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Smart Moves in Atlanta, Dallas and More

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Read More : Northern California: Innovative, Renovated and Green All Over Jennifer Garner and Bliss Krucas Jennifer Garner (left) and Bliss Krucas (right) Garner and Krucas have been promoted at Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) in Arkansas. Garner is LRCVB’s senior director of event operations.

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7 Smart Moves at Hilton Quebec & Velas Resorts

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Since 2016, he’s been front office manager of sister property Courtyard by Marriott Stamford Downtown. Peter Ambros Hospitality Management Corporation (HMC) announces the appointment of Ambros as general manager of Four Points by Sheraton in Little Rock, Arkansas. She’s a longtime active member of MPI.

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Your Favorite Meeting Venues in the South

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Connect’s home in 2016 is “equipped to handle large crowds,” says Bob Carter, convention manager for Lionel Collectors Club of America. Hammons Convention Center Northwest Arkansas and the Alpharetta Conference Center, home of Connect Georgia 2018. Below, see what you and your peers selected as prime locations to do business.

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Boat Safety Tips in Wake of Disasters

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According to WCVB-TV in Boston, 13 passengers were killed when their boat sank near Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1999. Five college students were killed in Seattle in 2015 when their vehicle collided with a bus, and one woman was killed in Boston in 2016 when her scooter was hit by a duck boat.

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Travel Industry Reacts to President Trump’s Revised Cuba Policy

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ABC News reports that, according to the Cuban Ministry, “74 percent more American citizens visited the island in 2016 than in 2015.” Rick Crawford from Arkansas tweeted a GIF on Friday that says, “Over the next four years, reversing Cuba policies would cost the U.S. billion from the travel industry.”.

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