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Why Associations Are Feeling Optimistic Now

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But the main takeaway from Marketing General International’s 2024 Association Economic Outlook Report [PDF], released last week, is that associations are generally feeling positive. That’s a bit less than the 78 percent who said so in 2020, at a desperate, scary moment. But it’s enough to suggest they’ve taken the lesson.

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Daily Buzz: 2020’s Big Meetings Trend? Sustainability

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Come 2020, sustainability will be more important to events than ever before, according to CWT Meetings & Events’ M&E 2020 Future Trends Report. The post Daily Buzz: 2020’s Big Meetings Trend? Here’s another thing to add to the to-do list: Look into green initiatives. Does your volunteer program run background checks?

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International Ombuds Association Case Study

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COVID-19 Challenges for IOA Virtual Meetings | Financial Sustainability | Education/LMS Challenge: IOA canceled 7 in-person Foundations courses due to COVID-19 in 2020, which would have trained 200+ emerging ombuds. As the largest revenue-generating program for IOA, canceling courses resulted in a significant loss of funds.

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The Two Most Important Trends To Know in 2020

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5G isn’t a reality for most people yet, but Ericcson predicts that 5G coverage will reach 45 percent of the world’s population by the end of 2024. The post The Two Most Important Trends To Know in 2020 appeared first on Associations Now. When looking only at North America, that increases to 63 percent of mobile subscriptions.

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Event Recovery Food Chain

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hotel demand and room revenue is unlikely to happen until 2023 and 2024, respectively, according to the slightly downgraded STR and Tourism Economics forecast released at the 2020 Hotel Data Conference on August 13. In fact, full recovery for U.S.

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Five Questions to Ask During Destination Selection

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Cost per attendee jumped 58 percent in 2022 and was forecast to rise 5 percent in 2023 and 3 percent in 2024, according to CWT and the Global Business Travel Association. Phoenix checked all the boxes for Olean’s organization, which booked for 2020 and was rescheduled for 2023 because of the pandemic. “I

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7 Practices to Guide Associations Through the Unpredictable Year Ahead

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In fact, 69% of associations have seen an increase in member engagement since the pandemic began, according the Association Economic Outlook Report , conducted in the fall of 2020 by Marketing General Inc. Travel Association’s travel forecast said we won’t see pre-COVID travel levels until 2024. That’s a good thing because the U.S.

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