GLOBAL: TSA officially declared peanut butter as a liquid. In turn, Holiday Inn Express, an IHG Hotels & Resorts brand, has launched its limited Carry On Peanut Butter Program. The playful initiative is encouraging guests to take the single-serve peanut butter offered during the hotels' breakfasts to-go for a TSA-approved peanut butter fix.
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is launching a new global guest amenity program— Kimpton Plant Pals Program—in honor of Earth Day on April 22. The program will provide a regionally sourced plant to all guest rooms that request it. Dubbed a "plant pal," each plant comes with a unique-yet-playful name tag—for example, Morgan Treeman—and special care instructions. This program was developed in partnership with Plant Kween, a Brooklyn-based Black, queer, and non-binary influencer who specializes in all-things plants. Kween helped to curate a selection of native plants for each Kimpton property to offer.
NATIONAL: Bianca Kennedy is joining Newcom Media’s show division as show manager and Quebec business development manager on April 11. Kennedy previously served as president of the Canadian Association of Exposition Management from 2020-2022, and was named by BizBash as one of the most influential leaders in Canada’s events sector in 2021.
HALIFAX: AFAR included Muir Hotel on its list of the world’s best new hotels of 2023. Recently opened hotels were chosen for the list based on location, design, service, and how they benefit the community and connect guests with the local landscape. The 109-key Muir outpost opened in 2021, and aims to provide guests with a true Nova Scotian luxury experience.
TORONTO: George Brown College has partnered with the Culinary Tourism Alliance to host the inaugural Taste of Place Summit at the George Brown College Centre for Hospitality and Culinary Arts in downtown Toronto. The summit, which will include more than 300 tourism and hospitality professionals, will take place June 27-28 and intends to foster conversation between professionals on how to better intertwine the food, drink, and travel industries.
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