Smart Meetings

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Welcome Empathy Tourism. Hotels, destination management companies, tourism-dependent restaurants and New Orleans & Company issued press releases, contributed articles and leveraged every conceivable marketing channels to tell the story of a reborn city. New Orleans is our city, but the hospitality industry is my village.

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Cvent: Event Marketing

AUGUST 31, 2018

SHoP, a firm best known for its innovative and sustainable buildings, designed the space, taking into account how SITE’s exhibits might be experienced. 4 on the “Top 15 Cities in the United States” list in the 2018 Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards , an annual survey driven by the outlet’s more than 300,000 readers.

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PCMA Convene

AUGUST 1, 2018

When I attended a Green Meetings fam trip to Vancouver in June, sponsored by Tourism Vancouver, sustainability wasn’t just part of the program — it was the main event, and woven into my entire experience. We were whisked to the loading dock, where we got a backstage view of some of the center’s sustainability efforts in action.

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SmartMeetings

MARCH 2, 2017

While business travel to the United States continues to decline—thanks to President Trump’s travel ban restricting travelers from certain, mostly Muslim countries—tourism to Dubai is picking up. And one major force driving this growth: meeting planners. Dubai Tourism’s 2016 tourism figures, released in February, show 14.9

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