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Amex Study Shows Biz Travel ROI
For every dollar a company spends on business travel, the return on investment (ROI) brings $20 in additional profits, according to a research report from American Express Global Business Travel.
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Arizona Marriott Unveils Redo
The JW Marriott Desert Ridge completed a $16 million renovation of its 950 guest rooms.
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MPI Foundation Partners with DMAI
The MPI Foundation has partnered with Destination Marketing Association International on a research initiative exploring the relationship between destination marketing organizations and corporate meeting professionals.
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Carlson Hotels Launches Loyalty Program
Carlson Hotels launched Club Carlson, a hotel loyalty program enabling members to redeem points at the company's 1,071 hotels worldwide, including all Radisson and Country Inns & Suites properties.
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Discover an exceptional destination designed for meetings, where a distraction-free campus-style setting fosters unparalleled productivity. Resort amenities enhance innovative thinking and an attentive staff caters to every detail. Success is found around every lushly landscaped corner at Southern California's only IACC-certified Four Diamond hotel.
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San Diego
Better Together
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By GARY SINGH
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| San Diego County is a dynamic flowering of connections between seemingly disparate communities. All the top-draw sites in California's second-largest city continue to attract visitors—Balboa Park, SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo, Legoland, Old Town and La Jolla, to name but a few—but San Diego, as a collective whole, continues to reinvent itself. |
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Meeting and incentive business is gradually returning from a widespread economic downturn. New hotels continue to rise from the ground up. Construction and cranes still appear all over downtown, a prime example of long-term successful revitalization.
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| Hotel Del Coronado |
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Located on 28 oceanfront acres on Coronado Island, the legendary Hotel del Coronado is San Diego's premier meeting resort. Since 1888, this seaside resort and National Historic Landmark has captured the hearts of travelers, who affectionately call her The Del. The resort offers 65,000 square feet of meeting space that seamlessly blends Victorian elegance with up-to-the-minute technology. And the spectacular array of indoor, outdoor and oceanfront settings combine to create the most memorable events, from meetings and conferences to retreats and team-building programs.
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Happenings – San Diego
The San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina (619.234.1500) is undergoing a three-year, $195 million renovation, including complete guest room makeovers and upgrades to all the public spaces. Upgrades include $97 million in new meeting and event space, a 40,000-square-foot ballroom and a 40,000-square-foot exhibit hall, plus a $3 million outdoor event terrace to be completed in October 2012.
The Inns at Heritage Park (619.819.6009), Old Town San Diego's 7.8-acre park containing several historic buildings, is currently undergoing a $4 million restoration slated for completion in 2011. Four Victorian homes will become small inns and bed-and-breakfast properties with antique furnishings and modern amenities.
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San Diego Nightlife
When the sun sets, downtown San Diego's historic Gaslamp Quarter emerges as the undisputed nightlife capital of the entire city. With more than 40 bars and clubs occupying a 16-block area, Gaslamp provides a year-round entertainment zone, with rooftop lounges and basement clubs featuring distinctive experiences for groups and corporate parties.
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| MPISCC Educational Conference and MarketPlace |
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Thursday, March 17, 2011 • Long Beach, CA
Join your Southern California meeting professional peers for a full day of education and networking. The 2011 MPISCC Educational Conference and MarketPlace will offer the same quality event you have come to expect. In addition to learning about new trends in the industry, attendees will walk away with a breadth of new knowledge and insight from top speakers such as Dr. Lalia Rach and hot topics including Strategic Meetings Management Programs. Let's Make History!
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LATEST VIDEOS
Meetings: On Location!
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| What's the state of the resort segment of the meetings industry? Asking someone from Ritz-Carlton would be a good way to get an answer. And that's just what Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson did at the recent Luxury Meetings Forum at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Nigel. Marcus Pennington, Ritz's area director of operations, The Americas, provides the intelligence. |
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