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Music Festivals Make Destinations Go Viral

Connect Your Meetings

According to Tiffany Russell, APR, CDME, vice president of marketing and communications for Virginia Beach CVB, Something in the Water is the No. Memphis Tourism reports that 60 to 80% of its 2018 visitors were drawn to the city because of music. That’s how it’s supposed to be— celebrating our differences and welcoming others.”.

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Your Favorite Meeting Venues in the South

Connect Your Meetings

Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi “has it all,” says Teresa Johnston, area director of sales for the Hampton Inn & Suites and the Home2 Suites by Hilton. Hammons Convention Center Northwest Arkansas and the Alpharetta Conference Center, home of Connect Georgia 2018. Mississippi Gulf Coast. Best-Value Destinations.

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Big Developments in the Big Easy

PCMA Convene

From there it was a four-block walk to the MCCNO, on the banks of the Mississippi River, where we had a few hours to explore Collision and its dynamic show floor. Also tied to the 2018 tricentennial, the $1-billion C2D2 will transform 47 acres just upriver of MCCNO into a thriving mixed-use neighborhood, tentatively called the Trade District.

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12 Imaginative Events from Twilio

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November 14, 2018. September 21, 2018. The 2018 event was held in Tokyo and featured even more great content than the previous four gatherings had. Each experiential marketing event aims to better educate developers, product managers, and technologists on how to build the future of communications. Source: Twitter.

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Goodbye, DMAI. Hello, Destinations International.

PCMA Convene

Destination Marketing Association International picked the exact right time to rebrand as Destinations International. We had the ‘I’ before, but I think in 2018 you’re going to really see that start to take off, and not just in terms of membership but also partnerships as well.”. ADVOCATING FOR APPRECIATION. A NEW LOOK.