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Here’s Where Business Meetings and Travel Are Being Booked

Smart Meetings

Denver and Phoenix lead the way in the resurgence of business travel and meetings in the United States. That’s according to predictive data company Adara , which reports that both those Western cities are down only 29 percent for business trips booked in the last two months as compared to same period in 2019.

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Meeting Profs Travel Report: Memorial Day Weekend Sees Lower Airfares

Smart Meetings

Hoppers busiest airport data Travel agency Hopper ’s Memorial Day and Summer Travel research posts say that domestic airfare dropped 26% or $100 per ticket from 2022 and are a further 6% below 2019 levels. The post Meeting Profs Travel Report: Memorial Day Weekend Sees Lower Airfares appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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

Smart Meetings

Cvent has just published its list of Top Meeting Destinations and Top Meeting Hotels for 2023: Nashville and San Diego moving up to the second and third spots after Orlando. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. 1 in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Nashville was named No. 1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S.

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Hotel Tax-Rate Changes Likely Coming in Several Big Cities

MeetingsNet

Late April was a popular time for revisiting the hotel tax in several meetings-heavy cities. percent state sales tax, individual travelers and meeting groups will soon pay a total of 15.25 According to this article from Fox4 News Dallas , the Hotel Association of North Texas supports the move. Combined with the 9.25-percent

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The Exposure Podcast for December 2019

The Expo Group

This month Dana and Todd take the show on the road to downtown Dallas and the Omni Hotel for the TSNN (Trade Show News Network) Awards and the SMOTY (Show Manager of the Year) Awards.

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F&B Smart Moves in Lake Tahoe, Miami Beach and More

Smart Meetings

In 2019, he took on the role of head pastry chef at Park Hyatt Doha. Davide Pauduano Davide Pauduano, The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas Pauduano is appointed as director of food and beverage at The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas. He began his career as a commis chef in a bakery and confectionary. The Wharf InterContinental Washington D.C.

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Smart Moves: Food and Beverage

Smart Meetings

Annotti previously worked for the hotels as senior sous chef since 2019. Raymond Bocanegra Photo: Kathy Tran Dallas-based Hotel Swexan , slated to open June 15, named Bocanegra executive chef of its five on-site restaurants. The post Smart Moves: Food and Beverage appeared first on Smart Meetings.