let your worries set sail. Hoping to give U.K.

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Boosting Employee Engagement and Culture with Corporate Social Responsibility Events: Gratitude and Community Impact

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Making CSR Events More Sustainable Incorporating sustainability into CSR events encourages environmental consciousness and reinforces responsible practices within the organization. Educate Employees: Provide resources and information on sustainable practices that employees can apply at work and home.

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Smart Travel: Universal Plans New Park Near London, Viking Launches First Hydrogen-Powered Cruise Ship and More

Smart Meetings

Thinking about a cruise meeting or incentive but unsure if it aligns with your sustainability goals? The proposed destination will be the first of its kind in the U.K. Viking is getting ready to launch a game-changing ship that will let your worries set sail. Hoping to give U.K.

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