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dding-bottom:15px; line-height: 20px;">The late January 2018 announcement b=
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center  <br>=0A                          <a href=3D"http://send.meetingstod=
ay.com/link.cfm?r=3DuqV2MIrfuLkGZJO6lLUaIQ~~&amp;pe=3DU0qgbJLf5mP2iA_4pAdZH3E=
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tion: none;"><strong>http://hbs.me/2nrJ7Qy</strong></a></p>=0A             =
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destintl #eventprofs #meetingprofs  <br>=0A                          <a href=
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ong></a></p></td>=0A                    </tr>=0A                    <tr>=0A=
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px; color: #b9433e;"><p style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0; mar=
gin:0; padding:0;"><strong>What's Your Take?</strong></p></td>=0A          =
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gn=3D"top" align=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#d7c99e" style=3D"font-family: Arial, =
'sans-serif';font-size:14px; padding-bottom:5px;"><p><strong> As a result o=
f Marriott's reduction of commission, I intend to:...</strong><br>=0A      =
                </p><ul>=0A							  <li> Boycott Marriott entirely.</li>=0A=
							  <li>  Recommend Marriott only when it's the last option. </li>=0A	=
					   <li>Recommend whatever hotel works best for the client.</li></ul>=
=0A                        <p></p>=0A                        <a href=3D"htt=
p://send.meetingstoday.com/link.cfm?r=3DuqV2MIrfuLkGZJO6lLUaIQ~~&amp;pe=3Dh4F=
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ZTV4bHVw~~&amp;t=3DhpzafFI5MO7BDx1cEcJPuw~~" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color:=
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le=3D"color: #b9433e; font-style: bold;text-decoration: none;">View the res=
ults!</a><br>=0A                        <br></td>=0A                    </t=
r>=0A                    <tr>=0A                      <td valign=3D"top" al=
ign=3D"left" bgcolor=3D"#d7c99e" style=3D"font-family: Arial, 'sans-serif';=
font-size:20px; padding-bottom:5px; color: #b9433e;"><p style=3D"mso-table-=
lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0; margin:0; padding:0;"><strong>Additional Resou=
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=3D"color: #000000; font-style: bold;text-decoration: none;"><strong>Hotels=
 Raise Commissions in Response to Marriott  </strong><strong></strong></a><=
/p><strong>=0A                        <p><a href=3D"http://send.meetingstod=
ay.com/link.cfm?r=3DuqV2MIrfuLkGZJO6lLUaIQ~~&amp;pe=3DRmfR2lbVptgCAOuQy2LJpy4=
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