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Meetings mean money for hotels in 2015

Aaron Wolowiec

Thanks to PD nerds like me, in 2015 hotels should get a big financial boost. I touched on it last week in a post about MPI’s meetings forecast for 2015. As such, cybersecurity at hotels will become increasingly important for events and meetings in 2015.”. and the list goes on. First up: cybersecurity.

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Focus on Millennial Learners to Benefit Members of All Ages

WBT Systems

Psychological research from Christy Price, published in 2009 described how to engage millennial learners: Make your class multimedia, incorporating more variety and shorter content to allow students to multitask. So it seems that Price is right. Millennial learners prefer opportunities for active and collaborative learning.

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Groups Eye Ways to Take Bite Out of College Textbook Prices

Associations Now

As another school year starts, a new analysis by NBC News shows that textbook prices increased at three times the rate of inflation between January 1977 and June 2015, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)—a 1,041 percent increase, NBC says. That statistic jibes with a similar study by the U.S.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

Value-based accreditation: Continuing with the CE credit economy, we note that many CE providers are concerned with competition in the market, which we can describe in economic terms as deflation of the price of CE credit. We like that idea, and we agree that you need to provide many different pricing models. 2015 predictions.

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7 Best Practices for Membership Marketing

Slice-Works

After I tried out a few options, I chose the group exercise classes. I have regularly shown up for my classes for the last 8 years! One of the ways they keep down costs is by holding their classes in church facilities. In addition, they offer 11 different class types—from Boot Camp, to Cardio/Strength to Dance Blast.

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Tuesday Buzz: Carry On Your Wayward Bags

Associations Now

JetBlue’s pricing shift, which includes an expansion of its first-class “Mint” offering, will make Southwest Airlines the only major U.S. — Adrian Segar (@ASegar) June 30, 2015. carrier to check bags for free. Sorry to be the bearer of bad travel news. The Dial-Tone Mindset.

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Top 10 Sustainable Event Trends for 2020

GlowGlobally

A growth in demand will cause prices to fall and supply to increase, helping make sustainability a key criteria when selecting caterers and restaurants. At the start of 2015, only a handful of cities such as Bangkok and Orlando can boast a multi-year destination sustainability strategy for their events industry.