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Buycott, Don’t Boycott

Smart Meetings

Additional sponsorships to date have come from Birmingham, Alabama; Dallas; and Orlando, Florida, as well as Destinations International. Founding CVB/DMO partners of SocialOffset were Visit Seattle, Visit Austin, Nashville Music City and Visit Baltimore.

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Smart Moves in Lake Tahoe, Laguna Beach and More

Smart Meetings

Summers most recently worked for Optoro, a sustainable retail company in Washington, D.C., Before moving to the California hospitality and wellness scene, Flora was owner and operator of The Retreat Day Spa in Birmingham, Alabama, which she opened in 2016. as chief marketing officer. Rachel Kaiama.

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Headed South? Here’s Where to Meet

Smart Meetings

The Grand Hotel Point Clear Resort & Spa Point Clear, Alabama. Green Building Council, this is an ideal place in the south to meet sustainably and enjoyably by taking advantage of all the hotel has to offer. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa (@grandhotelresort).

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Unclaimed Luggage Becomes Hidden Treasure

Smart Meetings

A: Fun fact – we actually have the largest laundry operation in the state of Alabama. Q: How does sustainability play a part at Unclaimed Baggage? Read More: Birmingham, Alabama: Brimming with Southern Hospitality Q: What makes Unclaimed Baggage one of Alabama’s top tourist attractions? We don’t sell anything fake.

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Steal These Destination Marketing Tactics: Seven Ideas for Event Profs

Event Marketer

Leading with a Fun Fact The Alabama Tourism Department set out to activate in NYC’s Times Square to educate New Yorkers on all that the state has to offer by making a splash. So it used two little-known fun facts about Alabama to inform its approach: It’s where Mardi Gras was born, and it’s a hiker’s haven.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

PCMA Convene

While nearly 90 percent of the ‘staff’ and ‘manager’ respondents were female, they accounted for only 56 percent of ‘directors.’”. — “Sustained Recovery Necessary to Boost Attendance,” March 1993. I knew a newspaper editor in Birmingham [Alabama, where PCMA was headquartered at the time], and he gave me the name. “We

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