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Mike Dominguez: Hotel, F&B Prices Aren’t Going Down, and Other Predictions for 2023

Smart Meetings

Hotels are charging more, but profitability is the same as in 2019,” Dominguez said. Dominguez encouraged meeting professionals to explain to their stakeholders that when they see inflation decreasing, that doesn’t mean prices are going back to 2019 levels. Sustainability Is Relative. We’re paying for more labor.

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B2B events set to bounce back strongly after COVID-19, reveals survey of senior marketeers

Event Industry News

B2B events spend in Q2 2020 is down 80% vs. Q2 2019. B2B marketeers from China and Italy are most optimistic about a quick re-opening, while those from North America, the UK, and Russia expect a later restart. Sustained absence of events has left B2B marketeers itching to move out of the Zoom lobby and back onto the expo floor.’

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VFS Global announced as official UK ticket reseller for Expo 2020 Dubai

Event Industry News

Customers travelling to the UAE during Expo 2020 can simply visit their nearest VFS Global Visa Application Centre in the GCC, India, China, Russia, UK and Germany to plan their trip, leverage VFS Global’s services and reserve their Expo 2020 tickets.

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Holiday Events and Cyber Sales for Company Celebrations, Gifting

Smart Meetings

To cite but one packager, Tinggly , a travel company that organizes affordable, giftable and sustainable travel experiences around the world, has hundreds of new international excursions with all the wintry charm for welcoming whomever the cold brings in. The Saint-Barthelemy hotel opened in 2019, but this is its first Cyber sale.

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The ultimate incentive experience A–Z: interview with Heidi Legein, Managing Director at The MICE Guru

The MICE

I interviewed Heidi about her role and work across various business areas of the DMC, beginning by defining its role, how to host virtual site inspections, how DMCs contribute to destination marketing, sustainability and incentives. Sustainable and green incentives are becoming more popular. But what is an incentive?

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

PCMA Convene

“Everyone seemed excited to see us there, because the conference hadn’t been to the United States since 1967,” said Nathan Hermiston, director of destination sales for Meet Minneapolis, whose colorful booth at Apimondia 2015 was the culmination of an 18-month-long bid for Apimondia 2019. Turkey and Russia had the largest voting blocks.

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Face-to-Face Meetings: An Antidote for Loneliness

PCMA Convene

In Norway, which ranked third in the United Nations Sustainable Development 2019 World Happiness Report, 16 percent of the population reported that they are “haunted by loneliness every day,” according to Karen Dolva, CEO and co-founder of No Isolation, a Norwegian startup that makes connection a priority. Petersburg, Florida, and St.

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