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Contracts and Negotiations Amid Covid: Best of What’s Worked in 2021

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Meeting professionals today are risk managers.” In May, Alison Fragale, an associate professor of organizational behavior at University of North Carolina, joined our webinar to reveal secrets for turning negotiations around and getting what you need from legal professionals, clients and family. Alison Fragale.

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7 Smart Moves at Loews Hotels, Duke Energy Convention Center and More

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Robert Cox Wilmington and Beaches Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina is pleased to welcome Robert Cox, CDME, CSEE as director of sports development. His experience in the sports tourism field includes serving on the North Carolina Sports Association Board and Executive Committee, where he was chairman from 2013-2015.

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Tough Calls

PCMA Convene

On April 4, days after North Carolina repealed its controversial “bathroom bill” — House Bill 2 (HB2), which restricted which public bathroom transgender people could use — the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) announced that it would no longer blacklist the state from hosting its championship events.