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On the Runway: Lessons From New York Fashion Week

Associations Now

What the recently wrapped New York Fashion Week can teach meeting planners about creating experiences, experimenting, and getting the next generation involved. If you’re familiar with fashion, you know these three collections were on the runway at New York Fashion Week (NYFW), which wrapped up a day or so ago.

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Conference Circuit: Cardiology Association Looks Back on 2014

Associations Now

The American College of Cardiology recognizes the challenges and successes of cardiovascular science in 2014. As the year comes to a close, the American College of Cardiology is reflecting on all matters of the heart in 2014, with the 47th Annual New York Cardiovascular Symposium.

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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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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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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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Conference Circuit: Women in Journalism Recap 2014

Associations Now

Saturday kicks off with a breakfast and keynote speech by former executive editor of The New York Times Jill Abramson, who will speak candidly about her life since her very public ouster. The post Conference Circuit: Women in Journalism Recap 2014 appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Better Because You Were There

Velvet Chainsaw

According to The New York Times , living with the pandemic “has pushed us to reckon with our deepest questions … [about] how we make meaning of our time on this earth.” This was shortly after the killings of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in 2012, and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.