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TWT: Monkeypox May Be a Red Herring, Bleisure Booms

Smart Meetings

Arriving at your meetings destination without your checked bag may be more likely this year, suggests a new report by SITA (Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques). Luggage being loaded on board. The global mishandled baggage rate has spiked by 24% to 4.35

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Make Your Event Wi-Fi Not Suck – #EventIcons Episode 148

Endless Events

White Paper: Negotiating the Internet Landscape at Hotels and Convention Centers – If you plan to order Internet or telecommunications services for your event, it is critical to understand the underlying business model in play. TSI’s Bandwidth Calculator – Plan your event bandwidth.

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Will Death of Net Neutrality Kill the Event Store?

Smart Meetings

In November, the Supreme Court declined a petition from telecommunication industry groups to take up the issue of the legality the FCC’s ability to regulate the issue. Meanwhile, the FCC is suing states that passed local net neutrality regulations, saying they violate the Commerce Clause.

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Episode 57: Mastering Zoom for Business and Association Events with Sheila Fox from Event In Site

Techsytalk

From serving as Director of Meetings and Membership for the Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association to earning the 2018 President’s Award from the Ohio Lobbying Association—she’s a trusted professional with a proven track record. Click here to listen to the episode.

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Urban Venues Seeing Return of Group Business

Smart Meetings

From an abundance of hand sanitizing stations to more visible cleaning and F&B options, Jason Sabin, director of group sales with Langham Hospitality Group , says he has seen groups as diverse as financial, information technology, real estate, telecommunications and sport and entertainment make the decision to go back to in-person meetings at The (..)

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Global Meetings Industry Day 2022 Announced

MeetingsNet

million American jobs—more than the telecommunications and oil/gas extraction industries—and spurred hundreds of billions of dollars in annual revenue. “The services provided by the meetings industry often go unnoticed, but the economic impact is unmistakable. Prior to the pandemic, in-person meetings supported 5.9

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Teresa Gonçalves appointed as Executive Chairwoman of SATA Holding

Travel Daily News

He was recently Finance and Procurement Director at Cellnex Portugal, a subsidiary of Cellnex Telecom (CLNX), which bought the first independent telecommunications tower company in Portugal, OMTEL, in 2020, as a result of the spin-off of the Altice Tower Business unit, a project he managed directly.