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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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Local Media Association Brings Accelerator Program to Publishers of Color

Associations Now

Working with five major African-American-owned newspapers, LMA is using its recently launched accelerator program to help the papers expand digital revenue. Five big-city papers— The Atlanta Voice , The Dallas Weekly , New York Amsterdam News , Houston Defender , and The Washington Informer —are pilot papers in the initiative.

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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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Association Brain Food: 1.6.23

Reid All About it

Non-dues revenue. After attending the RevUp Summit hosted by the Professionals for Association Revenue, WBT Systems says one lesson from the painful past few years is the need to diversify revenue. At The Free Press (my new favorite daily), Amanda Fortini reminds us that commonly held stories are often untrue.

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Keeping the American Dream Alive, One Hotel at a Time

Association Adviser

We have 27 full-time staff in our Atlanta headquarters and five full-timers in D.C., Members also have to deal with local governments who look at hotels as an easy source of revenues by raising the occupancy tax. including four focused solely to events. Half of @AAHOA members are 1st gen hotel owners.

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Cyber Attacks & Data Breaches – Podcast Transcript

AssociationChat

And bearing in mind, you know, average company’s gonna have between five and 10, super critical applications that if it’s out, it could cost them revenue, business and their customers revenue and their business. And that’s just one application. So it’s kind of managing it. . KiKi L’Italien 26:50. So what’s coming up?

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