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Planners Get Straight Talk from Hotel Owners

MeetingsNet

At a recent meetings-industry conference, hotel executives explained how their properties struggle to balance rising operational costs with competitive rates for meeting groups. Those expenditures must be recovered by hotels over the next couple of years, he noted. What’s In It for Event Groups?

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Michael Dominguez to Be Honored for Career of Service

MeetingsNet

You can’t make a list of meetings industry thought leaders without including Michael Dominguez, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. If you drew a Venn diagram of board members over the past decade who have served Meeting Professionals International, U.S.

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Lessons for The Great Interruption from Destinations International

SmartMeetings

One of the massive financial challenges facing destination marketers all over the country is the sudden loss of funding from transient occupancy taxes when hotel properties were forced to at least temporarily close to slow the spread of novel coronavirus , a budget-killing reality that is still happening in many parts of the country.

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Destination spotlight Bern, Switzerland: Site visit from 28–30 August 2020 for Event Planners Talk e-conference

The MICE

We worked closely with destination Bern – the Bern Convention Bureau , Switzerland Convention & Incentive Bureau and local hotel partners where the sessions were filmed: Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA, Hotel Bellevue Palace Bern and Kongress + Kursaal Bern AG. Hotel Schweizerhof Bern & THE SPA.

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Aspen Skiing and KSL Capital Acquire Mammoth Resorts

SmartMeetings

Financial terms were not disclosed. In addition to skiing enthusiasts, the hotel and travel industry—as well as event planners that specialize in selecting venues for intimate corporate and association meetings—is taking notice of the deal.

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Solving for Pricing, Sponsorships, and Skills Challenges When Going Digital

PCMA Convene

In fact, the biggest hindrance to association meeting planning right now is that “time is ticking away,” Colangelo said. You have these rock-star meeting planning employees. Then, they need to rebuild it, but it won’t look like the same house, and they don’t know what it will look like. What is the plan: Hit pause? Punt to fall?

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New Brands Emerge from Benchmark/Gemstone Combo

MeetingsNet

Benchmark Hospitality International and Gemstone Hotels & Resorts have merged to become BENCHMARK, a global hospitality company with a new corporate identity and three distinct hotel collections. read more.