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Sophistication is served with suburban hospitality in Overland Park, Kan., located in the Kansas City metro area with easy access to an international airport and major highways. Thirty-five hotels offer over 5,250 rooms—nearly 1,000 within walking distance of the 237,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art OP Convention Center. The adjoining 412-room Sheraton Hotel offers 20,000 square feet of additional event space. Home to a variety of attractions, restaurants and shopping—see why Overland Park is above and beyond. By design. |
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Missouri
Show Me the Meeting
By DANA ENFINGER
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If you come to Missouri once for a meeting, there is a good chance you’ll be back.
"Missouri surprises people," says Susan Gray, president of MAC Meetings and Events, a St. Louis-based event management company.
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What’s so surprising? The state’s accessibility, affordability, number and variety of meeting facilities, and too many attractions to list. Plus, many hotels continue to upgrade and the state is at the forefront of the downtown live-work culture revival that is de rigueur.
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| Meetings MidAmerica June Digital Edition |
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This month's issue features an On Location! video shot at Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, a soon-to-open hotel and meeting facility on the campus of Kirkwood Community College, which offers perhaps the top hospitality program in the nation at a two-year college. Also, Career Forum columnist Sheryl Sookman Schelter augments her column on job interview techniques with some important video tips that will help planners be better prepared when the interview spotlight shines on them. |
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Pick Three – Missouri
Susan Gray
President, MAC Meetings and Events Inc., St. Louis
What are three only-in-St. Louis venues you would recommend for off-site events?
Fox Theatre: It’s one of the coolest venues in St. Louis. We’ve coordinated dinners for groups on the stage. This is when groups can really see the stunning decor—with the lights on and no show taking place. Its ornate Siamese Byzantine architecture is impressive. The historic theater, built in 1929 and revitalized in the 1980s, includes the original chandelier that weighs one full ton and the original brass ticket vestibule.
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Site Scene
Missouri
Leisure Hotels & Resorts took over management of the 116-suite Resort & Yacht Club at Toad Cove in Lake Ozark. The property was renamed Camden on the Lake Resort, Spa & Yacht Club. The hotel offers over 9,000 square feet of event space, revamped restaurants and expanded services at the yacht club and marina. Ongoing improvements include guest room renovations and additional meeting space as well as a new restaurant. Amenities include a fitness center and full-service spa, open-air pool area with a swim-up bar and wave runner rentals, among many other features. For more information, call 888.365.5620.
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| Leveraging Your CVB Conference Centers Webinar |
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Conference centers offer venues at which meetings are the focus and meeting participants can concentrate on business. For meeting professionals, conference centers offer an ease of planning and budgeting.
In this webinar, top industry educator Joan Eisenstodt discovers what benefits—from ease of planning to perception—can be gained meeting in a dedicated learning environment such as a conference center.
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