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5 Meeting Trends that Will Prioritize People in 2018

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IMEX Group predicts the coming year will see meetings focus more on participant needs. The IMEX Group is predicting that meetings in 2018 will be all about bringing humanity back. According to IMEX, “There has been an outcry from people who feel that too much tourism is damaging their communities and their lives.”

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Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns: Nashville and San Diego Move Up

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Compiled by analyzing more than $14 billion of group business value sourced through the Cvent Supplier Network in 2022, the rankings highlight hotels, venues, and destinations. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. after being named No.

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Get Smart! There Was Never a Better Time to Up Your Game

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Robert Payne School of Hospitality & Tourism at San Diego State University, earning an M.S. in meeting and event management. In many organizations, the meeting planning function is viewed as administrative. Some material is tracked separately for the hospitality and meeting professions. What changed?

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How Meetings Benefit from Sporting Events

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Are you ready for some…meetings? From football to baseball to figure skating and more, college, professional and amateur sports bring in a lot of dough and tourism to popular meeting destinations. Many visitors and meeting planners impressed with GH and Texas will return to build future tourism,” the study states.

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Will San Diego Keep Comic-Con?

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That scenario is playing out now as San Diego and Comic-Con International work toward an agreement to keep the reigning king of all comic book conventions in its longtime home after the current deal expires in 2018. 13, in partnership with San Diego Tourism Authority (SDTA). But the behemoth venue no longer feels so spacious.

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Game Changers: Sporting Incentive Trips

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Some competitions take place at the same venue every year, as in the case of the U.S. In 2018, the event heads to Churchill Downs in Louisville, the storied home of the Kentucky Derby. Planners in need of incentive trip inspiration should keep these marquee events on their radar for 2018. Super Bowl 52, Feb.

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Ready to Be Surprised? Meet Different in ‘The City Different’

Cvent: Event Marketing

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. Please call the Tourism Santa Fe Sales Team to start exploring this great destination and allow us to assist you in a smooth and artistic meeting planning process.