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MPI SBO: Mentorship Moments – Rebuild, Rejuvenate, Reinvent

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What if the road you were travelling on suddenly dead-ended or another path beckoned with possibilities? Would you continue your planned journey or stride forward to see what could happen, prepared to meet unknown challenges?

Fortunately for the hospitality, meetings and events industries, Terri Breining, CMM, CED and CMP Fellow, chose the latter.

As she indicated during the Meeting Professionals International (MPI) Small Business Owners’ SBO) Mentorship Moments hour-long Zoom session on May 18, her business journey has never been predictable or traveled in her anticipated direction, but what made her journey remarkable

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – MAY 2023

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Garden tower at Villa Lilly in Italy has special pricing for four-night stays throughout May.

Rentyl Resorts has an extensive inventory of resort homes with as many as 13 bedrooms in many countries. I can’t list all their packages, but here are a couple to entice you to check their site out for yourself. Enjoy a discount for a four-night stay at Villa Lilly in Italy or maybe use booking code TIXCREDIT at The Bear’s Den Resort Orlando, for which you’ll get $200 towards two tickets to the theme park

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – LATE APRIL 2023

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Dolphin Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL

Book any group meeting or event by June 30, 2023 and used by December 31, 2024 at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort Hotels and receive triple Marriott Bonvoy points on eligible meetings, complimentary board meeting for up to 12 guests, and receive a VIP Fantasy Fireworks Yacht Cruise for up to 12 guests (restrictions apply). There are 2,619 guest rooms on the property, 348,711 sf of meeting and function space, 23 restaurants and lounges, and more than 128,000 sf of outdoor space. All guests have full access

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – APRIL 2023

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Moms are celebrated at Discovery Cove (Orlando, FL)

Pamper Mom on Mother’s Day at Discovery Cove (Orlando, FL) with special packages from an all-day food and beverage packages, snacks, towels, swim gear, and swimming with dolphins for snorkeling among thousands of tropical fish and rays. The deal is available to use throughout 2023 but must be purchased by April 16. Of course, there are upgrade packages as well, from reserving a private cabana (which includes more amenities), upgrading the beverage selections, or adding in the Animal Trek, an immersive

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6 NEW PRIVACY LAWS CAN DIRECTLY IMPACT YOUR INFO & YOUR BUSINESS WEBSITE

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I am not the only person who has entered my personal information into a website that is later hacked. I wish I could say it’s only occurred once.

Because of that, I am acutely sensitive to where my info is captured. That sensitivity is why I want to share an article sent directly to me as a journalist-blogger from Widness & Wiggins PR (Salt Lake City, UT) for their client, WaiverSign.

I hope that by sharing, you will better understand how six new privacy laws (with more coming) may directly impact both how your personal information is collected and what steps your company website must take to protect your customers.

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – LATE MARCH 2023

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Reefhouse Resort and Marina has opened in Key Largo, FL

OPEN AND COMING SOON!

The award-winning Opal Collection has added four more luxury properties to its prestigious portfolio of Florida hotels and resorts: The Atlantic Suites on the Ave (Delray Beach); The Capri Inn (Naples); The Lucie (Hutchinson Island); and Reefhouse Resort & Marina (Key Largo). The all-suite Atlantic Suites on the Ave has ocean views and residence-style accommodations. The Capri Inn is a boutique property near downtown Naples. Formerly Trianon Old

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – MARCH 2023

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Hacienda Costa Rca is an eight-bdrm private villa ranch.

Having been an active member of the movie & TV industries and organizations, I know that location scouts find and secure private estates for production companies. You don’t have to be in the film/TV business to enjoy the benefits of booking private estates in Costa Rica, thanks to the services of Journey Costa Rica, one of the few companies with access to these exclusive rentals. The private estates often have eight or 10 bedrooms are luxuriously situated. Take for example, Hacienda Costa Rica, situated on a 1,700-acre peninsula surrounded by miles of beaches, citrus groves, lagoons, and cattle-grazing fields

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – LATE FEBRUARY 2023

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Poseidon Expeditions has a hot deal for cool cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic.

Book a cruise by the end of May to the Arctic or Antarctica aboard the all-suite 114-passenger Sea Spirit for 2024 from Poseidon Expeditions and receive up to 20% off regular rates. Poseidon Expeditions focuses on remote polar cruise exploration in the high latitudes. From June through the end of October, these discounts will be reduced by five percent, still a considerable savings for polar adventurers. The trip includes airfare between Oslo, Norway

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – FEBRUARY 2023

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Couples massage is part of the Inn on Fifth romance package.

“Fall in Love on Fifth”, a new two-night romance package at the iconic Inn on Fifth in downtown Naples, FL is available through the Spring. In addition to the Club Level stay in a King suite with a spacious verandah that overlooks the Avenue in the AAA Four-Diamond, Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star property, you receive a bottle of champagne with rose petal

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HOTEL HAPPENINGS & PROGRAM PROMOTIONS – JANUARY 2023

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Romance package available at Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Golf & Spa Resort.

What’s happening in your part of the world when it comes to events, destinations, promotions, travel, and trends? In my active commitments with Meeting Professionals International and International Live Events Association, I hear positivity that business has been bursting with bookings for the past few months. Companies are eager to host events, groups want to meet in person, and people are being recalled back into offices. What I see personally is a bit of a different story. I hear about

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