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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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STR Releases Upbeat Hotel Forecast
The U.S. hotel industry will end 2011 with positive gains in all three major areas: occupancy, ADR (average daily rate) and RevPAR, according to a forecast update by STR.
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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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Meetings Nearly a Trillion-Dollar Industry
The U.S. meetings industry contributes $907 billion to the U.S. economy, generating 6.3 million jobs and providing $64 billion in federal and $46 billion in state and local tax revenue, according to a study released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and an alliance of 14 meetings industry organizations.
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| Meetings Focus MidAmerica January/February Digital Edition |
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Additional content in the January/February digital edition of Meetings Focus MidAmerica includes a Hot Topic feature that asks the economy-related question, is it time to consider going "Back to School?"
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Golf Meetings
Golf on the Upswing
By KATIE MORELL
The perception issues and tight budgets of the past few years have tended to drive golf events at meetings into the rough. Now, however, an improved climate for golf outings appears to be putting things back on course.
"We are seeing golf slowly come back into play, especially in the contracting phase with the sales department," says Laura Taylor, senior sales manager at Lansdowne Resort in Leesburg, Va.
Over the past few years at Lansdowne Resort, which offers two 18-hole courses and a 9-hole course, Taylor says she saw a sharp drop-off.
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F&B Strategies
The Meat of the Matter
By ARELENE SHEFF
As a veteran meeting planner, many of my colleagues ask me for tips about saving on F&B costs—often the second-largest budget item in a meeting. Following is a list I've compiled that planners can clip and save to use when organizing their next meeting.
And remember, if you "blow your own horn," your organization will learn about all the money you've saved them, so tell them about it!
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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 Niguel. Marcus Pennington, Ritz's area director of operations, The Americas, provides the intelligence. |
| Negotiating: The Numbers Game |
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Join Meetings Focus and negotiation expert Bill Reed, senior vice president for Experient, one of the meetings industry's leading meeting management companies, to learn the latest negotiation strategies in these changing times. With the hospitality industry waking up after a long slumber in a cash-strapped buyer's market, now is the time to sharpen your negotiating skills.
Sponsored by: Cedar Rapids Area CVB, Knoxville Tourism & Sports Corporation, Lago Mar Resort Hotel & Club, MassMutal Center, Sonesta Hotel & Suites Coconut Grove, Grand Traverse Resort & Spa, Lied Logde & Conference Center, Chesapeake Conventions & Tourism, Las Vegas Hilton, Grand Geneva Resort & Spa, Marriott Eastern Regional Office, Utah Valley CVB, Loews New Orleans Hotel and Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, |
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