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Biz Travel Costs Soaring
Domestic business travel airfares rose 10 percent in the first quarter of 2011 over the same period last year, surpassing their pre-recession average in Q1 2008, according to the latest Business Travel Monitor report from American Express Business Travel.
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New Jersey Hotel Debuts Redo
The Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel in Newark, N.J., completed a property-wide renovation.
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Four Seasons Makes Top Management Changes
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts added two top management positions, coinciding with the announced retirement of Jim FitzGibbons, president, worldwide hotel operations.
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Big Turnaround for Hotel Transactions
U.S. hotel transactions this year reached $4.9 billion through May, triple the volume recorded last year during the same period, according to a survey report by Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.
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New Jersey
Marquee Meetings
By JEFF HEILMAN
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Though best distinguished by its world-class beaches, bountiful farmland and scenic mountainous stretches, New Jersey's image has historically been discolored by association with its heavily industrialized transit corridor en route to New York City.
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The "Snooki effect" similarly skews its cultural identity, but make no mistake, New Jersey's museums, stages and other cultural assets are where the state's true artistic character is found.
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Happenings – New Jersey
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Scheduled for completion this fall, Trump Marina Casino and Hotel (609.441.2000; www.trumpmarina.com) will be rebranded as a Golden Nugget following a $150 million renovation that will transform the property into a luxury resort. The refreshed resort will include a new spa, restaurants, updated rooms and suites, boutique retail shops, a renovated pool and H2O Ultra Lounge.
- Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa (609.317.1000; www.theborgata.com) is undergoing a $50 million renovation of its 2,000-room hotel tower. Following the redesign of more than 300 suites last year, work is continuing on 1,600 regular guest rooms, hallways and other areas of the hotel. Completion is scheduled for summer 2012.
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Social Awareness
By KATIE MORELL
The very way we interact with each other is changing rapidly, with major news events reaching us first via "tweets," momentum for social movements large and small first harnessed via Facebook and the foundation of how we present our professional selves to the world built on a LinkedIn platform.
Those who work in an industry such as meeting and convention planning, which begins and ends with interaction, are embracing this social phenomenon and acting as a conduit to attendee cohesion.
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