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A Look at Planners’ Powerful Partners: CSMs

MeetingsNet

A hospitality lifer, Fitzpatrick started at a Marriott call center in Omaha, Neb., One was for planners of a 2027 association event requiring 9,000 rooms on peak across nearly 50 hotels. They had signed the contract with the convention center but did not have a lot of their hotel contracts finalized. I’m very honored.”

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Strikes Begin at Several Meeting Hotels in SoCal

MeetingsNet

The reason: an expired labor contract for about 15,000 Local 11 workers across 65 hotels. Unite Here also wants the creation of a hospitality-workforce housing fund, which would come from a new seven-percent tax on guests staying at unionized hotels, according to management.

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Levy invests in high-performance bars and events company Peppermint

Event Industry News

Levy UK + Ireland, the market leading sports and hospitality caterer, has taken a 50% stake in multi-award winning bars and event solutions business, Peppermint. We also share the urgency in delivering sustainability across our industry, with a shared goal for net zero by 2027, one of the most aggressive in our industry.”.

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