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How New Orleans Recovered after a Natural Disaster

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Welcome Empathy Tourism. Hotels, destination management companies, tourism-dependent restaurants and New Orleans & Company issued press releases, contributed articles and leveraged every conceivable marketing channels to tell the story of a reborn city. We chose to meet potential clients at trade shows or at their office.

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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. Just don’t call it a trade show,” he advised. Virtual participation has fallen off a cliff,” Meyer said.

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DMAI Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees

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Bloom founded IMEX Group, which organizes international trade shows for meetings, events and incentive industry. His very popular shows are held annually in Las Vegas and Frankfurt, Germany. Before he passed away in 2012, he helped put Orlando on the meetings map, as the city welcomed a record 51.5

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IMEX America Proves VR is More Than a Trend

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But there is one common trend that has continued popping up all over the trade show floor and even the afterparties, and that’s virtual reality. The tourism company also announced a new app coming in November that will also offer the virtual platform. See for yourself at [link]. Radisson Red. in November in Minneapolis.

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5 Smart Moves from VisitPITTSBURGH, Benchmark, The Jefferson Hotel and More

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Kathleen (Katie) Conaway VisitPITTSBURGH, the official tourism promotion agency for Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, hired Kathleen (Katie) Conaway to the newly created position of domestic and international group sales director. Yuhi Kim was promoted to assistant general manager of Edlen’s Mandalay Bay office.

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7 Online Event Planning Courses to Choose From

Event Planning BluePrint

Canadian Tourism College – Their event and meeting planning training program offers 9 modules and prepares you for a career in business meetings and conferences; exhibits, fairs and trade shows; or fundraising galas, weddings, festivals and concerts.

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Bizzabo’s List of ‘Top Event Profs to Follow’ IDs Who’s Who in Industry

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With an astounding 85,300 Twitter followers, Issa shares tourism, events/meetings industry, and American Express Meetings & Events updates. Jouaneh, is a meetings expert who regularly contributes to Smart Meetings news. Ball is a major resource for Smart Meetings, and even hosts webinars on the website.