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When You Should Book: Expedia Highlights 2015 Airline Pricing Trends

Associations Now

On Tuesday, Expedia released a white paper, “Preparing for Takeoff: Air Travel Trends 2015,” created with the help of the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), that notes the pricing trends that will affect the way we fly in the new year. low-cost carriers, such as Frontier and Spirit, are expanding significantly in North America.

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Report: What Lies Ahead for Meetings in 2017

Associations Now

The 2017 Meetings and Events Forecast notes that food and beverage prices are expected to rise globally due to a variety of factors, including attendee preferences. Promoters boast up to 40 percent savings, while critics suggest foot-for-foot equal pricing,” the report states. A few key points from the forecast: Food gets costly.

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Airlines Defend Practices As Antitrust Probe Goes Airborne

Associations Now

The Justice Department’s just-announced investigation into the airline industry’s possible collusion on ticket pricing has the industry’s primary trade group speaking out. Are the airlines unfairly colluding to keep their ticket prices high? But other groups say the Justice Department may have a point.

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Association Staffing and the End of Toll Booth Workers: 3 Lessons for Association Executives

SCD Group

When driving with my son in the Dallas area a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that Texas is tearing out toll booths. Interestingly, many major cities are doing it via dynamic pricing (see USA Today story: Toll lanes create 'another option' to avoid traffic.) Goodbye Toll Booth Worker (left); Hello Automatic Billing (right).

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So What’s Taking High-Speed Rail So Long?

Associations Now

When it comes to high-speed rail—despite the massive investment made since 2009, when President Obama approved funding for the endeavor in the stimulus bill—the rest of the world is passing America by. “68 trips a day” in Texas: The 239 miles separating Dallas and Houston could get a lot shorter by 2021.