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Short Takes

Museums & Attractions
  • The Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, N.C., is running the exhibit Comic Stripped: A Revealing Look at Southern Stereotypes in Cartoons. The exhibit chronicles work from the 19th century Reconstruction-era drawings of political artist Thomas Nast through the present day. Some of the cartoon characters on display include Lil’ Abner, Pogo, Kudzu, Song of the South, and King Of The Hill. The original exhibit was created by Levine Museum historian Dr. Tom Hanchett, with assistance from locally based cartoonists Jim Scancarelli (Gasoline Alley) and Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace). The exhibit runs through April 2008. For more information, call 704.333.1887 or visit www.museumofthenewsouth.org.

Programs & Packages
  • Orlando’s Grosvenor Resort, now named the Regal Sun Resort, is offering groups the Choose Your Free SUNday promotion in celebration of a recent $25 million renovation, which included the remodeling of all 619 guest rooms and seven suites as well as the resort’s 19,000 square feet of meeting space. Groups staying at the resort through Dec. 31, 2007, can have their Sunday night accommodations free. The promotion is available to groups booking a minimum two-night stay and 10 rooms or more. All rooms are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access, and meeting space can accommodate groups of up to 1,200. For more information, call 407.828.4444 or visit www.regalsunresort.com.

New Tools
  • As part of a new campaign to help lure meeting planners back to the “Big Easy,” the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans recently launched a virtual site tour of their facility. This new tool lets planners and visitors view testimonials, capacities and combinations of rooms, digital floor plans, and more. The tour can be accessed at www.mccsitetour.com.

Kudos
  • For the second consecutive year, the readers of Orlando Magazine named Orlando hotelier Harris Rosen as the area’s Best Corporate Citizen. Rosen, president and COO of Rosen Hotels and Resorts, was chosen for his multimillion-dollar philanthropic efforts, conservation initiatives and community loyalty. One of Rosen’s most notable accomplishments is the Tangelo Park Pilot Program, which he launched in 1993 to help educate at-risk children and their parents. Since its inception, the program has provided more than 324 college scholarships. Rosen also donated more than $22 million to the University of Central Florida for the creation of a school of hospitality management and has become involved in projects such as Water for Haiti, which raises funds to purchase water filtration devices to provide fresh drinking water in Haiti. For more information about Rosen Hotels & Resorts, call 407.996.1706 or visit www.rosenhotels.com.