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Hawaii’s Optics Problem: A Travel Hotspot Struggles With Meetings Business

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In May, hundreds of public pension employees stayed away from the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems’ annual meeting in Honolulu. The National Guard Association of the United States booked its 2013 conference in Honolulu in 2008 and chose to stay. I can assure you that.”

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Lung Association Raises Alarm on Air Quality

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Salinas joined Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont; Elmira-Corning, New York; and Honolulu, Hawaii, on the association’s cleanest cities list, according to a news release.

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Where’s ASAE?

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I have attend ASAE Annual Meetings in Philadelphia, Nashville, Chicago, Denver, San Diego, LA, Honolulu, and the Technology Conference in Baltimore. It is always great to see even a small slice of a city for the first time, and in some cases, return and see something new. New Orleans. So with that in mind.

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The Headaches of Thanksgiving Travel: Could They Happen Year-Round?

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airports—Chicago Midway International (MDW), New York City’s John F. Where you’ll feel the pain: The report states that one in five domestic flights are already delayed. But it notes that seven major U.S.

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Roundup: Ballot Initiatives Make Breakthroughs on Election Night

Associations Now

“If it could win in Berkeley, it could win in a lot of places,” said Marion Nestle, a professor at New York University and author of Food Politics. Others disagree, saying passage of the beverage tax in Berkeley is a breakthrough win.

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