With Women as Key Planners, Events at Trump Venues Are Down
Source: NBC
Oct 21 2016, 12:15 pm ET
With Women as Key Planners, Events at Trump Venues Are Down
by Martha C. White
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The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, seen here in March 2016, is owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Lynne Sladky / AP file
There is growing evidence that Donald Trump's political mud-slinging is tarnishing his gold-plated name, and industry observers say the Republican presidential nominee risks doing permanent damage to his brand.
"There are certainly groups and event planners shying away [from Trump-related venues] just because they don't want to offend anybody," said David Loeb, managing director and senior real estate research analyst at Robert W. Baird & Co.
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Misaligned values
"The majority of the meeting planning community is female, and when you have a candidate who's been very polarizing… it just kind of makes sense that might impact their decision-making," said Kevin Iwamoto, a senior consultant at GoldSpring Consulting. "Planners and buyers are going to vote with their dollars."
Event industry professionals say they have to tiptoe around the elephant in the room when helping clients choose where to hold functions.
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"The name is associated with values that don't align with who they are," she said. "They can't risk it." .............................
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A nasty, nasty bitch! 
Yep, that's Donald.
