Honoring Hospitality Industry Professionals on #GMID2025

Editor’s note: For the second consecutive Global Meetings Industry Day, ALHI is acknowledging the industry professionals who commit every day to ensuring meeting attendees and hotel and resort guests have a positive experience while on property. They demonstrate daily the power of face to face and…

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10 Meetings That Embodied the Importance of Face to Face

The meeting and event industry will unite for Global Meetings Industry Day on April 3, and the most important message about GMID is the power behind face-to-face meetings. “It's really, really important that we remember the purpose of bringing everyone together is to remind everybody when we meet…

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Inform Legislators to Elevate Impact of GMID

Meeting and event industry professionals will come together for the annual Global Meetings Industry Day on April 3, tasked with raising awareness about the importance and economic impact of business meetings, trade shows, incentive travel, exhibitions, conferences and conventions, all driven by the…

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Industry Facts, How to Participate

Editor’s Note: This is an update to an article that published in April 2024. On April 3, the meeting and event industry will unite for Global Meetings Industry Day, an international day of advocacy and education designed to spotlight the importance and economic impact of business meetings, trade…

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GMID Unites Meeting Industry for Day of Advocacy

Editor’s Note: This story, originally published in April 2022, has been updated for #GMID2025. When a group of meeting professionals in Edmonton, Canada, came up with the idea to have a day devoted to the profession, little did they know their gathering would be the genesis of what is now known…

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Top Global Issue: Geopolitics

Editor’s Note: Connecting the Dots is a series of monthly conversations with Michael Dominguez, President and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. The series examines issues in the global economy that will “connect the dots” to be helpful not only in business but in life as well. Michael…

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Connecting the Dots: Explaining RevPAR

Editor’s Note: Connecting the Dots is a series of monthly conversations with Michael Dominguez, President and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. The series examines issues in the global economy that will “connect the dots” to be helpful not only in business but in life as well. This…

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Connecting the Dots: Employment

Editor’s Note: Connecting the Dots is a series of monthly conversations with Michael Dominguez, President and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. The series examines issues in the global economy that will “connect the dots” to be helpful not only in business but in life as well. This…

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Connecting the Dots: Food & Beverage Costs, Trends

Editor’s Note: Connecting the Dots is a series of monthly conversations with Michael Dominguez, President and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International. The series examines issues in the global economy that will “connect the dots” to be helpful not only in business but in life as well. This…

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