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Wisconsin Launches Grant for Meetings Promotion

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September 1, 2011
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Wisconsin Launches Grant for Meetings Promotion
The Wisconsin Department of Tourism announced a new grant program to assist destinations in the state as they bid for national or regional meetings and conventions.
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PCMA Announces Slate of Officers
The PCMA Nominating Committee issued a slate of candidates for leadership positions on the 2012 PCMA Board of Directors.
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O’Hare Gets Boost in Low-Cost Air Service
Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines started service to four cities from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on routes already served by other carriers.
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CEIR Says Exhibition Industry Outperforming U.S. Economy
The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) released semiannual data that says the exhibition industry out performed the U.S. economy during the first half of 2011.
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Featured Story
Family-Friendly Meetings  

Family-Friendly Meetings

Not Just Kid Stuff

By KATIE MORELL

With so many families short on both cash and leisure time, it’s little wonder that family-friendly meetings are a fast-growing segment of the industry. Increasingly, destinations and properties are courting the market with amenities that encourage people to combine a meeting with a family vacation.


In fact, the opportunity to bring family members to a meeting can be a big attendance-builder, says Tifani Jones, director of sales for the Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau.

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  • Kansas City will present its annual Plaza Art Fair from Sept. 23-25 at the Country Club Plaza. The 2011 fair will feature 240 artists and three live-music stages. For more information, visit www.countryclubplaza.com/events/plaza-art-fair.

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Let's Simplify Sustainable Meetings – a Meetings Focus blog

Posted by Nancy J.Zavada, President - MeetGreen

Standards, policies, reporting, diversion rates, indicators...could we make it any more complex or overwhelming to learn how to produce sustainable meetings?

Let's start here and now to simplify sustainable meetings. Just pick one thing right now, nothing more. Ask yourself, what one green meeting practice can your organization implement in EVERY meeting.

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ASAE's John Graham on the credit downgrade of the United States and its impact on associations.

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John H. Graham IV, president &CEO of ASAE, speaks about the recent credit downgrade of the United States and how it will affect associations, as well as how potential government remedies to lower U.S. debt may hurt the not-for-profit segment.

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Sustainability: Basic Green Techniques
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Is my meeting really 'green'? The meetings industry can finally answer that question. The Accepted Practices Exchange (APEX) has launched the standards for best practices for green meetings, and by using basic green techniques you can now call your meetings green and sustainable just by following some relatively simple guidelines.

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