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Meeting Profs Travel Report: Who Travels for Business?

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The study highlights regional variations in transportation costs. 28 Kansas $27.09 28 Kansas $27.09 The vacation provider met with Jamaica’s Minister of Tourism, Hon. According to the findings, Maine claims the top spot as the most expensive state for nine-mile taxi rides, with an average taxi cost of $35.92. 50 Iowa $20.86

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How Meetings Benefit from Sporting Events

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From football to baseball to figure skating and more, college, professional and amateur sports bring in a lot of dough and tourism to popular meeting destinations. When a city is preparing to host a sporting event, they invest in improving their infrastructure, building and renovating hotels and expanding their public transportation routes.

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Best in Show 2016

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Dennis Cross , Senior Event Manager, Kansas City Convention Center Nominated by Mia Short, CMP, WATT Global Media “Dennis is a strategic, creative, collaborative, solutions-centric partner. Nominated by George Turner, National Freight Transportation Association “I am nominating Jay for his outstanding customer dedication.”.

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5 Midsize Cities Using Their Local Knowledge Economies to Bring In Meetings

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For Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson, however, the region’s flourishing startup culture was a story that needed telling, which is why, in 2008, they founded an online publication called Silicon Prairie News (SPN) — taking its name from a tech-friendly area that includes Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri.

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Happy 75th Birthday U.S. Travel Association

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Kennedy, creating United States Travel Service (now the National Travel and Tourism Office), a new agency within the U.S. 1969: Association establishes a National Council of State Travel (now Tourism) Directors (NCSTD). Senate and House of Representatives establish tourism caucuses. Department of Commerce. travel industry.

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