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Prediction: Increased Travel, Meeting Costs in 2014

Associations Now

According to Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s newly released 2014 Travel Price Forecast, next year will bring “moderate” price increases worldwide for business travel and meetings. 2014 is looking good for meeting and travel suppliers and, well, a little more expensive for business travelers and meeting planners and attendees.

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A night away? We sure did pay.

Aaron Wolowiec

According to a new report by STR Inc. , a hospitality research firm, hotel rates in 2014 were the highest they’ve ever been, with an average of $115 per night – that’s a 4.6 According to the STR report, New York City boasted the highest room rates in 2014, where hotel guests paid an average of $263 a night.

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Game Plan 2014: Seeing Around the Corners

Association Adviser

Reader Note: Learn more about the science of innovation by attending IAOIP’s Innova-Con annual meeting next month in New York City. “We’re willing to put resources—both staff and financial—into some of these new technologies to see how they work. .” You’ll know you’ll find a way to get it done in 2014.

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Google, American Library Association Team on Coding Initiative

Associations Now

The company famously teamed with large academic libraries for its Google Books project, and in 2014 it assisted with a library lending program in New York City involving wireless hotspots. It’s just the latest partnership between Google and traditional libraries.

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New Writers Room Fellowship to Diversify TV Industry

Associations Now

The Writers Guild of America, East, and two New York City agencies opened a new writers room fellowship to better include women and minority groups in the television industry. The best way to do that is to have diverse voices in writing rooms,” WGAE Executive Director Lowell Peterson said in the release.

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New Alliance Adds Weight to Specialty Food Sector

Associations Now

The industry sector is growing at a faster pace than the food industry as a whole—it reported 15 percent growth in 2014, according to The Gourmet Retailer , compared with 2.3 The groups will formally launch their partnership at SFA’s Summer Fancy Food Show , taking place June 25-27 in New York City.

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Does Wall Street Have Too Much Influence Over Nonprofit Boards?

Associations Now

The numbers are most startling at research universities, Jenkins notes, where in 2014, 40 percent of board members and 56 percent of board leaders hailed from the financial world.