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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

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nearly 7 million potential visitors and $12 billion in projected spending in 2023. nearly 7 million potential visitors and $12 billion in projected spending in 2023. When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We Over the summer, U.S.

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Attendee Accessibility and Inclusion from the Venue Side

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A new toolkit for employees at hotels, convention centers, and special-event venues can provide planners with deeper perspective on what to ask during site selection.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

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Alessandro Cortese Five years ago, the European SocieTy for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) developed a site-selection strategy for its annual congress — which this year attracted more than 6,700 delegates in Vienna, Austria — that favored those destinations that recognized, in Clark’s words, that they had a challenge with cancer.

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Measuring an Event’s Carbon Footprint — It’s All in the Details

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In Summer 2023, after working more than 40 years at BPA Worldwide, the last 23 of which as president and CEO, Glenn Hansen launched his own venture, Reduce 2. We then measured and compared the 2022 and 2023 events, which showed a downward trend in per-person emissions.” Then they had signed up for Rome.

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Responding Together to the Climate Crisis Challenge

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Sherrif Karamat, CAE, President & CEO, PCMA and CEMA First the bad news: 2023 was the hottest year on record, and as I write this, just past the midpoint of 2024, some scientists predict that this year will be even hotter. We can’t escape from the realities of climate change — but we can choose to create a new path forward.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

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With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond.

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4 Ways to Think About Heat Waves and Your Events

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In 2023, which was the hottest year on record, the number of deaths in the U.S. By prioritizing energy efficiency in your site selection, you can create an environment where temperature is reliably managed, regardless of the external weather conditions. related to excessive heat were the highest recorded in 45 years.