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Smart Moves in Hawaii, Las Vegas and More

Smart Meetings

He brings experience in religious, fraternal and ethnic meetings segments to drive new conventions and meetings to Cincinnati and establish it as a top national meetings destination. Greg Redman Greg Redman Redman joins leading Hawaii-based destination and event management company MC&A as director of sales.

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Meeting Planners: Staying ahead of the ever-shifting COVID landscape

The Castle Group

With Labor Day symbolically closing out the summer season and ushering in fall – a prime meetings and convention time – organizations are trying to decide on the best approach to gathering given the ever-shifting COVID landscape. Just a few short weeks ago it seemed like “all systems go” again for the meetings and events industry.

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When Good Meetings Go Bad

SmartMeetings

Chilling tales from the front and how meeting profs saved the day. Smart Meetings asked veteran convention center habitues for their real-life, unexpected encounters with such blizzards of doom and put together a handy guide for recovering with grace and charm. Senior Manager, Meetings, Incentive Travel, and Events, Tupperware Brands.

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Benefit Cosmetics Shares 10 Tips for a Lucrative Influencer Event

Event Marketer

Influencer partnerships are fundamental to Benefit Cosmetics’ marketing strategy, so when the brand transported a group of its “Benebabes” to Hawaii for an influencer event promoting the launch of its Box O’ Powder blushes, it left no stone unturned. And they’re one of the most impactful tools to do that.”.

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Hotel-Labor Shortage: How Bad Is It?

MeetingsNet

Planners: Are you sure that your next in-person meeting will have enough service staff on property to deliver the quality of experience your audience expects? In labor contracts with hotels in Boston, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Hawaii, the union requires 180 days’ notice before new technologies are implemented.

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Demystifying Covid Testing: The Differences, Access and What It All Means for Travelers

Smart Meetings

Check your airline’s and your destination’s government or tourism bureau travel restrictions website to ensure your negative result meets every qualification. Hawaii also accepts digital vaccination records through the travel health pass apps CLEAR, CommonPass and AZOVA. Domestic Travel Restrictions and Recommendations.

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SF Marriott Strike Over

Smart Meetings

After nearly two months, striking hotel workers at seven San Francisco hotels operated by Marriott International have settled on a new labor contract. The others were in three more California cities—Oakland, San Jose and San Diego—as well as Boston, Detroit and two Hawaii islands, Maui and Oahu.

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