Articles tagged “meetings”

Meetings

Q&A: Puerto Rico Pioneers Next-Gen Meeting Experiences

With U.S. business travel demand expected to finally approach pre-pandemic levels in 2024, Puerto Rico is showcasing its rich history, emerging cultural caché, and cutting-edge technological investments to attract a new generation of meeting and event planners.

Skift | 3 months ago

Q&A: Puerto Rico Pioneers Next-Gen Meeting Experiences
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Hotels

Inside Las Vegas’ Newest Luxury Resort and Meeting Space: Watch Video

Designed with both guests and planners in mind, the new Fontainebleau Las Vegas is positioned to redefine luxury for the hotel meeting experience. In this video, Colleen Birch, COO of Fontainebleau Las Vegas, shares how the resort’s personalized approach to hospitality allows guests “to experience luxury on their own terms.”

Fontainebleau Las Vegas + Skift | 5 months ago

Inside Las Vegas’ Newest Luxury Resort and Meeting Space: Watch Video

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Singapore’s Booming MICE Market to Hit $7 Billion by 2030

Singapore's meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions market, valued at S$3.82 billion in 2023, is expected to grow to $6.97 billion by 2030.

5 months ago

Business Travel

Hilton Extends Loyalty Program: Reward Small Businesses for Booking Direct

Hilton will simplify its process for booking small events and meetings, too. All told, it's a promising sign that hoteliers are finally taking the pain points of small and medium-sized businesses seriously.

Sean O'Neill | 6 months ago

Hilton Extends Loyalty Program: Reward Small Businesses for Booking Direct

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UK Events Hit by Rising Costs

The cost of events and conferences in the UK is up by almost 25%. Business is strong for now, but there are likely challenges ahead.

8 months ago
UK Events Hit by Rising Costs

Hotels

Brazilian City Plans to Triple Hotel Capacity, Use Boats for Rooms at 2025 Climate Meeting

The boats can sail away when the climate meeting is finished, but what would Belem do with all of those extra hotel rooms it is getting ready?

Reuters | 8 months ago

Brazilian City Plans to Triple Hotel Capacity, Use Boats for Rooms at 2025 Climate Meeting

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Clarity Travel to Buy Corporate Travel Businesses Agiito and Evolvi

Clarity Business Travel, a corporate travel agency based in the UK, plans to purchase two corporate travel businesses for £36.5 million ($46 million). Capita, a publicly traded business IT company based in London, said Thursday that it plans to sell subsidiaries Agiito and Evolvi, pending regulatory approvals.  Agiito is a management agency for corporate travel,…

Justin Dawes | 8 months ago

Business Travel

Business Travel Costs ‘Skyrocketed’ in 2022, ‘Subdued’ Gains Seen This Year 

Even with slower gains, prices are still high, and corporate buyers will need to plan ahead.

Kristin Majcher, Skift | 9 months ago

Business Travel Costs ‘Skyrocketed’ in 2022, ‘Subdued’ Gains Seen This Year 

Hotels

Accor in Talks for Takeover of Events Organizer Potel & Chabot

This minor move will make Accor the single shareholder in an events specialist it had jointly owned. Several of Accor's recent moves feel like watching a homeowner fix up a house to make it easier to sell at a future date.

Sean O'Neill | 9 months ago

Accor in Talks for Takeover of Events Organizer Potel & Chabot

Business Travel

The Race to Win Clients Is Driving Corporate Travel’s Recovery, Says Deloitte

Traveling to visit a single client could soon be a thing of past, Deloitte’s latest corporate travel study suggests. Instead, businesses see conferences and other live events as a much more productive affair, and will prioritize investing in attending them.

Andres Buenahora, Skift | 1 year ago

The Race to Win Clients Is Driving Corporate Travel’s Recovery, Says Deloitte