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How to Take the Risk out of Planning Events with the Federal Government

SmartMeetings

Up until 2012 when the media broke the Muffingate story and the scandal of the GSA Western Regional Conference changed everything, government meetings were considered a relatively recession proof base of business. A Federal government office must demonstrate to the contracting officer that there is money in the budget to fund an event.

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‘I Am Baton Rouge’

PCMA Convene

The flooding in Louisiana is being called the worst natural disaster in the United States since Hurricane Sandy in 2012, leaving at least 13 people dead and driving tens of thousands more from their homes in and around Baton Rouge. But the destination remains unbowed. How can your colleagues in the meetings industry help Baton Rouge?

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DCI Planner Survey Looks at “Trump Effect,” Top Destinations, and Challenges

MeetingsNet

While some things have remained the same since the first survey in 2012—for example, London & Partners has been named the most helpful international convention bureau in all three editions—a couple of new issues are now affecting the meetings industry. Global business travel spending has grown 5.8 percent since 2016, reaching $1.33

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