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We're a center of high-tech in Silicon Valley. Sunny most of the year, the Santa Clara Convention Center offers the perfect setting for conventions, meetings and vacations. The center offers 302,000 square feet column-free exhibit halls, a new 23,000-square-foot ballroom and high tech services. Santa Clara boasts 3,800-plus deluxe hotel rooms, 2,000 complimentary parking spaces, a 100-acre theme park directly across from the convention center, a historic mission and 18-hole championship golf course and a tennis facility.
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For more information, visit www.santaclara.org.
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Silicon Valley
America's CPU
By HUNTER HOLCOMBE
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| Ever since the advent of computers nearly a half century ago, the geek was someone to be ridiculed and teased—a quality generally left off the dating resume. No longer. |
Today, when having the hippest new iPhone application is just as important as the latest hairstyle, nerds rule. They are the maestros of our online social lives, the engineers of our workday efficiency. They even dress well and buy expansive loft apartments with their exploding stock options.
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| Covering Yourself Through Contracts Webinar |
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
One major contract mistake can sink your organization and derail your career. Know what to look for and what to include when you get down to the details with facilities and suppliers. Join Meetings Media and top industry attorney Joshua L. Grimes of Grimes Law Offices for this fast-paced and informative webinar on cutting-edge contracts.
Sponsored by: Atlanta CVB, Balboa Bay Club & Resort, Disneyland Resort Center - Anaheim, Ford Park, Lakeway Resort and Spa, Salt Lake CVB, Tropicana Casino and Resort, Wyndham Miami Airport, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce and Omni La Mansion Del Rio.
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Visit our webinar page to register or learn more.
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Happenings – Silicon Valley
San Jose Civic Center (408.792.4194) plans to finish an $11 million upgrade this fall. The initiative includes new exterior LED lighting, new concession stands, refurbished hardwood floors and a $1 million sound and high-definition video package.
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (408.501.0979) emerged in June from a $1.3 billion airport modernization. The upgrades increased the efficiency of the airport overall, including areas such as security check points, ticketing, parking and baggage.
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Short Takes
Museums & Attractions
The Honolulu Academy of Arts will be presenting Four Thousand Years of Southeast Asian Art from Sept. 9 to Jan. 9, 2011. On view will be approximately 150 works of art from Thailand and Cambodia, many of which have never been displayed at the museum. The exhibition will cover the artistic and cultural developments of three important Southeast Asian cultures—Ban Chiang, Khmer and Sukhothai—covering more than 4,000 years, from Neolithic earthenware ceramics to a gold Buddhist sculpture. For more information, call 808.532.8700.
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Meetings in a Minute
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| Tyler Davidson caught up with David G. Gabri, president and CEO of Associated Luxury Hotels International, at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, where he was honored with an Academy of Leaders Award. |
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