AT the National Business Travel Association’s noisy opening-night reception inside the convention center here on Sunday, strobe lights flashed and long lines formed for food and drinks. Some danced as a nine-piece rhythm and blues band blasted into a ballroom. “Better than last year?” I shouted to a young woman who was dancing by herself. “Anything’s better than that,” she yelled back. True enough.

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