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WalletHub’s Top Vegan-friendly Cities for Meeting Makers

Smart Meetings

Sustainability and accessibility are now essential ingredients for a meeting menu. In 2019, Orlando landed on People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)’s Top 10 Vegan-Friendly Cities list, giving the city of 309,000 some serious foodie street-cred. Los Angeles: Meetings Meets Foodies.

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WTTC Survey Assesses Cities’ Sustainable Tourism Growth

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Sustainability efforts are key to keep the travel and tourism train going. In a report by World Travel & Tourism Council and JLL, “ Destination 2030: Global Cities’ Readiness For Sustainable Tourism Growth ,” the two organizations take a look at the cities making tourism sustainable. Los Angeles; 4. Chicago; 7.

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Recovery of business events gains momentum in 2022 Q2

Event Industry News

RFP activity and hotel group room nights showed a significant increase in 2022 Q2, with both indexes reaching over 80% of 2019 levels, according to the 2022 Q2 Global Business Events Barometer released today by the Events Industry Council (EIC), the voice of the global business events industry.

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Top 25 Meeting Markets Seeing Uneven Recovery

MeetingsNet

Further, Knowland’s forecast for meetings business in the biggest markets finds that Phoenix and Tampa will fully recover their 2019 event volume this year. For that segment, Deloitte finds that “spend is projected to reach 36 percent of 2019 levels by midyear, and 55 percent by the end of 2022.

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Sponsorship Outlook: 10 Hot Properties to Watch in 2024

Event Marketer

Frieze Los Angeles (Photo credit: Casey Kelbaugh for Frieze) Location: Los Angeles, CA Dates: Feb. 29 to March 3 The Los Angeles edition of the international Frieze Art Fair platform is headed to the Santa Monica Airport this year for four days of arts, entertainment and culture.

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TWT: Mirage Isn’t Closing…Yet

Smart Meetings

Sustainability: IATA Teams with Travalyst, Radisson Joins GSTC. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that it is partnering with Travalyst, the not-for-profit sustainability in tourism industry organization founded by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in 2019. Air Canada Inaugurates Flights at JFK.

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Smart Moves in Washington, DC, Baton Rouge and More

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Shelby Luzzi Shelby Luzzi Luzzi is the first senior manager, sustainability, of Destination DC (DDC). In this role, she will develop and implement strategies for sustainable travel practices in meetings, conventions and leisure travel to Washington, D.C. Along with her team, she won sales team of the year in 2019.

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