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Strikes Begin at Several Meeting Hotels in SoCal

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Other hotels might soon have to do the same. On Sunday, July 1, thousands of Unite Here Local 11 hotel workers refused to report to work at more than a dozen hotels in Southern California cities including Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Universal City, and even as far south as Dana Point. dollars per hour spread across four years.

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A Look at Planners’ Powerful Partners: CSMs

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Whether at the host hotel, the convention center, or an off-site venue, “we have incorporated local flavor into events by getting the cheerleaders for the Houston Texans or the Houston Rockets to do a performance at an opening session. One was for planners of a 2027 association event requiring 9,000 rooms on peak across nearly 50 hotels.

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Will New Labor Deals Bring Budget Blues to Meetings?

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As with recent hotel-labor agreements around the country plus a new contract for UPS workers, fresh contracts for more than 45,000 airline pilots may well affect costs around business events. The compensation and benefits for American pilots will be more than $9 billion across the four-year contract.

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IMEX America 2021: Day 2 Highlights

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As MPI celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is looking forward to 2027 with a new contract for CEO and president Paul Van Deventer with a focus on advocacy, innovation and education to expand and engage a diverse community. As of Friday, there are 109 signatories across venues, destinations, suppliers and hotels.

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