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Lessons Learned from MPI WEC in Mexico

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After some creative scheduling, Barcelo Maya Grand Resort stepped up to host in 2023, Louisville Tourism agreed to host what is expected to be a crowd of 2,500 at Kentucky International Convention Center a year early in 2024. Barcelo Maya Grand Resort is actually a campus of six hotels along a 1.5-mile

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California Travel Ban Provokes Scorn and Cancellations

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In Kentucky, another of the banned states, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer called the travel ban a “real threat to our growing tourism economy” after a hotel in the city announced it had lost two conventions as a result. ” He urged state leaders to rework the language of the Kentucky law that spurred the California ban. “It

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Ticketbud Tidbits Episode 5 - CJ Alderton

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And about 5-6 years ago, the Henry Strater theatre and the Henry Strater hotel approached us and asked us if we’d be interested in starting a Celtic festival during what they call the shoulder season. So we’ve learned how to negotiate from what we have and leverage the venue. We’re a tourist town. Was just how to get people in quickly.