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Atlanta Area Hotel to Be Redeveloped
Nobel Investment Group acquired the former Holiday Inn Decatur Hotel and Conference Center in Decatur, Ga., with plans to redevelop the property and rebrand it as a Courtyard by Marriott.
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Cvent to Launch Pharma Meetings Tool
Cvent, a meetings management technology provider, announced plans to roll out a new meetings management solution aimed to help planners of health care meetings comply with new federal reporting requirements.
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PwC: Hotel Upswing to Continue
A new lodging forecast from PwC anticipates the U.S. hotel recovery will continue to gain momentum this year, driven both by gains in occupancy and ADR (average daily rate).
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U.S. Chamber Supports Travel Coalition
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its support for the Discover America Partnership, a new coalition of industry organizations, including U.S. Travel Association and American Hotel and Lodging Association, designed to advance visa and entry reforms for international travelers.
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Located in the heart of the famed Grand Strand in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Kingston Plantation and the adjacent Kingston Shores comprise one of the largest and most comprehensive resort and meeting complexes on the East Coast—Kingston Resorts. The combined facilities offer 113,000 square feet of meeting space that is designed to be flexible yet offer state-of-the-art technology.
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Myrtle Beach
Grand Gatherings
By RUTH A. HILL
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They call it The Grand Strand—that 60-plus-mile stretch of Atlantic oceanfront and barrier islands in South Carolina that attracts millions of visitors annually. And at the heart of this all-season magnet is Myrtle Beach.
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The region is home to a variety of hotels and resorts, many with a beachfront location, as well as theme parks, live theaters, nearly 2,000 restaurants, golf courses, shopping venues and three centuries of heritage.
With several new developments, it has ramped up its offerings for groups that want to combine business and recreation. Myrtle Beach has roughly 90,000 hotel rooms and accommodates groups as large as 5,000 attendees. At the center of the meeting facilities lineup and the city itself is the 250,000-square-foot Myrtle Beach Convention Center and the attached Myrtle Beach Sheraton Convention Center Hotel, with 400 guest rooms.
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Pick 3 – Myrtle Beach
Kimberly Miles
Public Relations Manager, Myrtle Beach Area CVB
What are three unique cultural experiences you would recommend for groups meeting in Myrtle Beach?
Brookgreen Gardens: The first of three amazing cultural experiences in the Myrtle Beach area I would recommend to any group is these breathtaking gardens in Murrells Inlet. They house the largest collection of American sculpture art in the world, as well as an accredited zoo, vast natural areas filled with wildlife and history, as it is on the site of four former rice plantations. Brookgreen really is one of the most spectacular settings in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
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Live at the Beach! – Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach in recent years has added a lot of year-round destination appeal in its live theater lineup. It all began in 1986 with Calvin Gilmore's Carolina Opry. With acts ranging from country and comedy to impersonations of famous artists and theatrical acrobatics, the live show smorgasbord today is better than ever.
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Eric Whitson, the National Conference Center's director of sales & marketing, spoke with Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson during the recent IACC Annual Conference, and said that both the hospitality industry and conference center segment are starting "Rev it up."
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
For years, producing excellent live meetings, on budget and with some basic evaluation tools, was enough for most of us to be successful. But with the recent economic meltdown, the advance of technology, the hassles of travel and the poverty of time, the drum beat is loud and strong that knowing your Return on Event (ROE) and using it as a planning tool is critical to your success.
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