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

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When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

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Smart Moves at Dreamscape Hospitality, Marriott International and More

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Alison Piatkiewicz Alison Piatkiewicz, Visit Baton Rouge Visit Baton Rouge welcomes Piatkiewicz to its team as destination sales manager. She has spent nearly two decades in the hospitality industry, working in roles at the Belle of Baton Rouge and the Sheraton, and the Residence Inn, Towne Center in Baton Rouge.

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Smart Moves in Las Vegas, New York and More

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In this new role, Michaels will expand her scope to oversee all legal, risk management, internal audits, compliance and workers compensation functions within the company. She joined Fontainebleau Las Vegas in 2022 after over a decade in multiple leadership roles in the Las Vegas gaming and hospitality industries.

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Smart Moves in Aspen, Islamorada and More

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Brennan Bastyovansky Brennan Bastyovansky, WTP Bastyovansky will serve as general manager of sales and marketing for World Travel Protection (WTP). He brings an extensive background in travel risk management, with experience in business growth, strategic development and building lasting relationships with customers and partners.

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

Smart Meetings

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

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Q&A with Fred Dixon on the Enduring Importance of Hospitality

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It was critically important to help our local tourism and hospitality industry navigate these rocky, ever-changing seas during one of the most challenging travel crises of our lifetimes and to steer the ship toward what we know will be a gradual but certain recovery. From a national level, with the U.S. From a national level, with the U.S.

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

Smart Meetings

When you earn CEUs for mastering risk management and mitigation for events, they don’t teach this. Of course, in the face of this latest climate calamity, the hospitality industry rallied to aid local communities, as usual. Back-to-back hurricanes? Are you serious?

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