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MAP Digital Launches Fast Pass Badging by MetaMeetings

Global digital events agency MAP Digital launched the first software-as-a-service solution offering from MetaMeetings, Fast Pass Badging. The service offers quick and efficient event badging and schedule printing through a QR code-based system. 

Washington, D.C.’s Food Scene Delivers International Inspiration

From ethnic eateries to fine dining and its traditional, old school see-and-be-seen steak-and-potatoes restaurants, Washington, D.C., is a dining destination like few others. Washingtonian Food Editor Jessica Sidman shares some of her favorite District cuisine scene options.

U.S. Travel Spend Approaching Pre-Pandemic Levels—With a Caveat

Direct spending on travel in the U.S. in 2022 was on par with pre-pandemic numbers, but inflation had a major impact, according to new data released by the U.S. Travel Association to coincide with the travel industry’s annual Destination Capitol Hill trip to Congress to meet with federal policymakers.

Why Raleigh, North Carolina, Knows Citywide Meetings and Events

The booming capital city of North Carolina, Raleigh, is revving full-throttle into the future, with an exploding technology sector in and around Research Triangle Park and a downtown that seems made for citywide meetings with a DMO and city government always amenable to turning over the keys to the city.