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Optimizing the Event and Meeting Planning Experience: Learning from Consumer Travel Trends

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The Relevance of Business Travel: The Business Travel Tracker Done in collaboration with JD Power and Tourism Economics, the Business Travel Tracker sheds light on the vitality of business travel, its present activity, and upcoming anticipations.

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Meeting Profs Travel Report

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Pete Buttigieg says they will be held responsible by the Department of Transportation. Meeting Planners Travel Report: United CEO Says Chaos Will Continue United CEO Scott Kirby says airline chaos will continue for multiple reasons. WTTC says Paris is the number one tourism city in the world…for now.

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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. These enhancements, plus the fact they are trusted cities to accommodate massive amounts of people, are attractive to meeting professionals to book the same locales. “We

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6 Things Planners Can Learn from Awards Season

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The menu selection has an interesting history,” says James “Jamey” Canfield, executive director of Palm Springs Convention Center and Bureau of Tourism. Transportation. This parking and transportation model was used by the Golden Globes at The Beverly Hilton. Let it be known that your festival or convention is in town.

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10 Most Popular Destinations in the United States

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The nation’s most populous city contains myriad meeting venues , from large hotel banquet halls to meeting rooms atop skyscrapers. The expansive New York City public transportation system connects them all, in addition to virtually any destination for post-meeting plans.

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Secrets of Green Miami

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This will be achieved through seven approaches: benchmark, retune and retrofit existing buildings; expand on-site and off-site renewable energy; build ultra-low energy buildings; reduce transportation-related fuel consumption; expand and protect green and blue spaces; convert waste to energy; and reduce waste and water use.

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The 33 skills meeting and event planners need to succeed

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But if planning meetings and events are a passion of yours and you want to become a meeting professional, there are 33 skills you need to master. The Meeting and Business Event Competency Standards (MBECS). A: Strategic planning. Coordinate accommodation and transportation. The MBECS comprise 12 categories.