BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:\nGlobal Meetings Industry Day (GMID)\, Thursday\, April 8th\, will honor the meetings and events industry&rsquo\;s enduring business val ue and bring leaders together from across the Hospitality Industry to show case the impact that live\, hybrid and virtual meetings and events have on people\, businesses and communities. Meeting professionals around the wor ld participate in this day of advocacy\, led by the Meetings Mean Business Coalition.\n \;\nMPI Gulf States invites you to participate in Tribut e Tables\, a GMID activation to pay tribute to the Hospitality &\; Tour ism Industry losses as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. \; The activ ation aims to bring awareness to the recovery process by highlighting Hosp itality &\; Tourism Industry businesses that are open for business and best practices for Covid-19 safe operations.\n \;\nWhat is a Tribute T able?\nA Tribute Table is a public facing table with a full tablescape and vacant chairs placed by partner businesses in their lobby or public-facin g outdoor space. \; The full tablescape and vacant chairs emphasize de crease in business and leisure travel numbers to New Orleans and the surro unding region. Each table will have information regarding the Hospitality and Tourism Industry provide by MPI Gulf States and our friends at New Orl eans &\; Company.\nNote: There is an opportunity for it to be other typ es of equipment\, not just a table. Creativity is encouraged!\n\n\nHow can my business participate?\nAny business in New Orleans and the surrounding region can participate by creating / displaying a Tribute Table in a publ ic space maintained by your businesses. \; Examples: a lobby\, an outd oor parklet\, or sidewalk eating space.\n\n\nCan I partner with another bu siness?\nYes\, your business can partner with other registered businesses.  \; For example if you&rsquo\;re a venue you can partner with a d&eacu te\;cor supplier or vice versa. You can find your own partnership or reque st to be paired with a partner on the registration form.\n\n\nIs there a r egistration fee?\nThe registration fee is $30.00 per business\, per table activation.\nIf two businesses partner on a table activation the fee is $3 0 per business. \; If a business has more than one table activation\, the fee is $30 per table activation. Registration deadline is March 26\, 2 021.\n\n\nFor questions contact MPIGulfStates@gmail.com\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n\nCan I promote my business during the activation?\nAbsolutely! We encourage participating businesses to have a GMID special/promotion th at we can list on the activation landing page. \; This is very open-en ded and examples are a special room rate\, a food and beverage special\, o r deal on attraction tickets. The promotion information collected on the r egistration form.\nYou can also share your participation with current and prospective clients to set site visits or start conversations around indus try recovery and what your business is doing to move forward.\n\n\nHow wil l MPI Gulf States promote the Tribute Table activation?\nMPI Gulf States w ill be promoting the activation through the following:\n\n Press releas e to local and regional media outlets \n All participants will be liste d on the website landing page for the activation on https://www.mpi.org/ch apters/gulf-states with links and applicable promotions &ndash\; coming so on!\n Email blast to the MPI Gulf States listserv \n Posting on MPI Gulf States social media platforms including Facebook\, Instagram\, and Li nkedIn\n MPI Gulf States will also provide participants with social med ia post general message copy and hash tags to unify the activation \;\ n DTEND:20210408T210000Z DTSTAMP:20240329T081907Z DTSTART:20210408T160000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID)\, Thursday\, April 8th UID:RFCALITEM638472791479932669 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
< strong>Global Meetings Industry Day (GMID) \, Thursday\, April 8th\, will honor the meetings and events in dustry&rsquo\;s enduring business value and bring leaders together from ac ross the Hospitality Industry to showcase the impact that live\, hybrid an d virtual meetings and events have on people\, businesses and communities. Meeting professionals around the world participate in this day of advocac y\, led by the Meetings Mean Business Coalition.
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\nWhat is a Tribute Table?
\nA Tribute T able is a public facing table with a full tablescape and vacant chairs pla ced by partner businesses in their lobby or public-facing outdoor space.&n bsp\; The full tablescape and vacant chairs emphasize decrease in business and leisure travel numbers to New Orleans and the surrounding region. Eac h table will have information regarding the Hospitality and Tourism Indust ry provide by MPI Gulf States and our friends at New Orleans &\; Compan y.
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other types of equipment\, not just a table. Creativity is encouraged!
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Any business in New Orleans a
nd the surrounding region can participate by creating / displaying a Tribu
te Table in a public space maintained by your businesses. \; Examples:
a lobby\, an outdoor parklet\, or sidewalk eating space.
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Can I partner with another business?
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Is there a registration fee?
\nThe registration fee is $30.00 per business\, per table activati on.
\nIf two businesses partner on a table activati
on the fee is $30 per business. \; If a business has more than one tab
le activation\, the fee is $30 per table activation. Registration deadline
is March 26\, 2021.
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For questions contact MPIGulfStates@gmail.com
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\nCan I promote my business during the activation?
Absolutely! We encourage partici pating businesses to have a GMID special/promotion that we can list on the activation landing page. \; This is very open-ended and examples are a special room rate\, a food and beverage special\, or deal on attraction tickets. The promotion information collected on the registration form.
\nYou can also share your participation with current a
nd prospective clients to set site visits or start conversations around in
dustry recovery and what your business is doing to move forward.
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How will MPI Gulf St ates promote the Tribute Table activation?
\nMPI Gulf States will be promoting the activation through the fol lowing:
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