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Summer 2024 Travel Trends with Meaning

Smart Meetings

Being altruistically eco-conscious, rather than greenwashing (using the trendy distinction for marketing purposes), resorts that are truly dedicated to the cause resonate with meeting professionals and attendees alike. The Eliza Jane Hotel sets the tone for visitors to absorb the city’s history and have easy access to its modern excitement.

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Smart Moves in Texas, Wyoming and More

Smart Meetings

A twenty-year hospitality veteran, Casserly was most recently director of marketing in Baltimore, Maryland for Four Seasons. He has worked in various leadership roles at Four Seasons since 2000, such as assistant food and beverage manager, director of sales in multiple locations and director of marketing, among others.

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Smart Moves in Tennessee, D.C. and More

Smart Meetings

Espina has spent over 20 years in hotel operations and food and beverage management, having held leadership roles such as director of restaurants at Four Seasons Resort Whistler in Canada, and director of food and beverage at Four Seasons Hotel Austin. Ron Bracco. Destination DC appointed Bracco board chairperson.

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7 Smart Moves—at Mahekal Beach Resort, Kimpton & More

Smart Meetings

Maria Elena Armenta Mahekal Beach Resort in Playa del Carmen, Mexico has added Armenta as director of sales and marketing. The Mexico-native also spent time in Cancun as director of sales and marketing for Nizuc Resort & Spa in and director of leisure sales position for Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Resort & Spa.

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2 Programs Refine Recipe to Reduce Homelessness

PCMA Convene

By having a meal at FareStart Restaurant in downtown Seattle, “just in that act alone, you are part of the solution,” says Stephanie Schoo, marketing and communications director. In 1992, Lee reorganized the operation as a nonprofit, teaching those he was serving how to prepare food in order to equip them with job skills.

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Considerations when making hospitality innovations fit for purpose

Prestige Events Magazine

From a tired mid-market corporate and wedding hotel, we have managed to transform the business to create a leisure retreat for a perfect escape in the Cotswolds, whilst still providing a five-star wedding experience. Last year, we opened the Bar and Terrace 2021, capturing a new local market that worked alongside the wedding business.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

When the idea to stage an international, multi-day conference in Bern was born back in 2018, we didn’t know how things would turn out, and that we’d need to change our plans upside down. The SCIB has a presence in 14 markets. There’s a reduction of food waste that we are engaged in. As we know today, modern luxury has evolved.

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