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Meeting Planners Travel Report: United CEO Says Chaos Will Continue

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fewer flights than in 2019 and 0.9% “Our industry has been changed profoundly by the pandemic, and you can’t run the airline like it is 2019 or it will fail,” Kirby concluded. “We believe that the industry’s capacity aspirations for 2023 and beyond are simply unachievable. United is downscaling to 16.7% fewer seats.

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Cvent unveils list of Top 25 Meeting Destinations in Europe for 2019

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The top 10 cities in Europe for 2019 are: London, England Berlin, Germany Barcelona, Spain Paris, France Amsterdam, Netherlands Madrid, Spain Frankfurt, Germany Rome, Italy Prague, Czech Republic Munich, Germany.

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Smart Moves in Qatar, London and More

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Prior to this, he was director of rooms at Yas Viceroy Abu Dhabi, as well as hotel manager task force for Viceroy Palm Jumeirah—Dubai and Viceroy Istanbul. She joined the team in 2012 as sales manager of national accounts, and was later promoted to director of citywide sales in 2019.

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Can Sunflowers Make Your Event More Inclusive?

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In 2019, airports outside the U.K. Sydney and Brisbane, Australia; Istanbul, Turkey; Dubai; Copenhagen, Denmark; Trieste, Italy; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Over the next few years, the campaign expanded throughout the U.K., and was adopted by airports, railroads, event venues (O2 in London, Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, etc.),

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IBTM World smashes meeting results for 2021

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IBTM World has announced the results of its bespoke appointment matching process, achieving the same average number of appointments per Hosted Buyer and exhibitor as in 2019. IBTM World 2021 is taking place from 30 November to 2 December at Fira Barcelona. Of the total, 70% are agencies, 20% are corporate and 10% are association buyers.

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Caesars Debuted New Spaces and Faces at IMEX

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Some groups are smaller than they were in 2019; others are larger. He likes to quip that the tradeshow at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Las Vegas was organized in almost the same fashion as the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul in 10,000 B.C. “Groups may find they really like some of the places they hadn’t considered before,” she added.

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Press Release: Socio Raises $6M Series A

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July 30, 2019) – Socio , the leading event management platform for organizations to optimize their live events, today announced a completed raise of $6M in Series A funding. First, it will help Socio rapidly grow its teams at the company’s North American headquarters in Indianapolis and EMEA office in Istanbul. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.

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