U.S. Travel Association has announced the hiring of
Nicole Porter as vice president, political affairs – PAC and grassroots, a newly created position. In her new role, Porter will be responsible for both political fundraising from among the association membership, and for growing the organization’s grassroots program to increase political education and involvement across the travel industry.
Porter was most recently the senior director, political and advocacy affairs at the National Retail Federation. She has also run her own campaign fundraising consulting firm,
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“The
COVID pandemic has further underscored the importance of political engagement for the travel industry, as we work to rebuild from the devastation of the past year and reclaim our place as one of the top job-creating sectors in the
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With Daniel Lippman Doug Jones (D-Ala.) and Cissy Jackson are joining
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Or perhaps it is a cruel joke from the ghost of late South Carolina businessman Jerry Zucker who bought the Hudson Bay Company in January 2006 for only $1.1 billion?
Many other dreadfully designed Canadian Olympic uniforms include Calgary’s infamous 1988 giant cowboy hats, Barcelona’s 1992 horrid yellow print shorts and the depressing uniforms Canadians unenthusiastically wore at Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic event.
In my view, this 2021 uniform is worse.
Credit to late-night comedian Stephen Colbert who ended his comments on Canada’s Olympic uniform with a Batman film clip that featured dialogue containing several punchy “I’m Sorry” apologies.
Why do proud Canadian competitive athletes have to wear the burden of Canada’s current misery? They and we deserve much better.
Biden is hoping to secure support from key business groups on issues like immigration and climate change, but that relationship will be tested by how he paints corporate America and wealthy households in his push for trillions in new infrastructure spending.
Experts say they’ll be closely watching Biden’s words Wednesday evening for any shift in the administration’s approach toward companies.
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“The president and his advisers are pragmatic. They know that his political capital right now rests on a foundation of a really strong recovery. . I think you’ll see that reflected in rhetoric. There may be some key choice words or statements, but I would be surprised if there was some inflammatory class rhetoric,” said Dane Stangler, director of strategic initiatives at the Bipartisan Policy Center.