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Lower than Expected Hurricane Risk Brings Good News to Event Owners

Lower than Expected Hurricane Risk Brings Good News to Event Owners

Here’s some good news for event owners who have fall dates. Following an unusually quiet stretch across the Atlantic basin during the climatological p...

Will Revamped Color Run Help Theme Races Recover the High Ground?

Can Relaunched Color Run Help Theme Races Regain the High Ground?

For a while, you couldn’t drive across town without coming across barricades for a themed race. The Bubble Run. The Tomato Run. The Ugly Sweater Run. ...

Surf Wars Over Governance Making Big Waves Ahead of 2028 Games

Surf Wars Over Governance Making Big Waves Ahead of 2028 Games

Turf wars? More like surf wars. USA Surfing has made it clear it wants to govern the sport, although US Ski and Snowboard also wants to. The issue: US...

Olympic Wage Survives Last-Minute Attack, Takes Effect Immediately

Olympic Wage Survives Last-Minute Attack, Takes Effect Immediately

A hospitality pay hike in Los Angeles nicknamed “the Olympic wage” has survived a last-minute countermeasure, in the form of a referendum brought by t...

Spurred by Sports Tourism, ADA Accessible Hotels on the Rise

Spurred by Sports Tourism, ADA Accessible Hotels on the Rise

Hotel room construction is up but a micro-trend in that sector bears watching: The addition of more, and more accessible, hotel rooms, as well as othe...

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Venues Where Events Can Stick the Landing

If there’s one thing event owners need for gymnastics competitions, it’s space. From back handsprings to balance beams, participants need room to spre...

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Tour Bus Transportation: What You Need to Know This Year

The travel industry continues to evolve and bus transportation, an integral part of many youth and amateur tournaments, is also changing. In this arti...

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Softball Swings for the Fences

Softball participation continues to be on the rise in the U.S., with at least 9.2 million Americans taking to the fastpitch or slowpitch diamonds, acc...

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IRONMAN

The IRONMAN Triathlon is a branded event that includes a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle ride and a marathon 26.2-mile run completed in that order, ...

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No Venue? No Problem! Think Outside the Box to Leverage Your Event

.One of the first rules of event planning is to secure the venue. Once the venue for an event has been locked in, the date becomes official and key pl...