ASSOCIATION TRENDS WILL BE ON A BREAK beginning July 3 and returning July 13. There will not be a July 10 issue. Leave messages at 301-652-8666 or AssociationTRENDS@AssociationTRENDS.com. Happy Independence Day from Association TRENDS! 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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