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7 Smart Moves at Four Seasons, Visit Music City and More

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Previously, he worked as an account executive for Creative Group, a full-service corporate group meeting and incentive business, and as president of Adjoin Meetings, a meeting planning company. Previously, Mazzullo served as director of sales for Island Hospitality in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

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Experts: Travel Industry Could Coast Through Recession

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“This is an e ngineered recession, a recession by design,” said Christian Savelli, director of tourism economics with Oxford Economics, speaking at IACC Americas Knowledge Exchange this week in Durham, North Carolina. The good news is that travel is well positioned to withstand any downturn,” he said.

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Natural Disasters Create New Challenges for Meetings Industry

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And of course, any discussion of natural disasters requires acknowledging the ongoing struggles following Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas. Though we still don’t know the long-term effects of the storm, The Washington Post estimates that roughly 9 trillion gallons of water has poured in North Carolina alone. of event space.

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Keep Meetings Caffeinated: 3 Coffee-Forward Destinations to Wake Up Your Event

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Door Delivery in Durham, North Carolina. Nearly adjacent to Durham Convention Center is The Durham , a boutique hotel serving the tech companies and academics that come to meet in the university-framed Research Triangle Region. View this post on Instagram. A post shared by Tinker Coffee Co.

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

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Robert Cox Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina is pleased to welcome Robert Cox, CDME, CSEE as director of sports development. His experience in the sports tourism field includes serving on the North Carolina Sports Association Board and Executive Committee, where he was chairman from 2013-2015.

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5 Smart Moves at Hyatt Regency, Kimpton and More

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Kimpton Ink48 Hotel Joel Smith Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina welcomes Joel Smith as a sales manager for the corporate, government, social and religious group markets. Smith has experience with the Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina, Inc.

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Trying to Solve for Networking in a Virtual Event

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We would have had 400 people” at the in-person meeting planned for Auckland, she said, “and we had more than 1,300 people watching on day one.” The content can live there for as long as organizers want, and if they choose, bring in revenues from viewers who continue to access it. Growing Pains. and the U.K.