U.S. Labor Shortage Affecting Your Meetings? Try Mexico and Caribbean All-Inclusives

While the meetings and events industry wrestles with an in-person comeback stuck in slow gear from the Delta variant and lingering labor shortages

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Experience Columbus Launches Radical Campaign

Experience Columbus has launched an unusual new marketing campaign in an unorthodox fashion: by touting what the city doesn’t have to offer

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Autograph Collection to Add Hotels in Spain and Switzerland

BARCELONA and ZURICHMarriott International announced plans to expand its Autograph Collection portfolio in Europe with new additions in Zurich,

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Happenings

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Measure for Measure

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Ohio's Two New Hotels and More Mid-American News (March 2023)

MichiganHuntington Place, the downtown Detroit convention center, announced it has again achieved LEED Gold status by recertifying

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New Hotels and Group Venues Rise in Kansas City's Metro

The Kansas City metropolitan area boasts more than 33,000 hotel rooms, with an additional 4,500 keys planned by 2020. Cities on both sides of the

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Hong Kong Entices Groups With Recent Enhancements to Its Infrastructure and Cultural Outlets

Hong Kong is on the move, literally and figuratively. The Asian business hub just took the wraps off two major projects that are enhancing

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Marriott Launches Neurodiversity Initiatives and Neu Project Partnership

Marriott International launched initiatives to further neuroinclusivity at its large customer events.   The initiatives support those who

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Learning Curve

While resort incentive programs have made a comeback since the dark days of recession and political scrutiny, they are far from the over-the-top

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Virginia Hotel and Conference Center Gets New Management

WILLIAMSBURG, Va.Crestline Hotels & Resorts LLC announced it is the new management company for the Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center,

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Luxury Redefined: How and Why Luxury Meetings and Events Experiences Are Shifting

Nothing demonstrates the current shift in what defines luxury more than hotel brands and property experiences.When I started in this industry, luxury

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Luxury Redefined, a new column by Laurie Sharp

SmithBucklin’s Benjamin Rabe Describes the Changing Healthcare Meetings Landscape

SmithBucklin Event Director Benjamin Rabe shares his knowledge of the

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Diverse and Immersive Event Experiences in Oakland, California

Oakland has all of the convenience meeting planners look for when sourcing a destination. The city across the Bay Bridge from San Francisco offers

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Treatment Trends

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Upstate New York/Adirondacks

Too often when someone says “New York,” listeners picture New York City and its surroundings. But the Empire State has an upstate that

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U.S. Travel Calculates Gov't Shutdown Cost

WASHINGTON, D.C.Tensions remain high in Washington, D.C., as Democrats and Republicans continue to clash over several key issues, and the clock ticks

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Andaz Debuts in Canada

OTTAWAAndaz Ottawa ByWard Market opened, marking the brand’s

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Lessons Learned From the Pandemic Experience, According to Meetings Industry Leaders

The path forward is often paved by lessons learned from the past. As meetings and events industry professionals work to navigate through the pandemic

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Napa and Sonoma are eclectic and evolving

The good life already seemed as good as it could get in Northern California’s dreamy Wine Country. But Napa and Sonoma counties are dishing out

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