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Hotel Strikes May Soon Widen to Hawaii, Boston and San Francisco

Smart Meetings

Nearly 3,500 workers at six Marriott properties in Hawaii are the latest to vote to authorize a strike. If actual strikes are called, they will join the more than 6,000 workers from several hotel brands on strike in Chicago since Sept. The Hawaii properties involved are in Honolulu and Maui.

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Action! Brace for a Hotel Strike in L.A., Orange County

Smart Meetings

Planners with upcoming meetings in Southern California should watch developments there closely in the next few days or weeks. This year of hotel strikes, with thousands of workers on picket lines across the country, may not yet be over. More : Hospitality Strike Votes Could Increase with Arrival of High-Tech Hotels.

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Navigating Comfort Levels: Third-party Planning in an Age in Flux

Smart Meetings

Mike May said he long believed 50 percent of the meeting planner’s work is expected, the other half unexpected. May is president and owner of Bright Spot Incentives & Events, and one of the guests on the latest Smart Meetings webinar, “Meet the Secret Weapon in the Quest to Return to F2F.”.

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