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Article: The meetings industry meets Capitol Hill.
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- Association Management
- Article date:
- May 1, 1996
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Highlights from the third annual Meeting Industry's Legislative Action Day.
A rainy day didn't quell the spirits of the more than 250 individuals from across the United States who took part in the Meeting Industry's Legislative Action Day '96, held March 7 in Washington, D.C., to bring awareness of the power of the travel and meetings industry to elected leaders. The event, sponsored by ASAE, Meeting Professionals International (MPI), Dallas, and nine other organizations, charged participants to tout three primary concerns during their visits to legislators on Capitol Hill: support for the Travel and Tourism Partnership Act of 1995 (H.R. 2579); full restoration of ...