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Sue Pelletier

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Travel incentive participants interacting with AI

7 Ways AI Already Is Helping Incentive Planners

A fictional case study outlines how incentive planners are already using AI to plan their incentive travel programs.
Airline delays and cancellations

Air Travel is Up, but Flight Cancellations Are Down

Even as the number of passengers continues to soar, flight cancellations are at their lowest levels since 2015.
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New York to Ban Hotel Single-Use Toiletries in 2025

Single-use toiletries will disappear next year in New York hotels with more than 50 rooms, following California's lead last year.
maritz acquires CDS

Maritz Acquires Convention Data Services

Meeting and event management company Maritz has acquired Convention Data Services, a registration and lead services business, from Freeman.
panel discussion

Just Say No to Pathetic Panels

Panels are supposed to inject some interactivity and engagement, but all too often they’re just awful. Kerry Bennett has some ideas that can help.
explora ship

Exclusive: Inside Explora Journeys’ Unique Sail Incentive Option

Prevue talks with Explora Journeys’ president, North America, about what this latest luxury lifestyle ocean travel brand offers for incentive travel programs that want to “sail unique.”
Victor Diaz-Herman, COO, Worth International Media

Exclusive: Worth Int’l COO Victor Diaz-Herman on Fostering Inclusivity

How Victor Diaz-Herman’s decades of LGBTQ+ advocacy informs his perspectives on inclusivity in business, in life and in the meetings industry.
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Exclusive: David Kliman on LGBTQ+ Progress in the Events Industry

David Kliman has seen a lot of progress when it comes to making LGBTQ+ attendees feel welcome and included — but we're nowhere near done yet.
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Exclusive: LGBT MPA Chair Kyle Jordan

Kyle Jordan, the 2024 Chair of the LGBT MPA, explains how the association is growing in membership, resources and connectivity after undergoing some changes in 2023.
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Exclusive With Carlin Putman: Outsourcing Is Trending

Industry veteran Carlin Putman, CMP, CMM, has noticed a growing trend toward companies outsourcing some, or even all, of the meeting planning work to external third parties.
Meet AC President and CEO Larry Sieg

Pride Month Exclusive: Visit Atlantic City’s Larry Sieg

Larry Sieg, President and CEO of Meet AC, shares some thoughts on the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ inclusivity in the meetings, events and hospitality industry.
man in suit holding business newspaper for Cvent acquires Reposite announcement

Cvent Acquires AI-Powered Sourcing Company Reposite

Cvent has added AI-powered supplier sourcing company Reposite to its global vendor and supplier sourcing marketplace.
Edward Perotti

Exclusive: Edward Perotti on Leaning into Pride Month

Pride month means more than just slapping rainbows on signage. “If you’re going to lean in, lean in all the way,” says event guru Edward Perotti.
in-person meetings

C-Suite Pegs In-Person Meetings as Essential

More than three-quarters of business leaders say in-person internal meetings are more important now than ever.