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A night away? We sure did pay.

Aaron Wolowiec

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. And Nashville, Denver and Atlanta were the hotspots for revenue growth in 2014. Not surprisingly, higher-than-history hotel rates translate into unprecedented revenue for hotels.

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Should you shorten your workweek?

Association Success

Japan’s culture of overwork first made headlines in 2015, when a Dentsu employee died by suicide on Christmas Day after working excessive overtime, and again in 2017, when a Japanese reporter died after clocking 159 hours of overtime the month before her death,” Forbes reported. . The post Should you shorten your workweek?

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Great News – America’s Hiring and Associations have a Reason to Celebrate

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This good news was echoed in the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for Q1 2015 where 18,000 US employers reported a positive Net Employment Outlook, and almost 20% anticipated an increase in their staff levels during Q1 2015. “As The ongoing race to identify and recruit qualified talent will only increase as we move into 2015.

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Crowdfunding Industry Group Launches Expert Community

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. “Streamlined, amalgamated, dynamic content is a key feature of great benefit to not only our membership, but equally useful to publishers, researchers, and analysts always looking for a comprehensive knowledge base,” CfPA President Scott McIntyre noted in a news release.

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Pop-Up Events: The Next Trend for Associations?

Associations Now

Some familiar brands have found they’re a great way to not only generate buzz and revenue (between $ 45 billion and $50 billion annually , according to a study conducted by Chicago-based marketing firm PopUp Republic) but also introduce and test new products. And it’s not just the corporate world that’s taking part in the pop-up craze.

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CEIR Report: Tradeshows Continue Growth Streak

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The latest CEIR quarterly index shows that, after a solid 2015, the tradeshow space continued to outpace the economy as a whole in the first quarter of 2016. According to new research released this week by the Center for Exhibition Industry Research, the first quarter of 2016 maintained its streak of growth, improving by 2.6

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Wednesday Buzz: Spotlight on Association Media

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If you’re not in Washington, DC, attending the 2015 Association Media & Publishing Annual Meeting as it nears its conclusion today, you can still keep track of the final sessions by following the #AMP15 hashtag. revenue or member acceptance)." — AssnMedia&Publishing (@AssnMediaPub) June 17, 2015. ."

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