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Smart Moves in South Carolina, Missouri and More

Smart Meetings

Gibson also has years of food and beverage experience, having worked as kitchen manager and in other restaurant management positions in New Hampshire. Travel Association, Meetings Mean Business Coalition, PCMA Education Foundation and Chautauqua Institution in New York. Tiffany Alves Hafer.

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

The MICE

On the food and beverage side, the hotel has Jack’s brasserie, also known as the ‘Bernese institution’ and is named after the father of one of the previous owners of the Gauer family, a veteran hotelier family in Switzerland. There’s a reduction of food waste that we are engaged in. We also do local activities.

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Choosing Your Perfect Destination for You and Your Attendees

Cvent: Event Marketing

Chances are your organization is not paying for the attendee – especially with an association meeting or user conference. If this is the case, in addition to the conference registration fee, determine the estimated cost for the attendee or exhibitor in the following areas: Food Expenditure. Food & Beverage.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

SmartMeetings

There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. LVCVA developed the trade show booth over the past year in partnership with Inhance Digital.

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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

Smart Meetings

After a blow to international travel due to Covid, a wave of tech layoffs and some negative publicity, the city is leaning into its strengths as a diverse, business savvy and beautiful destination to reemerge stronger. We’ve survived booms and busts, earthquakes and pandemics, and have come back thriving every time.

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Hospitality Labor Still in a Bind; Industry Seeks Help

MeetingsNet

Travel Association meets on March 8 with the U.S. Commerce Department to discuss lifting the cap plus other potential changes to boost the travel and hospitality sector. Travel Association responded to news that the federal government’s H2-B visa program allowing non-U.S First, on March 3 the U.S.

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Convene’s 27th Annual Meetings Market Survey

PCMA Convene

and those that travel to international markets. travel ban). Science-based meetings with continuing education tend to have fewer massive fluctuations, but we must continue to focus on the value of face-to-face meetings as travel becomes more difficult and virtual content more accessible.”.