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Chicago Loses Plastics Trade Show to Orlando
November 20, 2009
Citing labor and travel costs, the Washington, D.C.-based Society of the Plastics Industry will hold its 2012 and 2015 trade shows in Orlando instead of Chicago, where it's been for nearly 40 years.
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Attendees with Disabilities Are Rising; Are We Ready?
Planners may not think much--or often--about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but it¿s a law that, if ignored, can add thousands of dollars in liability penalties to any meeting. Since the beginning of 2009, two New York City hotels have settled with the U.S. Department of Justice over instances of ADA non-compliance, while five more have been sued by the DOJ. In Dayton, OH, a business conducting one-day workshops was found in non-compliance for not providing a qualified sign language interpreter, and a Los Angeles massage company settled after refusing services to an HIV sufferer.
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