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How to Find Your Wedding Planning Niche

The Planner's Lounge

In marketing, there is a saying that if you try to appeal to everyone, you appeal to no one. Some of the best reasons to choose a wedding planning niche: Less Competition Choosing a niche will help differentiate you from other planners in your market. Effective Marketing Niching down makes marketing MUCH easier!

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20 Enchanting Venues to Make Your Holiday Engagement Unforgettable

Unique Venues

20 Enchanting Venues to Make Your Holiday Engagement Unforgettable Getting engaged is already a magical experience, but what if you could do it during the holidays? So, with that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of the top 20 venues around the US and Canada to have a holiday engagement you’ll never forget.

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Is Cannabis Tourism the Next Big Thing

Connect Your Meetings

The business is so successful that it is now synonymous with cannabis tourism, providing digital resources in hundreds of locations including Oregon, California, Alaska , Barcelona and Jamaica. But it’s not just the tourism industry that’s latching onto this idea; it’s affecting the meetings market, too.

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More Associations Are Sounding the Climate Alarm

PCMA Convene

Catastrophic wildfires in Australia, heat waves in Alaska, and frequent floods on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. For in-person events, Smith thinks that big venues can be part of the solution. “A In April, the Glasgow Convention Bureau became the first DMO to join Tourism Declares Climate Emergency. Why the discrepancy?

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Meeting Destinations Make Best of the World List

SmartMeetings

We’d like to send out special congratulations to the following: Hawaiian Island of Kauai; the state of Georgia; Anchorage, Alaska; Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada; Cartagena, Colombia; Hamburg, Germany; and Madrid, Spain. “We

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2 Programs Refine Recipe to Reduce Homelessness

PCMA Convene

By having a meal at FareStart Restaurant in downtown Seattle, “just in that act alone, you are part of the solution,” says Stephanie Schoo, marketing and communications director. The network links 60 member programs around the country, from Fairbanks, Alaska, to Tucson, Arizona, to Burlington, Vermont.

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The Dish on 6 Hospitality Trends for 2017

SmartMeetings

Freeman has worked at New York venues such as Windows on the World and Russian Tea Room before serving as vice president of public relations and strategic partnerships for Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants. California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada join the ranks of Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Alaska in legalizing recreational cannabis.