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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Millennials might be most susceptible to the mixing of business and pleasure travel. As millennials become a greater percentage of meeting attendees, catering to them a bit more—in both programming and marketing—makes sense. So, what aspects of your host city will move more millennials from maybes to ticket booked?

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AUGUST 16, 2018

Seventy-eight percent of millennials would rather spend their money on a desirable experience or event rather than buying something they want, according to an Eventbrite survey conducted by Harris. Furthermore, 77 percent of millennials said some of their best memories are from an event or live experience.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

A 2017 Annual Freelance Survey conducted by Upwork found that: Nearly 50 percent of millennial workers are already freelancing. Based on my consulting experience, most associations prefer to innovate in baby steps. Geography— Can’t find a 3D designer in Indianapolis, try Ireland or India. 36 percent of the U.S. employees sleep.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

According to food writer Eve Turow, we have millennials to thank for this new national obsession. Through interviews over and over again, I kept hearing that people want something that’s tangible, that they can see and feel and smell and taste and that [millennials] are the guinea pigs of growing up in that [digital] world.”

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