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Snowsports Group Unveils Consumer-Focused Tradeshow Strategy

Associations Now

Less than three years after selling its decades-old business-to-business tradeshow, Snowsports Industries America is diving back into the show business with the purchase of two consumer-focused expos. Less than three years ago, Snowsports Industries America decided to sell Snow Show , its business-to-business tradeshow. “We

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GrowthZone

Membership software was initially offered as desktop (boxed) software product when it was first introduced. With SaaS products, updates are free and happen automatically. Pricing available on the GrowthZone website and product demos available upon request. Product demo available upon request. Headquartered in Nisswa, MN.

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Members Hire Associations, Members Fire Associations

Potomac Core

This data is playing an increasingly important role in strategic planning and product development. In several cases, Association CEO’s are assessing strategies, products, & services as for profit executives do at global enterprises. The underlying premise is that in today’s marketplace “people no longer buy products or services.

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Thursday Buzz: Boston’s Events Venue Gets a Major Upgrade

Associations Now

The skinny on a just-passed $1 billion plan to revamp the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Courtesy of that pen , “An Act Relative to the Expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center,” or H. percent tax on hotel rooms, according to the Boston Herald. Trying to boost productivity?

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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

Associations Now

And while the product is currently legal at the federal level, state associations are putting up resistance against its sale, noting the dangers to consumers. Phillips hopes to make powdered rum, vodka, and other liquors an option for consumers in America in much the same way it already is for those in Europe. Powdered alcohol?

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Report: What Lies Ahead for Meetings in 2017

Associations Now

That’s according to a recent forecast from Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT) Meetings and Events, which finds that meetings will continue their growth globally, despite a slight downward trend in global domestic product. But costly hotel rooms are still abundant in cities such as San Francisco, Boston, and Washington, DC.

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Alcohol Wholesalers Group Makes Waves With Drizly Investment

Associations Now

With its minority stake in Drizly, a startup that’s seen as the “Uber for alcohol,” the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America is taking a proactive stance on a potentially disruptive technology. Launched in Boston in 2012, the company scored $4.8 There’s more than one way to take on the sharing economy.

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