Smart Meetings

JANUARY 19, 2023

We’ll Always Have Paris…Until Beijing Takes Over A new study from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) shows Paris is the world’s most powerful “city destination” with almost $36 billion USD in 2022 in terms of direct GDP contribution to the city, but it also reveals that Paris will cede its place to up-and-coming Beijing by 2032.

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Smart Meetings

JULY 28, 2023

Margaux Helm Margaux Helm Helm steps in as marketing manager for meetings at Visit Seattle , the city’s tourism and promotion bureau. Along with a Bachelor of Science in hotel, restaurant and tourism management and an MBA with a specialty in marketing and finance, Earp brings over 40 years of experience in hospitality.

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SmartMeetings

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Competing against other top destinations, Miami Beach was chosen by more than 1 million industry voters over Auckland Tourism, Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau, Cape Town Tourism, Rio Convention & Visitors Bureau, Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administrative Commission and Visit London.

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SmartMeetings

JANUARY 6, 2017

The creative genius behind CVB promotional strategies not only fuel buzz that impact tourism and meetings, but help destinations tell their unique stories. Convention and visitor bureaus throughout the world produce cutting-edge marketing campaigns that are winning awards and making statements. Starting Jan.

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Eventory

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Shanghai Hospitality Design & Suppliers Expo. Where: Shanghai, China. For Shanghai Hospitality Design & Suppliers Expo attendees come from all over the world. As it has already been mentioned, the hotel and catering business is developing at a rapid pace, among others thanks to the dynamic tourism sector.

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Smart Meetings

APRIL 29, 2022

De Oliveira has also held hotel management roles at seven other Ritz-Carlton properties, including Hotel Arts Barcelona, The Ritz-Carlton Shanghai, Pudong in China and The Ritz-Carlton, Santiago in Chile. A 17-year hospitality veteran, De Oliveira was previously general manager of St. Regis Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.

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PCMA Convene

JUNE 26, 2019

The opening dinner in the Grand Hall, served by chefs at stations offering everything from sushi to risotto to tandoori chicken, reflected the three-day event’s global reach — participants came from Abu Dhabi, Shanghai, Munich, Marrakesh, New Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and Des Moines, Iowa, among other destinations.

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