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2017 Association Trends that Impact Travel, Trade Shows & Hotels

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As 2017 gets underway, what are the top trends to watch out for if you’re in the meeting planning industry? Here are key takeaways that could impact the travel, trade show and hospitality industries. Trade shows to grow 3 percent through 2019. Meeting planners do, too.

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8 Lessons 2016 Taught Us About Meeting Planning

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Las Vegas Will Always be a Meetings Mecca and Will Always Be Reinventing. Countless trade shows, association events, corporate events, and even retreats and incentive trips happen every year in Las Vegas, and so many of those groups are returning customers, because you can never visit the same Las Vegas twice. Las Vegas No.

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Corbin's November/December 2016 TechTalk Newsletter - Layton

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Corbin's November/December 2016 TechTalk Newsletter. 18 LINKS FOR MEETINGS, BUSINESS AND FUN. Or helpful business or meeting planning links? 6 Meeting Industry-Related Sites: ebook from Julius Solaris: The Future of Event Marketing. Kapow: very interesting new "meeting experience" booking engine.

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Highlights from IMEX America 2016

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There were more reasons than ever to attend IMEX America 2016, the biggest three-day exposition for incentive travel, meetings and events, which concluded yesterday at Sands Expo and Convention Center at The Venetian | The Palazzo Las Vegas. Here are six highlights from IMEX America 2016: Innovation & Technology.

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DMAI Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees

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The 2016 Hall of Fame inductees represent the very best in thought leadership and investing in our future ,” says Don Welsh, president and CEO of DMAI. 2016 DMAI Hall of Fame Inductees. Bloom founded IMEX Group, which organizes international trade shows for meetings, events and incentive industry.

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Progress Report: Global Convention Center Outlook

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The $241 million project was first proposed in 2011, designed in 2014, approved in December 2016 and finally broke ground July 19. of meeting and exhibition space, Las Vegas hosts approximately 22,000 meetings, conventions and trade shows annually. Lexington Convention Center. Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Exhibition Industry Posts 1st Decline in 25 Years

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According to the Center for Industry Research (CEIR), the industry experienced a slight dip in the final quarter of 2016. According to the 2016 Center for Exhibition Industry Research Index Report, trade shows will sustain a yearly 3 percent growth for the next few years. “We Read the full report here: [link].

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