article thumbnail

Bucking Trends, National Guard Association Will Meet in Honolulu

Associations Now

Back in 2008, before the GSA and IRS conference-spending scandals and the sequester made headlines and led some groups to rethink meeting locations , the NGAUS board approved Honolulu as its 2013 conference destination. The post Bucking Trends, National Guard Association Will Meet in Honolulu appeared first on Associations Now.'

article thumbnail

A convention odyssey

Association Advocacy Chick

APA’s meeting was in Honolulu (insert JayZ’s Hard Knocked Life here) and ASAE was in Atlanta. The Honolulu Convention Center is centrally located and there’s at least 10 hotels within a four-block radius. You see, APA and ASAE annual meetings have the tendency to overlap in schedule. Here are some of my key takeaways.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Put a Cork in the Competition With an Online Marketplace

Associations Now

From Anchorage to Honolulu to Omaha, it’s amazing how winemaking is spreading, and yet, the ability for craft winemakers to get their products recognized and shipped to market can be hampered simply by size.”. Many consumers don’t understand that there is a wine region literally an hour’s drive from every major city in the U.S.,”

article thumbnail

Hawaii’s Optics Problem: A Travel Hotspot Struggles With Meetings Business

Associations Now

In May, hundreds of public pension employees stayed away from the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems’ annual meeting in Honolulu. The National Guard Association of the United States booked its 2013 conference in Honolulu in 2008 and chose to stay. I can assure you that.”

Hawaii 40
article thumbnail

Las Vegas, Other Resort Cities Bear Brunt of Federal Travel Cuts

Associations Now

Major decreases were also seen in Honolulu (down 88 percent) and Orlando (down 100 percent). In September, the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) held its annual conference in Honolulu. USA Today ’s analysis showed that federal contracts for hotel rooms in Las Vegas were down 81 percent. Hargett Jr.,

article thumbnail

Tragedy in paradise: Maui wildfires impacting community associations, CAI members

Ungrated

The workshop is in Honolulu,​ which is located on the ​island of Oahu.​ Note: CAI is holding the Large-Scale Managers Workshop in Hawaii Oct. The workshop will continue as scheduled. The recent wildfires impacted the islands​ of Maui and Hawaii. CAI and the Large-Scale Managers Committee will continue to monitor the situation.

Hawaii 52
article thumbnail

Lung Association Raises Alarm on Air Quality

Associations Now

Salinas joined Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont; Elmira-Corning, New York; and Honolulu, Hawaii, on the association’s cleanest cities list, according to a news release.