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Smart Moves in Wailea, Cambridge and More

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He has held sales and marketing directorships at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua, Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Maui, The St. Rothberg is now hotel manager of Kimpton Marlowe Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mancuso has been in event, tourism and hospitality sales for over a decade. General Hotel Management Ltd.

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Mapping the Way Forward

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Hotels have executed multiple rounds of layoffs and attendees are settling in for an extended case of Zoom fatigue. Hotels and venues, too, are stepping up with protocols and GBAC STAR certifications , but, in many cases, no one is there to answer the meeting planner’s call. What if someone gets sick at the event? Kevin Edmunds.

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Up Your Virtual Value Prop

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One of the other big draws of an event is the opportunity to get out of your comfort zone and go to a new location, with new food, new attractions and new experiences. Even if their companies or organizations ultimately foot the bill, somebody, somewhere, is balancing the perceived value of the event against the hard costs.

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