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Georgia WCC Hires Sustainability Guru

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JANUARY 6, 2011
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Georgia WCC Hires Sustainability Guru
The Georgia World Congress Center Authority hired Tim Trefezer to serve as the first sustainability coordinator for its Atlanta-based facilities: the Georgia World Congress Center, Georgia Dome and Olympic Centennial Park.
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Raleigh Hotel Gets Doubletree Brand
The Holiday Inn Raleigh in Raleigh, N.C., was rebranded the Doubletree Hotel Raleigh Downtown.
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Starwood Taps Roby for North America Sales
Tim Roby, who recently resigned as CEO of the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, is the new senior vice president of sales for North America at Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
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Duffy Leaves Maritz for CLIA
Prominent meetings and incentives industry leader Christine Duffy resigned as president and CEO of Maritz Travel to assume the leadership of Cruise Lines International Association.
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Coastal Carolina  

Coastal Carolina

Historic Shores

By PAUL D. KRETKOWSKI

For centuries, the North Carolina and South Carolina coasts have drawn visitors seeking beautiful beaches, gentle waves and relief from the inland heat.

However, visitors haven't always sought a suntan and a round of beachside golf. Look back over the past few centuries and you find pirates on the lam from the Royal Navy, Confederate sailors breaking Union blockades, slaves and freedmen seeking a place to run their own lives, farmers trying to get their produce to market, and inventors taking flight in the first powered aircraft—or developing a fizzy cola with a rather pedestrian name: Brad's Drink, later to become Pepsi-Cola.

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Site Scene

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Improve Your Outlook

By JEFF RASCO

Our first use of Microsoft Outlook was in 1997, when we discovered it wrapped in relative obscurity within the release of Office 97. We were all happy to get the upgraded versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, but none of us really knew anything about the "Little Program That Could."

Back in the mid-90s, our e-mail was handled down in the basement somewhere, our calendars were in neat little spiral binders, to-do lists on scraps of paper, and contacts managed in bundles of business cards wrapped in rubber bands. Someone suggested managing our e-mail in Outlook, and we began to discover what a powerful program it can be.

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Site Scene

Texas

Hilton Anatole in Dallas recently completed a $120 million transformation to its 1,606 guest rooms, common areas and 600,000 square feet of meeting and event space. In addition, the hotel opened three new dining options, updated its high-speed Internet access and introduced an Executive Lounge on the 25th floor, offering concierge services along with views of the Dallas skyline. For more information, call 214.761.7209.

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Past Issues

Orlando CVB Becomes Visit Orlando - 12/29/2010
Ground Breaks on Jekyll Island CC - 12/15/2010
Dallas Hilton Unveils Major Redo - 12/08/2010
ASAE Purchases Convene Green Alliance - 12/02/2010
Memphis CVB to Manage Convention Center - 11/30/2010
Gaylord Opryland Reopens - 11/17/2010
Marriott, Hilton Chart Ambitious Growth - 11/10/2010
Feds to Establish Virtual Meeting Centers - 11/03/2010
Plans Set for Nashville Convention Hotel - 10/26/2010
Sea Island Sold to Coalition of Investors - 10/19/2010

 
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