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NBTA Changes Name to GBTA
With the intent of reflecting the increasing globalization of business travel, the National Business Travel Association changed its name to the Global Business Travel Association.
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Five Major Resorts Declare Bankruptcy
Five high-end resorts—the Claremont Resort in Berkeley, Calif.; Grand Wailea Resort in Maui; Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix; La Quinta Resort in La Quinta, Calif.; and Doral Golf Resort in Miami—were placed into bankruptcy on Feb. 1 by Paulson & Co., a hedge fund that acquired them in a recent foreclosure auction.
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IMEX To Hold Women's Leadership Forum
Using findings from a recent survey of women in the meetings and incentive industry, IMEX plans to present its first-ever Women's Leadership Forum at its upcoming trade show in Frankfurt, Germany on May 24-26.
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U.S. Hotel Development in Deep Decline
New U.S. hotel development reached an historic low in the fourth quarter of 2010 and will remain sluggish for the next three years, according to a report from Lodging Econometrics (LE), a company that tracks hotel development trends.
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Situated on 10 lush acres on the oceanfront in Fort Lauderdale Florida, Lago Mar Resort & Club offers 12,000 square feet of flexible conference facilities. Four separate meeting rooms open onto the Fountainview Lobby, a 5,000-square-foot pre-function area with a relaxed, airy ambience. With 204 guest accommodations, which include 160 suites, the area's largest private beach, manicured gardens and two tropical pools, Lago Mar Resort & Club welcomes your group to an unforgettable meeting.
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Breaking New Ground – Miami/Fort Lauderdale
If the economy is still struggling, you wouldn't know it by looking at South Florida's ongoing hotel development and other new tourism projects.
Miami's meetings scene, for one, got a boost with the fall 2010 opening of the JW Marriott Marquis, which towers over downtown Miami with 41 floors, 313 rooms, 56 suites and more than 80,000 square feet of event space, including a 20,000-square-foot grand ballroom, the "largest in downtown Miami," notes Paul Pebley, the hotel's director of sales and marketing.
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The Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center opened in December. The former Wyndham hotel underwent extensive upgrades prior to opening as a Sheraton and now features 405 guest rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space, including 20 conference rooms and a 4,000-square-foot ballroom. Additional facilities include a health club, outdoor pool and bar, full-service restaurant and high-speed Internet access. For more information, call 305.871.3800 .
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Exclusive content in the February digital edition of Meetings Focus South includes a video interview with PCMA President & CEO Deborah Sexton, who discusses the success of Convening Leaders and gives her prognosis about how the meetings industry will shake out in 2011.
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