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Ebola: How the Meetings Industry Is Responding

Associations Now

We have talked with the leadership at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Dallas health department and continue to work with hotel officials to ensure the safety of our attendees. The Dallas CVB is working closely with organizations scheduled to hold meetings in the city. business travelers unfazed.

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9 Pieces of Association History You Didn’t Know

Associations Now

The American Institute Fair, held in New York City annually during part of the 19th century, is considered one of the first major tradeshows created by a national organization. That’s because the Internal Revenue Service didn’t get its start until 1862, before which myriad state laws and statutes taxed land.

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Cross-Border Collaboration: Sell Successfully Overseas by Learning the Local Needs

Plexus Consulting

The association, a professional society in the field of healthcare, was under a great deal of pressure from its board of directors to find additional sources of revenue, and the overseas marketplace seemed ripe with possibilities. Canada and the United States constituted one region, Europe another, and Asia the third.

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Coronavirus Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

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Right now, take New York City. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing (source: The Atlantic) – Bureaucracy, equipment shortages, an unwillingness to share, and failed leadership doomed the American response to COVID-19. The monthlong shutdown will cause lost revenues conservatively estimated at $100 million.

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Daily #COVID19 Updates for Association and Events Professionals – What You Need to Know

AssociationChat

Right now, take New York City. Is So Behind on Coronavirus Testing (source: The Atlantic) – Bureaucracy, equipment shortages, an unwillingness to share, and failed leadership doomed the American response to COVID-19. The monthlong shutdown will cause lost revenues conservatively estimated at $100 million.