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Experience the all new Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa, the premier resort in the heart of the Palm Springs Valley! We're so confident you will love the changes, that once you see the property, you'll bring your next meeting to Palm Springs. And we're making it easy to visit with a complimentary VIP stay. Simple as that.
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Select the top 15 hotels and resorts that went that extra mile...the ones that offered the best in rooms, value, service, F&B, amenities and activities. All registered voters will be entered into a drawing where we will give away four $100 Visa Gift Cards.Your fellow planners value your input and so do we, so give your favorite properties some love!
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On Location - The Red Carpet - Palm Springs
By MARLENE GOLDMAN
22nd Annual Palm Springs
International Film Festival and Awards Gala
Any photographer relishes a paparazzi moment. So when the dashing Jake Gyllenhaal stood a hair's breadth away, waiting in line for his stroll down the red carpet, I put my finger to the shutter, hoping for good gossip magazine fodder.
Gyllenhaal was just one of a slew of superstars attending the 22nd Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival and Awards Gala in January, originally the brainchild of Sonny Bono and today an unofficial kickoff to awards season. It also starts off two weeks of foreign and domestic film screenings in theaters around the city.
Read more On Location – The Red Carpet – Palm Springs »
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Property Profile - The The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe
Right at Home in the Highlands
By LORI TENNY
You know you're in for a comfy stay when a resort calls its lobby area the Living Room.
While the West has no shortage of mountain resorts, properties that can deliver top-notch service and amenities while making guests feel like they're in a cozy home away from home are a bit harder to come by. The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, the first resort of its caliber in the region, pulls that combination off effortlessly.
"You can come here and be in a Ritz-Carlton and feel comfortable in ski boots," says Heather Allison, director of sales and marketing for the property. "We position ourselves as a luxury mountain resort but with an unpretentious, very relaxed environment."
Read more Property Profile – Ritz Carlton, Lake Tahoe »
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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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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, Eldorado Hotel and Loews Ventana Canyon Resort, |
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