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Bringing your family to a meeting is a blast at Grand Geneva! It's the perfect business spot with essential amenities and 62,000 square feet of function space alongside fun for loved ones of all ages—from kids' programs and waterpark adventure to horseback riding. We also have decadent dining, two championship golf courses and a spa and fitness center complete with rock climbing wall. There's never a dull moment when you're having a Grand time!
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Family-Friendly Meetings
Family Matters
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By KATIE MORELL
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| Gone are the days when kids stayed at home with a babysitter for the weekend while mom and dad ventured to a business meeting. |
Today, kids are as common as briefcases in the meetings landscape as more and more venues try to make themselves family friendly.
"I've really seen an increase in families coming along to meetings within the last five or six years," says Joyce Wagner, executive director of the Jefferson City, Mo.-based Missouri Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (MAPERS). "I am seeing venues becoming more family-friendly and, if families are allowed, it almost always means higher meeting attendance."
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| Pheasant Run Resort |
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For nearly 50 years, Pheasant Run Resort has been the ideal place for associations to meet in the Midwest. Today, we're pleased to do our part to give back to the association community, with our new Give to Get program. We'll be rewarding two associations that are reaching out to their membership in creative ways up to $50,000 master bill credit to help those associations who are making a difference in these times. Entries are being accepted through Nov. 30, 2010.
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Keeping it Family-Friendly
Things to consider when planning a family friendly meeting:
- Choose a site that offers plenty of activities for kids. A resort is usually preferable to a downtown hotel. Day programs for children and childcare services are also desirable.
- Consider including a reception with a theme and favors oriented towards kids.
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Site Scene
Illinois
The Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center is undergoing a multiyear renovation. Recently the property added three new food and beverage offerings: Chicago Fire Oven, specializing in thin-crust pizzas; the Visibility Bar, which features 55-inch high-definition televisions; and On the Fly, a "grab and go" venue on the hotel's lobby level. The hotel also added a new business center, two boardrooms each with seating for 16 and a new meeting space that can be rented by the hour. The space is called Boardroom Express and features an eight-seat conference room. The hotel offers over 55,000 square feet of function space, including 22 meeting rooms. For more information, call 847.671.6350.
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