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Cvent’s ‘Top Meetings Destinations’ and ‘Top Meeting Hotels’ Returns: Nashville and San Diego Move Up

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1 ranked meeting destination in the U.S. ” Cvent Top Meeting Destinations | North America As pandemic restrictions eased and travel returned, convention and visitors bureaus (CVBs) worked diligently to promote their cities and revive the industry as quickly as possible, and those efforts are paying off. .” 6) and (No.

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Best of 2022: Diversity

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New Intent’s plan is to create educational sessions, white papers and knowledge sharing by partnering with events industry supply chain and speaker services. Smart Meetings headed over to Memphis, Tennessee, to check out the new C-Suite Initiative from the National Rights Museum (NCRM). Read how you can help here.

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Cvent Ranks Top 100 U.S. Meeting Hotels for 2017

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“Hotels have become increasingly focused on developing more meeting and event business, and as such, have become more sophisticated in competing for the most lucrative opportunities for their respective venues,” said Kevin Fliess, vice president of marketing for Cvent’s Hospitality Cloud. meeting hotel was Omni Nashville Hotel.

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10 Smart Moves at Visit Santa Cruz, Benchmark, Turtle Bay Resort, Westgate Park City and More

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Visit Santa Cruz County (VSCC) in California has hired Laura Manriquez as the new director of sales and marketing. She brings more than eight years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry and will focus on management of sales and marketing programs for group travel. Jim Koutsky. Robert Dorr.

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10 Smart Moves in the Meetings Industry: August 16, 2016

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Cindy Hart joined Hotel Boulderado in Boulder, Colorado , as director of sales and marketing. Fernando most recently served as the director of sales and marketing for Catalonia Hotels & Resorts in Barcelona, Spain. Fernando has a strong history of driving sales and marketing strategies while managing and motivating his team.

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Train Stations Blend History and Art to Make Unique Events Venues

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Louis Union Station,” Todd Hotaling, vice president of revenue and marketing at Lodging Hospitality Management, says. Add the history and splendor of the station itself, and the location becomes hard to resist. There is a magic to St. There is a real sense of nostalgia for that time when just traveling was a big deal on its own.”.

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8 Superb F&B Choices to Cure March Madness

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Memphis, Tennessee. Originally served at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, this is a refreshing choice for a scorching Tennessee day. It’s not the illegal stuff—just moonshine-flavored whiskey, so it can actually be ordered in a bar. The taste has been described as spicy and sweet with an apple pie and vanilla spice finish.