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Keep Meetings Caffeinated: 3 Coffee-Forward Destinations to Wake Up Your Event

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29, is International Coffee Day—an unofficial day of worship for many meeting professionals. Cause the best part of waking up is with three new coffee destinations in your meetings cup. It will serve attendees in the north entrance of the convention center during all public and private events. This Saturday, Sept.

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Natural Disasters Create New Challenges for Meetings Industry

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Today marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria making landfall in Puerto Rico, one of the worst of many destructive turns of nature during the past year, many directly affecting hubs of the meetings and hospitality industries. of event space, and services many of the parks guests. Puerto Rico and Maria.

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

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“This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. Let’s take a deeper dive into why events and business travel might float above the turbulence.

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How to Plan an LGBT-Friendly Meeting or Event

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As June wraps up, we can look back at Pride Month and admire all of the incredible events , demonstrations and strides that helped support the LGBT community. Much of the meeting and event planning industry only recently began evaluating its impact on the LGBT community. And this topic needs to be a year-round focus.

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Trying to Solve for Networking in a Virtual Event

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Nixing their original plan, Sukthankar and her team revamped the format into a fully virtual experience in just seven weeks, halving the registration fee for authors and making the conference free for participants. for up to 30 days after the event. Gita Sukthankar. The only thing you can’t do is shake their physical hand,” he said.

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Eight Brilliant Meeting Sites Along Solar Eclipse Path

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Venues along its path are hosting special events and hotels are offering promotional rates for this astronomical phenomenon. Although reservations are already booked for the big day in August, many of these sites are also great places to hold meetings another time. Pop the cork on a great meeting held at Brooks Winery.

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5 Smart Moves at Hyatt Regency, Kimpton and More

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Acosta will be tasked with increasing the Manhattan hotel’s occupancy and revenue, as well as generating bookings for the 6,000-square-foot meetings and event space. Smith has experience with the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc. Do you have an announcement about a new executive-level job appointment?

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