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SBI Association Management Announces Acquisition of LoBue & Majdalany Association Management

SBI

SEATTLE, WA, February 9, 2022 – SBI Association Management (SBI), a full-service association management company (AMC) headquartered in Seattle, announced today that effective February 1, 2022, it acquired LoBue & Majdalany Association Management (L&M) an AMC based in San Francisco.

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Florist Society’s Solution to Stress: A Little Flower Power

Associations Now

The Society of American Florists is embracing its product’s ties to ‘60s hippie culture in a new chill-out marketing campaign. This week, SAF kicked off a new campaign with the help of an old Volkswagen bus—christened the “Flower Power Mobile”—in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, home of the 1960s hippie movement.

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Why High-Tech is High(er) on the List for Meeting Planners

Associations Now

And if you are thinking that focusing on a city’s tech scene narrows your options to a few places—San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or Boston—think again. Indianapolis is now Saleforce’s largest presence outside of its San Francisco headquarters. It’s a more relevant question than you might think.

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The Highs and Lows of Per Diem Rates

Associations Now

reaching a peak near San Francisco. And those cities that do cost significantly more than average—San Francisco’s $547.34 in particular, where rates decreased in just 11 of the top 100 markets, according to the index. per night, but the food cost, $121.21, is slightly more than that of San Francisco.

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City-Based Manufacturing Groups Promote Their Economic Might

Associations Now

This spring, Made in NYC , a trade group of 5,700 small and medium-sized manufacturers based in New York City, launched a marketing campaign to promote the value of those businesses. The Urban Manufacturing Alliance wants to “create a stronger relationship between the consumer market in these cities and the maker movement.”.

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Study: Why Business Travel Costs Vary Significantly by City

Associations Now

Additionally, 10 of the 15 most expensive cities for business travelers—such as New York City, Boston, San Francisco, and Seattle—are on the East Coast or West Coast in the lower 48. But their reasons for being expensive differ significantly, per the report.

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Myth Busting around Scale

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: I’m hosting a small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who are attending the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle. That organization will need a deep bench in marketing/ PR and have a savvy lawyer on call. Photo by Tsmall. Want to scale through advocacy?