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Louisville Experience Checked All the Boxes

Smart Meetings

The city hosted 881 meetings and conventions in 2019. We have fun, but also get business done,” explained Cleo Battle, president and CEO of Louisville Tourism. Marin Bright, Smart Meetings CEO. It brings 150,000 to town for The Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. “We

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5 Major Wellness Trends for Meeting Planners to Know Now

Smart Meetings

The event also featured the Belize Tourism Board’s Senior Travel Trade Officer Mrs. Deborah Arana, who gave an intimate press conference on how the country of Belize is marketing itself to both leisure and business and meetings travelers.

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Louisville Experience Checked All the Boxes

Smart Meetings

The city hosted 881 meetings and conventions in 2019. We have fun, but also get business done,” explained Cleo Battle, president and CEO of Louisville Tourism. Marin Bright, Smart Meetings CEO. It brings 150,000 to town for The Run for the Roses, the Kentucky Derby. “We

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4 Emergency Preparedness Lessons from ADMEI 2019

Smart Meetings

Philanthropic tourism became a marketing message, with CSR opportunities to give back to the community a popular addition to group agendas. It is a difficult conversation to have, but emergency plans are now a standard part of any event plan,” he stressed. Humor Helped Overcome Negative Images.

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NYU Offers Incubation Hub for Hospitality Entrepreneurs

Smart Meetings

We’re coming back, and numbers are showing that travel and tourism is coming back, almost pre-pandemic level for most of the areas.” “[Covid] pushed people to innovate more, especially in our industry, which is one of the most resilient industries anyway.

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Connecting Meeting and Event Planners With Resources

Eventinterface

Our curated and complimentary directory of services, venues and vendors supporting the event and meeting planning industry is now open for business. Eventinterface MARKET launched, featuring a diverse list of resources for Meeting and Event Planners.

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7 Online Event Planning Courses to Choose From

Event Planning BluePrint

You see someone that you’d love to work with, someone whose event you’d love to plan. You want to change the tone of the conversation and tell them all about your event planning services and the skills you have so they hire you to plan their event. Online Event Planning Courses .