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How to positively impact social conditions in destinations with politics that don’t align Flashback to 2019. Additional sponsorships to date have come from Birmingham, Alabama; Dallas; and Orlando, Florida, as well as Destinations International. Elena Gerstmann, FASAE, CAE, was hungry.

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FAIL 1 – Not Living Up to the Brand In January 2019, the Clemson University football team was scheduled to be honored with dinner at the White House after their National Championship win against The University of Alabama. Not every event needs to offer a swanky, over-the-top experience.

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So this year’s convention was designed to usher in a new era of beauty—one defined by consumers, not brands, with speaker talent and content that celebrated the diversity and cultural significance of the industry and its fans.

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