Smart Meetings

APRIL 11, 2025

Thinking about a cruise meeting or incentive but unsure if it aligns with your sustainability goals? As part of a larger growth plan, the company also signed contracts for four more ocean ships, with two confirmed for delivery in 2031 and two more under option for 2033. Hoping to give U.K. Once fully operational, the $1.5

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

But what does this mean for meeting planners and business travelers? Airlines are seeing travelers push their flights back to the early months of the new year, rather than cancel them outright. The post Omicron Event Cancellations Abroad, Travel Bans and Returning Resident Restrictions appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

increase (forecast: 18.5%), ground transportation increased by 9.8% (forecast: 7.3%), and meetings and events, measured by the average cost per attendee per day, increased by 58.1% (forecast: 25%). Air Travel Despite the chaos airlines have seen over recent years, passengers are not staying away. In 2022, air travel saw a 72.2%

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SmartMeetings

JUNE 13, 2020

In the latest Smart Meetings Accelerator “ Top Planner Contract Questions Answered ,” Lisa Sommer Devlin, an expert in contract law at Devlin Law Firm , answers those very questions (and more) for planners. If a planner wants to make a change to a contract, is it necessary to sign a whole new contract? More : J.D.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Highlights included experiential activations designed to inspire what comes next in designing better meetings. Download “Pathways to Clarity” a joint IMEX, Smart Meetings White Paper outlining the state of the meetings industry. The Smart Meetings team was on the expo floor getting updates and sharing snapshots of the action.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Prestige Events Magazine

MARCH 11, 2024

With the addition of the two new hires, the senior leadership team for the world-renowned meetings and exhibitions centre is now 60 per cent female.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Tourism 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Tourism 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

JUNE 28, 2023

Smart Meetings sat down with PR Manager for Unclaimed Baggage Store and Museum Sonni Hood to talk about the process, the purpose, and the exciting world of Unclaimed Baggage. A: The airline industry standard is a bag has to be lost for a minimum of 90 days before it’s deemed unclaimed. That is the motivation behind Unclaimed Baggage.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Even airline certificates good for up to three years in any dollar amount are available. Cassidy reported that financial and insurance companies were the first to see the value, but others have contracted as well when they saw how simple the program was to use. The post Out of This World Gifting appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Want to stay ahead of the curve when selecting a destination for your next meeting? Marriott has just teamed up with Postcard Cabins to change the game when it comes to meetings in the great outdoors. Wish your attendees could just levitate from the airport to the meeting?

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APRIL 7, 2023

Oxford Economics’ Savelli explained that during past recessions, room demand overreacted, with sometimes twice as much of a contraction as the economy overall. United Airlines called the increased desire to travel “a permanent structural change” rather than transitory pent-up demand. Travel Priorities First, some history.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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SmartMeetings

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When the lights went dark on the more than $1 trillion meetings and events industry in March, the call to shelter in place dimmed prospects not only for 26 million people whose jobs are directly or indirectly connected to bringing people together, but also for the 1.5 billion globally who attend meetings and $2.5 Out of the Shadows.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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Smart Meetings

MARCH 11, 2024

What to expect at Business Events Industry Week 2024 The meetings and events industry calendar is a crowded place, filled with must-attend association conferences, regional gatherings and our own projects, especially in the summer and fall. April 8-11 to incorporate the spirit of Global Meetings Industry Day in the festivities. “We

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality Tourism Hotels Food and Beverage 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

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SmartMeetings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The travel, hospitality and meetings industry has been one of the hardest hit during the COVID-19 slowdown. Delta Airlines and American Airlines have announced that they will continue to furlough employees due to the ongoing slowdown in business; Marriott International anticipates further staff reductions.

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Smart Meetings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

He’s based in Thailand and will help planners with site selection and contract negotiation throughout the Asian market. Previously, he worked for American Airlines Arena and Heat Group as senior event manager and event staffing manager. The post 7 Smart Moves at Hotel Crescent Court and More appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality Tourism Food and Beverage Hotels 130

Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

She will implement innovative strategies to garner business from meetings, events and leisure clientele while driving growth and awareness of the hotel. She will oversee contracting for group room blocks and events and work on new client acquisition in local and international markets.

Hospitality 130

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Smart Meetings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Meeting professionals can relate. Many associations and other organizations have established protocols against crossing union picket lines at meetings and conventions, and Unite Here has asked that tourists and groups support its cause by not staying at hotels on strike. And safety problems are quite often caused by understaffing.”

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