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Meeting Profs Travel Report: Can ‘Broken’ U.S. Airlines Be Fixed? Senate Hearing Spotlights Consumer Frustrations, Airline Accountability

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McGee, senior fellow for aviation and travel, American Economic Liberties Project, told the Committee that “the nation’s airline industry is broken.” American Airlines is about to launch “New Distribution Capability,” which will make airfares more opaque than ever. Department of Transportation authority to oversee the airlines.

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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

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Scheduled participants included 100-plus top travel companies, including airlines, cruise lines, hotels, coach, rail, tour operators and others. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Still, many attendees, exhibitors and speakers were still on site. is to be prepared for anything.

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7 Tips to Keep Your Event Speakers Coming Back

Eventmobi

Event speakers are essential to a successful event marketing strategy. And, for attendees to learn, they need someone to learn from, aka — your speaker! When sharing her event management tips, Cathy stresses the importance of relevant and engaging speakers, saying, “Speakers are critical to the event.

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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

Smart Meetings

Scheduled participants included 100-plus top travel companies, including airlines, cruise lines, hotels, coach, rail, tour operators and others. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Still, many attendees, exhibitors and speakers were still on site. is to be prepared for anything.

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Airlines Are Shifting Flight Schedules, Complicating Meetings Travel

MeetingsNet

In the case of airlines operating before the Covid pandemic, it was their business travelers who received preferences, one of which was more flights operating each week between big cities versus other destinations. There is, though, one bit of good news from the most recent batch of airline-passenger data: U.S.

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The Category 5 Pivot: How One Event Company Beat Helene and Milton

Smart Meetings

Scheduled participants included 100-plus top travel companies, including airlines, cruise lines, hotels, coach, rail, tour operators and others. More than 40 speakers and industry leaders were also expected to attend. Still, many attendees, exhibitors and speakers were still on site. is to be prepared for anything.

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Why Attendees Aren’t Committing Early to Conferences

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As face-to-face meetings became challenging, virtual conferences and webinars became the norm. Strategies for Event Professionals to Secure Early Commitments In light of the challenges mentioned above, meeting planners need to think outside the box to incentivize early conference commitments.