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Nine High-tech Solutions to Explore in the COVID-19 Era

Event Marketer

That live-guide component came into play for a program in the Faroe Islands tourism arm’s “Remote Tourism” campaign, which allowed travelers with itchy feet to control live people on the ground in various parts of the region by using their phone or computer keypad. HIGH-TECH SANITIZATION. HEALTH SCREENING.

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How Planners Are Celebrating GMID 2022

Smart Meetings

Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID), a celebration of everything wonderful about the meetings industry, is kicking off its seventh year with the theme “Meet Safe,” a redux of GMID 2021’s theme. While most events across the globe took place virtually last year, more events are now meeting in person. Advocating Voices.

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Experts: Professionally Planned Meetings Are Safe—and Necessary

Smart Meetings

Representatives of the Let’s Meet There Coalition , the U.S. Tourism Economics highlighted the value of domestic business travel to the U.S. Tourism Economics shared a new analysis identifying the relationship between business travel and corporate performance for 14 industries over the past 26 years. jobs in 2019. to the U.S.

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Conventions Return to Indianapolis and Las Vegas

Smart Meetings

saw a decline of $211 billion in business travel spending in 2020, with $97 billion of that loss due to the cancellation of professional meetings and events related travel spending. Read More: Meetings and Conventions Are Back in 2022-Here Are 4 Ways They’re Changing. of meeting and exhibit space and 150,000 hotel rooms, more than $4.5

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Washington DC open without restrictions for meetings and conferences

Event Industry News

On Friday, May 21st, Washington, DC fully reopened for in-person meetings, conventions, trade shows, groups and special events. and Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, is leading an industry-wide effort to support customers meeting in the nation’s capital. Ferguson, II, president and CEO, DDC. “DC

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ITB Berlin brings attendees together using virtual meeting software after Coronavirus cancellation

Event Industry News

The world’s largest annual travel trade show, ITB Berlin was one of the first exhibition casualties of the coronavirus outbreak this March. Known for being one of the central dates for the global tourism calendar, ITB Berlin is for many much more than the four-day event with business meetings taking place ahead of the show opening.

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IBTM World celebrates the power of innovation as industry influencers take to the stage

Prestige Events Magazine

Commenting on the session, Julius said: “We live in an era where the concept of meeting has never been more fluid. The more we interact online, the more we need to meet. This will be followed by a comprehensive round table discussion focusing on the future of event tourism.

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