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What to Expect From Airlines This Year

Connect Your Meetings

The consensus is high demand will level off ticket prices despite turbulent global events like Brexit leaving unanswered economic questions. The 2017 Global Outlook report , created annually by Travel Leaders Group, predicts average domestic airfare will land at $410.

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The 2020 CMI 25 in Pictures

MeetingsNet

A sampling of how the leading independent planning companies execute every sort of event, from user conferences to exotic incentives. The 2020 CMI 25 list is out, with profiles of the 25 largest independent meeting planning companies serving the corporate market in North America. Gating level. anonymous user. DataTable subpages.

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Marriott Tells Association Planners to Seek Additional DEI and Technology Advances

Smart Meetings

Marriott’s Chief Sales and Marketing Officer for the U.S. Goren, former chief financial officer with American Airlines, was appointed to the board’s audit committee. The return has been uneven depending on the region and the industry. After some rocky years, urban cities are returning to strong occupancy again as well.

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Smart Moves in San Diego, Chicago and More

Smart Meetings

She brings more than 18 years of hospitality and destination sales experience with Hyatt Hotels, and has held leadership roles in food and beverage and events, as well. Most recently, Sullivan served as director of sales and marketing at Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. Ali Moussa. Jennifer Duffy. Erica Tortora.

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Sourabh Kothari on Event Strategists’ Most Valuable Resource

PCMA Convene

Soon after, in a rather unconventional move, I requested that my team of digital-event experts and video storytellers be allowed to separate from global events to form a new entity known as “rich media marketing.” They were experiencing exponential growth but had no brand beyond a company name and a logo.

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Rethinking How You Work With Procurement

PCMA Convene

And he walks that talk, giving Ciena’s global events department free rein when it seems most beneficial to company operations. . For Ciena Corporation, staying nimble is the guiding ethos for the collaboration between the procurement and global events departments. Procurement then runs the RFP process.

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25 Unforgettable Corporate Event Themes

Bizzabo

In this article you’ll find tried-and-true themes, enterprise level events, and never-thought-of-before corporate events. Think of events that feature everything from mundane items like dishwashers and containers, to uber-modern event marketing with drones and augmented reality. Photo source: Eventive Marketing.