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Report: What Lies Ahead for Meetings in 2017

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A new report suggests that events will continue growing next year, but due to narrowing GDP growth, planners should work to rein in costs. The report suggests that political events around the world, including in Brazil, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, could raise longer-term economic concerns that could shake things up.

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Success Breeds Pressure for Event Planners, Study Finds

Associations Now

A new report from CWT Meetings & Events reveals that a growing demand for meetings isn’t being matched with a fresh supply of new, larger hotels that are well-equipped for events. The report suggests that, to work around this problem, event planners might consider setting events in smaller cities, if possible.

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Boy Scouts of America to Vote on Lifting Gay Ban

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The Boy Scouts of America will vote on lifting its ban on gay Scouts—but not gay Scout leaders—at its annual meeting in May. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced Friday that it was proposing to lift the organization’s ban on gay Scouts but would continue to prohibit gay Scout leaders.

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Daily Buzz: How One Association Is Re-Creating History

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To celebrate its 150th anniversary, the Professional Photographers of America will re-create iconic imagery from its inaugural year. In celebration of the Professional Photographers of America’s 150th anniversary, its Massachusetts chapter will reconvene this Sunday to re-create the group’s historic first photograph from 1869.

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

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The skinny on a just-passed $1 billion plan to revamp the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Also: A Wall Street Journal reporter highlights just how many brand-focused hashtags are occupying user feeds. Courtesy of that pen , “An Act Relative to the Expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center,” or H.

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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

Associations Now

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. “We go to great lengths to responsibly serve alcohol in our restaurants,” MRA President Bob Luz told the Boston Business Journal.