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Brand USA Focus on MICE and Special Events Could Expand Annual Global Travel Beyond 90 Million in the Future

Smart Meetings

is on track to welcome 90 million visitors one year ahead of the goal outlined by the National Travel and Tourism Strategy report. tourism ecosystem. That spending directly supports local jobs, sustains small businesses, and fuels the economymaking inbound travel the largest service export for the United States.

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Smart Travel: Flying Taxi Startup Raises Millions, Armenia Debuts Top Luxury Destination, Marriott Acquires Postcard Cabins and More

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Dubai Marks Progress in Tourism, Events and Sustainability in 2024 With nearly 15 million overnight visitors as of October 2024, Dubai has hit its stride as a top international destination for tourism, meetings and events. Read on for the latest in travel news, brought to you by Smart Travel.

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The power of events knows no boundaries: New report from ICC Wales explores the value of face-to-face meetings

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The report, called ‘Event Power: A Force for Good,’ looks beyond the traditional measures of event impact – economic value, job creation, increased destination profiling – and focuses on the far-reaching benefits that events bring to communities and supply chains, as well as on matters such as sustainability and future-building.

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Progress Report: Global Convention Center Outlook

Smart Meetings

In March, the Standing Committee on Economic Development and Tourism pumped the brakes on a new convention center that was proposed to be built in Australia’s capital city. Remember, Los Angeles is hosting the Summer Olympic Games in 2028. What’s your ideal convention center personality type? Australia Forum was first pitched in 2015.

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Game Changer: Paris 2024 Olympics Takes Bold Strides Toward Sustainability

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Paris 2024 may also achieve the Games’ highest level of sustainability yet by becoming the first to halve its carbon emissions compared to the average of London 2012 and Rio 2016. Sustainability is a key pillar of that roadmap. From Day One, [Paris 2024] was conceived with sustainability in mind.” million tons of CO2.

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People on the Move

PCMA Convene

Stephanie Klett, Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism for the past eight years, has been named president and chief executive officer of VISIT Lake Geneva, effective April 8. In January 2011, she was appointed to lead the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. Douglas will serve as the bureau’s director of destination development. Peter Cranis.

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

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We came up with a theme: Honeybees were sustainable agriculture,” she said. “It We had a great citywide here last year, in the fall of 2015, and our next opportunity to bring them back to Denver is 2028.”. “It was a tremendous experience and a great team effort.”. It was truly a superb experience. And we won. It was super.”.