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With more and more guests wanting to travel with their pets, especially since the pandemic, major hotel companies such as Marriott, Hilton and Kimpton are rolling out or expanding their programs across thousands of hotels and vacation rentals. 

I moved to Portland, Oregon, during a rainy spring nearly 10 years ago. Many things have changed since I moved here, not the least of which is the reputation – the brand – of Portland itself.  

llison+Partners was named overall North American Agency of the Year at last night's SABRE Awards ceremony, after landing Midsize Agency of the Year honors, ahead of H+K Strategies, MikeWorldWide, Ruder Finn and Zeno Group.

After a recent period in which capital flows to emerging markets have slowed and start-up companies have been rattled by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the FT/Statista 2023 annual ranking of Africa’s fastest-growing companies (below) casts its gaze back to encapsulate a time of corporate dynamism at what was the height of the pandemic.

The Climate honorees are part of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Ideas Awards. Explore the full list of projects we’re honoring for making the world more equitable, accessible, and sustainable.

NRF recently released its “2023 State of Retail & the Consumer” report, predicting retail sales will rise 4% to 6% to $5.1 trillion to $5.2 trillion in 2023.

Our Health practice recently published a piece full of tips and tricks for navigating events and securing speaking opportunities, but that’s not always the only event “ask” we get from our clients. In fact, over the past year, we’ve increasingly been tasked with sourcing co-panelists and moderators to engage with our executives at high profile events. As a result, we’ve established best practices for selecting various types of speakers, and we’ve become quite adept at not only putting together a “Plan A,” but also a “Plan B” (and occasionally, a “Plan C”!). In this blog, we’ll share our top three learnings from a series of marquee events for health clients—both industry-specific and outside-industry.