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Smart Travel: MICE Industry’s Positive Impact on Business Travel, Wynn Resorts’ Bigger Better UAE Plans Revealed, Indigenous Tourism Booms and More

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Variety Cruises Unveils New European Itineraries for 2025 If you’ve seen an increased presence of European cruise videos on your social media feed, you’re not the only one. But if you just so happen to have an opening this fall/winter, Icelandic airline Play has dropped some major deals for fares to Dublin, London and Paris.

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TWT: Hotel Aquarium Explodes, Travel Risk Assessment

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Social media was flooded with images of the damage. American Airlines Raises the Bar for Gold Status. American Airlines has raised the bar for attaining Gold Status. Once passengers have acquired Gold status, however, the airline is adding more tiers of benefits. International SOS.

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Amazon Prime Video Touts ‘The Tomorrow War’ with Stunts, Screenings and Takeovers

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And then there were the social media watch parties. Select kits included a custom movie poster, and 10 lucky fans also won roundtrip airline tickets courtesy of Alaska Air. I try not to think about social media as this broken out piece of a campaign; it truly is part of everything we do,” says Goldsmith.

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The meeting industry new normal – Part 3

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Vaccine hesitancy, fueled by substantial misinformation on social media and some media channels, remains a significant barrier to taming the ravages of COVID-19. Airline travel seems reasonably safe these days. Airlines claim “cabin air is refreshed 20-30 times an hour.” Conclusions.

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Alaska and Southwest Tops for Airline Customer Service

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Power’s 2017 North America Airline Satisfaction Study actually indicates that things have improved. In the report released on May 10, overall customer satisfaction with North American airlines has soared to its highest rate ever. This year marks the 13th annual North America Airline Satisfaction Study. How did airlines rank?

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Luggage Brand BÉIS Activates a Shoppable Three-city Hotel Pop-up Tour

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The industry shift is driving brands like BÉIS, a d-to-c brand popular on social media, to create moments for fans to get their hands on its collections of suitcases, backpacks and totes they see in their feeds every day. For instance, there was a backdrop of the L.A. area,” Money says.

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Organizing a Pop-up Event: 4 Keys to Success

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Here’s an example from an airline. Social media is going to be your best friend here. Even if you want to surprise the intended participants, “save the date” notices on all social channels with a countdown to your event date can build some anticipation around your big announcement. Strong Marketing to Create Buzz.