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A Happy New Year for meetings?

Aaron Wolowiec

“We are finding room rates escalating,” said Kevin Beckman, director of strategic accounts for Crowne Plaza Hotel Louisville, and a member of the MPI Kentucky Bluegrass Chapter. “We Examples from the MPI report include creating centerpieces from in-season flowers and simple craft supplies and using polyester-like tablecloth pieces.

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Lessons From a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the World’s Biggest Events

Associations Now

These are some heavy hitters: the Westminster Dog Show, the Kentucky Derby, the Chanel haute couture fashion show, and the esports championship League of Legends. For example, they are shown running through a pretend service, spooning imaginary sauce on plates and rehearsing how they would speak to diners.

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A Bourbon Affair: Association Celebrates America’s ‘Native Spirit’

Associations Now

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association is hosting a five-day Kentucky Bourbon Affair this week in honor of the 50th anniversary of Congress declaring the drink America’s “native spirit.” To celebrate the anniversary, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association is hosting a five-day Kentucky Bourbon Affair.

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Peace Offering: Nonprofits Help Facilitate “Bourbon Summit”

Associations Now

To help “lubricate the wheels of government,” the Kentucky Distillers’ Association is working with the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship to help bring about a “Bourbon Summit” between President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Strong proof.

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It’s a Snap: Adding Snapchat to Your Event’s Engagement Strategy

Associations Now

NBC Sports is making Snapchat a central part of its coverage of this weekend’s Kentucky Derby. Last year 16 million viewers tuned in to watch the 141st Kentucky Derby. Another example to take a look at is the Department of the Interior , which used its rangers and park employees to give viewers a virtual tour of their facilities.

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Exhibition Group’s Advocacy Day Goes Global

Associations Now

That’s a perfect example of collaborating with a friendly competitor—like ‘A Association’ who competes with ‘B Association’ in a certain industry collaborating on behalf of growing the public relations and advocacy efforts of their industry,” IAEE CEO David Dubois, FASAE, CAE, said. As in past years, Exhibitions Day participants in the U.S.

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Ambulance Association Honors Heroes

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They included paramedics who responded to the San Bernardino terrorist attack, an EMT who singlehandedly provided initial triage to pedestrians hit by a car on a busy sidewalk on the Las Vegas strip, and a paramedic who responded to a school bus accident in Kentucky in which three children died and several were injured.