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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

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The crisis has already landed at the regional airline level, according to Peter Gall, a former American Airlines pilot and now a professor at West Virginia University. A 2016 Boeing study found that 42 percent of pilots currently flying for the major airlines in the United States will reach the age of 65 in the next 10 years.

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Golf Course Updates at 3 Destination Resorts

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A complete golf renaissance is underway at The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, one of the nation’s premier golf destinations. The resort turned the region’s catastrophic flood of 2016 into an opportunity to completely restore its Old White TPC course, first opened in 1914.

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Five Trade Shows and How They Grew

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Earlier this year, the Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) reported that the industry finished last year on a down note — with the performance of B2B shows declining in the final quarter of 2016 after 25 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. 2016 show: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, July 10–13.

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Smart Moves in Portland, Chicago and More

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At the Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel in San Francisco, she successfully led a full re-positioning of the hotel through its 2015-2016 renovation. Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. She has 26 years of experience with Marriott and 6 with The Ritz-Carlton brand.