January 27, 2011

Indy Convention Center Debuts Expansion

Meetings Focus - the Destination Experts

January 27, 2011


Indy Convention Center Debuts Expansion The Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis celebrated the grand opening of a $275 million expansion that takes it from the 32nd largest to the 16th largest convention center in the U.S. Read more »
Marriott Approved for Milwaukee Milwaukee's city council voted to approve plans for a $50 million Marriott that would be the first full-service, nationally franchised hotel to open in downtown Milwaukee, Wis., since 1988. Read more »
Bank Going Boutique in K.C. The historic Gate City National Bank Building in downtown Kansas City, Mo., is slated for conversion to a 43-room boutique hotel. Read more »
U.S. Travel Partners with IMEX America The U.S. Travel Association has entered into a cooperative partnership to help promote attendance at IMEX America in Las Vegas this October and will host a seminar during the show on policy issues affecting incentive travel, meetings and events. Read more »

Overland Park
	Sophistication is served with suburban hospitality in Overland Park, Kan., located in the Kansas City metro area with easy access to an international airport and major highways. Thirty-four hotels offer over 5,100 rooms—nearly 1,000 within walking distance of the 237,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art OP Convention Center. The adjoining 412-room Sheraton Hotel offers 20,000 square feet of additional event space. Home to a variety of attractions, restaurants and shopping—see why Overland Park is above and beyond. By design.
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		Kansas No Place Like Home
		By JEFF HEILMAN
		Admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861 just three months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, Kansas, which turns 150 this year, has long played a pivotal role in the American experience.
Located in the geographic center of the contiguous U.S., the former territory's "Bleeding Kansas" war between its free-state, anti-slavery Red Legs and Jayhawkers against pro-slavery forces was a tragic prelude to the Civil War. Today, the Sunflower State, the nation's breadbasket and leading global aircraft producer, claims its rightful place of prominence in the nation's heartland. Read more about Kansas ...

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Happenings – Kansas

Topeka

The new Kansas Children's Discovery Center (785.221.7002) is on pace for a June 2011 opening in Topeka's popular 160-acre Gage Park.

Topeka's arts scene is expanding with the addition of the North Topeka Arts District, or NOTO, a revitalization effort focused on historic North Topeka.

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Conference Centers: Achieving Objectives

Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011
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Indy Convention Center Debuts Expansion

Kansas

No Place Like Home

By JEFF HEILMAN