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Hospitality Industry Honors Black History Month

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Moreover, certain organizations, such as Tourism Diversity Matters (TDM) have made it their mission to guarantee that the tenants of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) are embraced throughout the hospitality industry to confront ethnic disparities and promote strategies to retain diversity within the workforce.

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Smart Moves in Chicago, Arizona and More

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He will oversee hotel strategy to maximize guest and colleague satisfaction, service standards and financial performance. to Kansas City. Patrick Lacassagne Patrick Lacassagne, Viceroy Chicago Lacassagne joins Viceroy Chicago as General Manager.

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How Meetings Benefit from Sporting Events

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From football to baseball to figure skating and more, college, professional and amateur sports bring in a lot of dough and tourism to popular meeting destinations. Many visitors and meeting planners impressed with GH and Texas will return to build future tourism,” the study states. San Jose & Kansas City. billion benefit.

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Smart Moves in Colorado, Florida and More

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Johnston has worked for Union Pacific Railroad in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas and R.L. Hoffman joined Boulder CVB in 2014 as operations and financial manager, her most recent position. Wirkler joined Boulder’s tourism bureau in 2014 as group sales manager and most recently was senior sales manager at the organization.

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Smart Moves in Colorado, Florida and More

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Johnston has worked for Union Pacific Railroad in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kansas and R.L. Hoffman joined Boulder CVB in 2014 as operations and financial manager, her most recent position. Wirkler joined Boulder’s tourism bureau in 2014 as group sales manager and most recently was senior sales manager at the organization.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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For Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, however, the region’s flourishing startup culture was a story that needed telling, which is why, in 2008, they founded an online publication called Silicon Prairie News (SPN) — taking its name from a tech-friendly area that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.