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Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis

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Arizona was one of the top 10 ranking resettlement states from 2001-2021 and Phoenix became one of the assigned locations for Afghan refugees. The post Hospitality and Humanity Meet to Solve Hotel Staffing Crisis appeared first on Smart Meetings. All four of those positions are filled with Afghan refugees.

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2024 Industry Faves: Caesars Entertainment

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CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT MEETINGS & EVENTS Caesars Entertainment Meetings & Events offers iconic venues and top-notch with 20 nationwide destinations. Caesars Entertainment provides meeting professionals more than 50 first-class properties, 60,000 luxurious guest rooms and 2.1 million square feet of meeting space.

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Smart Moves at Impact XM, Visit Anaheim and More

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Since joining Visit Anaheim in 2023, he has seen numerous successes, including redeploying Visit Anaheim’s meeting sales team to better service local hotels and launching several new programs, including an incentive program for hotels to generate group business.

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Coping with stress, exercises and tips for stressed out meeting planners

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Her Masters in theology was completed in 2001 in Washington D.C. ABOUT KIMBERLY BRAUN Kimberly Braun, Minister, M.A., CSP and Meditation Coach has been impelled from and within her contemplative experiences from the age of 5, with over ten of her years spent as a Carmelite monastic nun. and is concentrated upon the adult spiritual journey.

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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. He’ll continue overseeing sister property Courtyard by Marriott Stamford Downtown, as he’s been doing since 2001.

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Will Airline Pilot Shortage Cripple Second-Tier Markets?

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11, 2001, and during the 2008 financial crisis, the aviation industry suffered and airlines merged. appeared first on Smart Meetings. The International Air Transport Association predicts it will double by the late 2030s. As a result, nearly 800,000 pilots will be needed—twice the number in the current workforce.

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Life lesson: Rescuing the child in the coal cellar

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It wasn’t until 2001 when I met that lonely little child again. Rather than regret I didn’t meet little Adrian earlier, I’m happy that he is with me now. And there was also one tiny room, a coal cellar with no door. In that room, curled up tight in the dark, was a little child. Another workshop.

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