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San Antonio CVB Takes Steps to Transition to Nonprofit

Associations Now

The San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau wants to better their competitive advantage and bring in more money by transitioning to a nonprofit. The more money we can spend on making sure San Antonio is visible within the state, nationally, and internationally, the better competitive advantage that we certainly will have.

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How Events Are Leveraging Creativity As They Go Virtual

Associations Now

We’ve seen no disruption in revenue to this point,” Smith told the outlet. The Brewers Association’s Craft Brewers Conference was supposed to be a three-day event in San Antonio, Texas, this month. It’s early, so I’m not foreclosing on the option for disruption, but it’s looking good.”. Stretching out the event digitally.

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Hispanic Journalists Reject Conference Sponsorship From Fox News

Associations Now

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists—which will host the Excellence in Journalism conference jointly with the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) next month in San Antonio—has rescinded its invitation to the cable news network as an NAHJ sponsor at the event.

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John Graham on ASAE’s 2017 Advocacy Efforts

Association Adviser

. “Since [the border adjustment tax] is basically off the table, our big concern right now with tax policy, which as you well know once Congress comes back in September is front and center for the administration and Congress, is that they’ll be looking for other areas to generate revenue and one of those areas is the tax-exempt community.

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Expand Your Product Line: Clone Your Classic Conference into Punchy Regionals

Association Success

Adding regionals events is relatively easy, and offering added educational opportunities serves members, boosts participation, expands reach, pleases exhibitors, opens untapped opportunities, and generates new revenue, all without cannibalizing your national event and revenue. That meeting generates healthy revenue over expenses.

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Groups Denounce Texas Bill as Discriminatory Ahead of Special Session

Associations Now

According to Texas Welcomes All, the state has already lost $66 million in revenue due to cancellation of events that were to have been held in Austin, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, and Arlington.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

Hosts: Smart Meetings, Go Providence, The Westin Riverwalk San Antonio, and The Westin Denver International Airport. Find out what meeting planners can expect from the industry in 2017. Learn how you can prepare for upcoming trends in meetings and events. More info/register. Presenter: David Epstein, content marketing manager, Bizzabo.