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July 3, 2009 - #1706
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PCMA, ACTE form ‘strategic alliance’
Claim no relationship to aborted NBTA merger

Assns responds to high court’s decision on firefighters
Ricci case has varying perspectives

US-based SISO partners with European assn
Goal is to share research, increase opportunities

International media assns merge
‘WAN-IFRA’ claims to represent 18,000 publications, 15,000 web sites

Starwood to install virtual meeting technology
10 Telepresence rooms to be outfitted in 2009

News in Brief
International Congress & Convention Assn, Meeting Professionals International, US Travel Assn, Travel Channel, International Risk Management Institute, Automotive Maintenance and Repair Assn, Connecticut Lodging Assn, American Hotel & Lodging Assn. CONGRATULATIONS: Leslie G. Sarasin, Bryan Silbermann, Pamela G. Bailey; Thomas Menighan, Lexington KY, Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, Geoffrey Canada, 2009 New York Festival's Advertising Awards. PEOPLE: Michael Barr, Christopher Pyke

Supplier News
Peabody Orlando, Sheraton Midtown-Times Square, Aloft Hotel group, ConventionPlanit.com, Newmarket International. CONGRATULATIONS: Robert Beadle, American Hotel & Lodging Assn Achievement Awards, Accredited Destination Management Companies. PEOPLE: Angelique Swann, Nathan Tollett

News of the Week
June 30 - TSEA awards deadline July 8; June 29 - Atlanta airport shuttle goes carbon neutral; June 26 - RIAA CEO: Michael Jackson among ‘significant figures in all of human history’; June 25 - Merger talks end for NRF, RILA



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