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Elevated Experiences Scored at Florida Smart Meetings Event

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Luxurious Touches Made Everyone Feel Special in The Palm Beaches When the CEO arrives on the greens of historic PGA National Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in a helicopter, dropping a bucket of golf balls to pick the winner of a high-stakes raffle, you know this is going to be a hosted buyer event unlike any other.

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Smart Moves in Florida, Wyoming and More

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He began working with The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company in 2009 at The Ritz-Carlton Golf and Spa Resort in Rose Hall, Jamaica as travel sales industry coordinator. Flanders comes from Prime Vacations, where she worked as regional sales manager for eight boutique properties in southwest Florida. Before this L.A.-based

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NAACP’s Florida Travel Advisory Results in Relocated Convention

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The Director’s Perspective Milli Moto, CEO and executive director of NOBCO, stated that "moving the NOBCO conference out of Florida is a difficult decision, but it is one that aligns with our core commitment to social justice.” We can make our participants feel more secure to come to Florida, if we choose to meet there.”

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It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Hotels Launch Fundraising Initiatives

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This year, a number of hotels around the United States host events and initiatives to raise money for charities that work to increase awareness of breast cancer and to fund research and patient care. 250 from each booking will benefit the Florida Breast Cancer Foundation. It is available for bookings throughout the month of October.

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Smart Moves in Honduras, Florida and More

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He later became general manager of Comfort Inn Real San Miguel and Comfort Inn Real La Union Hotel. Tablada, a Miami native, most recently worked at Kimpton Surfcomber Hotel in South Beach, Miami, as director of sales and marketing for the last six years. Robert Cameron Cameron is director of group sales for The Boca Raton in Florida.

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Smart Moves in Florida, Virginia and More

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Before Rosewood, Duerr held leading positions with Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab in Dubai, Four Seasons Hotel Berlin and Jumeirah Essex House in New York City. Perkins is general manager for The Karol Hotel in Pinellas County, Florida. Petersburg, Florida, area. Jason Perkins. Adam Duffey. Kerry Murtaugh.

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Poll Results: Will NAACP Florida Travel Advisory Affect Meetings?

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Close to 40 percent of meeting professionals responding to a recent MeetingsNet survey say that recent travel advisories issued for Florida by the NAACP and other organizations make their organization less likely to book events in that state. The advisories in Florida are likely to affect our choices : 24.3%

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