Programs & Packages
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Mackinac Island’s Mission Point Resort is offering a special Double Value Added meeting promotion. Planners who book a new meeting at the Michigan-based resort by Dec. 31, to be held from now through Oct. 31, 2011, can select two value-added amenities or resort activities. For more information, call 906.847.3312 .
Correction
In the July/August issue of Meetings MidAmerica, the description of DuPage as a suburban town in Chicagoland was incorrect, as well as the DuPage CVB website address. Dupage is a county, and the DuPage CVB website address is www.discoverdupage.com.
Tech Tools
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The IAEE Social Media Task Force recently made available the document Social Media Best Practices for Exhibitions and Events, a free member publication that provides a breakdown of social media terms, outlets and basic requirements, as well as helpful tips for planning and executing social media campaigns as they relate to exhibitions and events. In addition, information about social media and links to various outlets are posted online, including tips from industry experts. IAEE members may download the document for free from www.tradeshowstore.com. The cost for non-members is $99. For more information, visit www.iaee.com.
Kudos
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Sage Hospitality has upped its own ante on helping the environment with the new Green Choice program, an "opt-in" initiative that offers guests the choice to decline daily housekeeping to reduce their carbon footprint while saving hotels money on energy, water and other costs. The program is offered at 18 Sage hotels across the country, including The Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel. At The Blackstone, guests are encouraged to opt-in with a $5 food and beverage credit or 500 Marriott points. Management reports an average of 100 guest rooms participating weekly. Taken together, The Blackstone expects Green Choice to save 350 gallons of water weekly and 13 gallons of chemicals a year. For more information, call 303.595.7200 or visit www.sagehospitality.com/greenchoice.
Museums & Attractions
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Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art earlier this year debuted its Egyptian Galleries, the new centerpiece of the museum’s refurbished Ancient Art Galleries. The highlight is an elaborate and complete funerary assemblage from the tomb of a 2,300-year-old noblewoman, Meretites. Visitors can view the inner coffin and outer coffin, both decorated with hieroglyphics and images of gods and goddesses. The mummy of Meretites is not in the collection, but the new display includes another mummy. For more information, call 816.751.1278 or visit www.nelson-atkins.org. MA