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Events in 2025: Creating a Foundation of Connection

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Hybrid formats blur the lines between in-person and digital experiences, inviting remote and on-site attendees into shared moments, where everyone feels like they have a seat at the table. Just as a meal shared around a table fosters togetherness, events today are designed to build a sense of community and belonging.

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Think Small, Win Big: How Hotels Can Lead the Small Meetings Revolution

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Factors such as the rise of remote and hybrid work environments and tighter corporate budgets have driven this change. Quarterly team meetups, training sessions, and department strategy workshops are becoming common as organizations strive to maintain cohesion, efficiency, and engagement across dispersed teams.

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How Hospitality Hiring Trends Can Improve Your Hotel Experience

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With more jobs offering flexible remote work than ever before, former staff are reluctant to return to physically demanding positions with rigid schedules. With the emergence of increased technology-based jobs, more people can work remotely. will be remote. Roles that can be performed remotely include: Social media manager.

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Business Travel Strikes Back, A New Company Culture Dawns

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While “90% of large companies have committed to hybrid work plans [that reduce] the touch points that once conveyed company culture, for all companies, including those which never went remote, unprecedented reports of burnout are signaling that businesses must quickly adapt,” said GBT. We learned quickly how well the remote model worked.

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Australia Innovates – Redesigning Water Solutions for Remote Communities

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Project Gilghi started as a conversation among Australian engineers whose goal was to provide remote access to clean water. Those talks lead to a containerized water treatment system that can produce up to 28 kiloliters of water per day using innovative and sustainable technology. The results have been tremendous.

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Destinations Skill-up to Support Meetings Industry Advances

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Diversity, sustainability and violent crime were on the agenda for Destinations International Annual Convention 2022 in Toronto, Canada, this week along with a host of other social issues destination marketing organizations are taking on as they emerge from Covid empowered to address a larger mission of getting heads in beds. Much Respect. “We

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Toronto is a city of remixed visions, values, and creation.

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It was also named the globe’s second-safest city, its sixth-best for remote workers, and ranks among the top in international smart-city rankings. Getting to the downtown core is easy, the UP Express train quickly connects Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to the downtown Union station by a 25-minute direct transit.