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TWT: Wobbly Travel Recovery, Flight Delays and Hotel Boom

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Have a glass of wine and stay in a hotel, enjoy your night not being stressed while everyone misses their events.”. Hotel revenue per available room (RevPAR) has reached an all-time weekly high (adjusted for inflation) according to data for the week of June 12 through June 18 released this week by STR.

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Smart Moves in Honduras, Florida and More

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Carlos Lopez and Stephanie Tablada Carlos Lopez (left) and Stephanie Tablada (right) Lopez is general manager and Tablada is director of sales and marketing for Kimpton Grand Roatan Resort & Spa in Honduras. He later became general manager of Comfort Inn Real San Miguel and Comfort Inn Real La Union Hotel.

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Smart Moves in The Palm Beaches, Los Angeles and More

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Segarra joined the destination in 2022 as chief marketing officer and since then accelerated the organization’s widest range of promotional efforts in their history, resulting in record visitation rates and a $10 billion economic impact in the local tourism markets.

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Smart Moves in Portland, Hawaii and More

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Dina Belon Dina Belon, Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Belon takes on the role of president of Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Husbands brings three decades of experience in a diverse set of positions, from international director of finance at the Golden Tulip Hotel group to many other general manager positions.

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Smart Moves in LA, Encinitas and More

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Dela Fuente rejoined The Hollywood Roosevelt as director of sales and marketing. She was most recently director of sales and marketing at Kimpton Everly Hotel in Hollywood. Dela Fuente has also held sales directorships and management positions at The Redbury Hotel in Hollywood, The Garden City Hotel in Long Beach and others.

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Agriculture and Agritourism in Virginia Beach

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We would sell stuff at markets and we would sell it through stores and sell it through wholesalers,” he says. Why don’t we market it and bring the people to our farm, [and] bring them to our winery.’ For example, Iowa Soybean Association is coming to the city in May. We also have a local farmers market.

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FICP’s Annual Conference Gave Back, Set Records

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When 684 meetings industry leaders met in Boston this week for Financial & Insurance Conference Professionals’ (FICP) 2022 Annual Conference, the theme at Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport was “Creating Our New History” and set milestones—they did. This was the first time the CSR Closing Experience was included in the program.