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2024 KTIA Annual Conference Recap

Advanced Travel and Tourism

The tag line, “Find What Moves You” will be a prominent part of the campaign moving forward. Some key educational takeaways for the Advance Travel and Tourism team were around influencer marketing, podcasts, sports event marketing, and agritourism: Vetting for influencer marketing is a critical and often overlooked component.

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Canadian Tariffs Triggering Reputation Tarnish for U.S. Destinations

Smart Meetings

around imposing tariffs on traditional trading and travel partners may be seeing only part of the picture. Visit California brought representatives from around the world to Los Angeles for Outlook Forum last week to hear what the prospects for travel to the Golden State are from all corners of the globe. Travel is active diplomacy.

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Event Tourism: How Music, Sport, and Film Shape Destinations

EHL Insights

From Taylor Swift’s record-breaking concert tours to Mega-Sports events and the surge of screen tourism inspired by hit shows like HBO’s The White Lotus, these phenomena are transforming travel patterns worldwide.

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New and Renovated: Discover a Meetings Mecca

Smart Meetings

With its location in Miami, it stands in one of the world’s leading destinations for tourism and business travel. The sportsbook, operated by Circa Sports, offers visitors a 78-million-pixel, high-definition screen with three stories of viewing. Andaz Miami Beach is an exciting December 2024 opening as the first Andaz hotel in Florida.

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Smart Travel Column Debut: New Pet Rules, Health App, Corporate Trends

Smart Meetings

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. Travel tech tools you need in your carry-on? The CDC Has Updated Travel Regulations for Dogs, Effective Now On Aug. We have you covered.

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Smart Travel: Field & Stream Lodge Co. Debuts in Bozeman, 2025 Travel Maximization, Hurricane Helene Relief for Travel Pros and More

Smart Meetings

Know what a “travel maximizer” is? We’ve included a suggestion in this week’s edition of Smart Travel. The report was compiled by 13,000 travelers across 13 countries, feedback from over 4,100 Hilton team members and in-depth interviews with dozens of Hilton travel experts. Hilton is here to tell you all about it.

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Refract Seattle: The Power of Connecting Events to Local Community

Smart Meetings

Read More: You Should Go Here: 3 Travel Trends to Woo Attendees Bringing Your Attendees to Refract Seattle Another, more involved option, is to directly plan offsites. Glassblowing is such a team sport,” Coles says. “In From there, you can let them discover and sign up for any activations they find themselves interested in.

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