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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

Smart Meetings

Anderson serves on the board of directors for United States Travel Association (USTA), is an executive committee member of Meetings Mean Business Coalition, co-chair of USTA CEO Roundtable and is a member on Destination International’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. has named Diamond senior meeting manager.

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

PCMA Convene

At Convene , we’ve made it a year-end tradition to ask ourselves this question: What’s the one meeting trend we’ll be keeping an eye on next year? . In 2018, I expect to see speaker lineups at conferences and conventions feature a range of voices outside the old-school white male CEO mold. From Congrats! AI Gets Real.

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Best Big Cities Also Among Best Meeting Cities

SmartMeetings

When Conde Nast Traveler released its latest list of The Best Big Cities in the United States, it could have just as easily been writing about The Best Meeting Cities in the United States. By scouring our online and print archives, I’ve compiled news that planners can use to host events in some of our favorite and best meeting cities.

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Message of Travel’s Economic Power Delivered to White House

Smart Meetings

The $22 billion contributed by the meetings industry to local, state and federal taxes each year is dependent on the free flow of travel. Those in attendance underscored the importance of international inbound travel as a way to reduce the trade deficit, create jobs ( the meetings industry supports 1.1 To make that point, U.S.

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Design Thinking: An Event Strategists’ Toolkit

PCMA Convene

Traditionally, in the travel sector, sustainable-tourism professionals have tended to talk to other sustainable tourism professionals,” Louise said. We’re not just talking about sustainable tourism, we’re generating action-oriented results.” For example: How can we change face-to-face interaction in the exhibit hall?

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