<div dir="ltr">They received a ton of pushback - The LGBTQ community is not an insignificant portion of the INTA attendees, plus just the sheer management of potentially 10k people in that environment. I was told that one hotel cannot likely hold everyone, and traveling between properties is a huge undertaking, not a walkable area. I'm not convinced 2029 will happen for these same reasons. I also heard that the government there is paying for groups like INTA to hold these conventions so that was likely initial appeal of Dubai - INTA is all about money. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 12:35\u202fPM Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg3338951797377152571">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:rgb(0,32,96)">I chatted with a handful of folks in Atlanta, and as one person noted, about 60% of INTAs membership are women, and Dubai is not the friendliest place in that regard, let alone for
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] 2026 INTA Annual Meeting in Dubai moved to 2029<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Lots of CYA in the press release. Anyone know why the delay? I\u2019m not objecting\u2014I have no desire to visit Dubai\u2014but I am curious.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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