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Smart Moves in Atlanta, Dallas and More

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Tipota previously worked across Oahu and Maui as director of sales and marketing for event rental company Accel Events & Tents. Garner joined LRCVB in 2012 as administrative coordinator at the River Market, and went on to become event coordinator in 2016. 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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Melchi was previously senior sales manager at The Abbey Resort & Avani Spa in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, specializing in national corporate and association markets. Since 2016, he’s been front office manager of sister property Courtyard by Marriott Stamford Downtown. She was promoted from within the company.

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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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Already noticing a demand decrease in Cuban travel, Spirit, Silver and Frontier left the market and JetBlue and American shifted to smaller planes. ABC News reports that, according to the Cuban Ministry, “74 percent more American citizens visited the island in 2016 than in 2015.” billion from the travel industry.”.

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