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Changing Abortion Laws Create Duty-of-Care Issue for Meeting Hosts

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Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. Others in the meetings industry have long argued that boycotting destinations for political reasons is ineffective and counterproductive. RELATED READING: A New Kind of Meeting Offset

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Attendee Accessibility and Inclusion from the Venue Side

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A new toolkit for employees at hotels, convention centers, and special-event venues can provide planners with deeper perspective on what to ask during site selection. We must be at the forefront of accommodating people with varying abilities—some of which are invisible to others—and communicate options to meeting planners in advance.”

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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

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nearly 7 million potential visitors and $12 billion in projected spending in 2023. nearly 7 million potential visitors and $12 billion in projected spending in 2023. When it comes to site selection for future events, Gal-Yam is adding visa processing times to his checklist. “We Over the summer, U.S.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

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With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. Every RFP is unique,” she says.

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Adjusting Strategies to Changing Business Models

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based global urbanist Greg Clark, who spoke at the IMEX Policy Forum in Frankfurt in May, told Joint Meetings Industry Council’s The Iceberg platform. After those two events conclude, ESTRO will do a final evaluation to come up with a revised approach before proceeding with the new round of venue selections.

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