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Gaylord Opryland Reopens
The Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center reopened Nov. 15 in Nashville, Tenn., 195 days after floods last May caused over $200 million in damage to the 2,881-room hotel and forced it to shut down.
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First JW Marriott Marquis Debuts in Miami
The JW Marriott Marquis, the first hotel in the JW Marriott brand to have the "Marquis" designation, opened in a mixed-use complex in downtown Miami.
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Miami Airport CC Redo Under Way
Major upgrades are under way at the Miami Airport Convention Center that include new technology and a new 29,000-square-foot ballroom.
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Wyndham Unveils Disney World Hotel
The Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort, a 626-room hotel with 19,000 square feet of meeting space, is up and running at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
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Happenings – Mississippi
Gulf Coast
The Palace Casino Resort (228.432.8888) is undergoing a massive expansion, including banquet and meeting rooms, a spa, a buffet restaurant, an expanded casino and a new atrium/hotel lobby, among other additions. The project is slated for completion next spring.
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Gulf Coast: Oil Spill Recovery
Although the media predicted devastating and long-lasting effects for the Gult Coast after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Mississippi's Gulf Coast region is bouncing back faster than expected and damage to wildlife and tourism is far less than experts predicted.
According to Crystal Johnson, director of sales for the Mississippi Gulf Coast CVB, the main business sector affected was the local restaurant industry, since they depended on fresh seafood for a large portion of the menu. But now, six months later, even that has normalized.
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