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Booking Meeting Venues Site Unseen

PCMA Convene

Over the last year, destination marketing organizations also have expanded their use of digital tools to make personal connections with clients. Will Future Site Visits Be Hybrid? One area where Abbate thinks that virtual site inspections will be helpful is in cutting costs. “If Making a Digital Connection. Taylor Abbate.

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All Politics Is Local

PCMA Convene

The first strategy meeting was with the city and the city leaders,” said Colette Jones, Destination Cleveland’s vice president of marketing. By the beginning of 2014, Cleveland and seven other cities were in the running: Cincinnati, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and Phoenix. TORRES   I do love a challenge.

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