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Smart Moves in San Antonio, Louisville and More

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has named Diamond senior meeting manager. Before joining TMG, Diamond worked as medical meetings project manager for MedStar Health in Washington, D.C. Bennett has been promoted to executive vice president for Louisville Tourism in Kentucky, effective July 1; Bennett was formerly senior vice president of convention development.

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5 Trends We’ll Be Watching in 2018

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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. When the Grammy Awards are distributed in 2018, there will be no white men called to the stage for Album of the Year. In 2018, I’ll be looking to hear many new voices. From Congrats!

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Message of Travel’s Economic Power Delivered to White House

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— SmartMeetings (@SmartMeetings) September 5, 2018. 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 million jobs , according to statistics from Meetings Mean Business coalition) and grow the economy.

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Design Thinking: An Event Strategists’ Toolkit

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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.”

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Best Big Cities Also Among Best Meeting Cities

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Whitaker is a respected industry veteran who formerly worked with Tourism Toronto and Brand USA. In October, Mayor Emanuel and Whitaker announced record tourism figures for the first three quarters of 2016, for both leisure and group segments. The project began in 2015 and will be completed by the end of 2018.