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New Contract Essentials in an Ever-Changing Environment

SmartMeetings

We advise working with your legal and risk management to establish acceptable approaches to what could be problematic, what solutions will be explored and the timing. One thing Covid cannot change is that the hospitality business is built on relationships. Nurture Those Relationships.

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10 Best U.S. Cities for Business Travel

SmartMeetings

Finding a host city for a key meeting can be a geographic Rubik’s cube of schedules and locations that can seem impossible to solve. This short list of places, spaces and notations compiled by the travel risk management company On Call International can help narrow down the options. Meeting space: 584,000 sq.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

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Since getting his start in hospitality in 1995, he’s worked for tour companies and CVBs. Douglas Hustad Omni Charlotte Hotel taps Douglas Hustad as general manager, where he’ll oversee the property’s $26-million renovation along with operations, sales and marketing, rooms, risk management, human resources and food and beverage.

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What Makes for Good Internships?

PCMA Convene

CHME, CHSP, CMP, CHE, who in addition to teaching classes at Metropolitan State University of Denver, serves as a faculty adviser for the school’s hospitality, tourism, and events management department. His students are required to plan at least two events before graduation as part of their classwork. Ogbeide, Ph.D.,

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

Plan Your Meetings

The MBECS were created jointly by Meeting Professionals International and the Canadian Tourism Human Resources Council. A: Strategic planning. B: Project management. C: Risk management. D: Financial management. G: Stakeholder management. H: Meeting or event design. I: Site management.

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Top 99 keynote speakers every event planner must know about

Hubilo Blog

Walker is a faculty of the Foster School of Business, at the University of Washington, as Director of Experiential Learning in Analytics and Senior Lecturer of Marketing and International Business, where he teaches a course in Analytics, Marketing, Risk Management, and Digital Strategy. Where to find him? Seema Acharya Who is she?

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