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Hyatt forms Wellbeing Collective Advisory Board

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Hyatt Hotels Corporation today announced the formation of the Wellbeing Collective Advisory Board, a team of industry-leading experts dedicated to enhancing Hyatt’s holistic wellbeing offerings, with an initial focus innovating around how people gather for meetings and events. The Wellbeing Collective Advisory…
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IBTM World podcast returns with new host

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New in Events, a podcast from IBTM World, has returned for a second season with events professional Shonali Devereaux as its new host. Designed to inspire and support IBTM's community of event professionals with insights, practical advice and innovative ways of working,…
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Pendry Hotels & Resorts announces Nashville property

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Pendry Hotels & Resorts is partnering with SomeraRoad, a Nashville and New York based real estate investment and development firm, and Trestle Studios, to bring Pendry Nashville and Pendry Residences Nashville to the Tennessee city's growing Paseo South Gulch district. The hotel…
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Six Senses brand coming to Portugal’s Blue Coast

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Six Senses has been selected to manage a 70-key hotel and 58 branded residences on the 400-hectare Pinheirinho estate on Portugal's Blue Coast. Six Senses Comporta is slated to open in 2028. For decades, the coastal estate, which is a few miles…
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Nobu Hotel Toronto opening in June

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Nobu Hotel Toronto will be opening its doors early this summer. The 36-key luxury hotel will be housed on floors 41 to 45 of a mixed-use tower located in the heart of the city's Entertainment District, which is also home to Nobu…

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EIC releases Futures Landscape Report

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The Events Industry Council (EIC) has released a new report examining the issues likely to shape the global business events industry in the years to come. Click on image to view report. Futures Landscape Report 2025 draws from a series of "think…
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Palais des Congrès announces AI waste management project

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The Palais des congrès de Montréal has announced its collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal on a project to develop an AI system to manage waste generated by events at the Palais, which is one of Canada's leading convention centers. The Palais des congrès…
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IRF releases European study on incentive travel preferences

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The Incentive Research Foundation’s first-ever study focused solely on the European market reports that 97 percent of European employees surveyed consider group incentive travel a strong motivational tool. 2025 European Attendee Preferences for Incentive Travel explores trends in attendee preferences, factors in…
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IHG opens first branded net zero carbon hotel

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IHG Hotels & Resorts has opened voco Zeal Exeter Science Park in partnership with Zeal Hotels and Valor Hospitality. Located in Exeter, a city in southwest England, it is the hospitality company's first branded net zero* carbon hotel and has been designed…