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HQ Hotel Shot Down in Va. Beach
Mayor Will Sessoms has stated that the financial deal for the proposed $109 million convention center hotel is not a good deal for the city... Read more >>

A Garden Grows Atop the Anaheim CC
Otis Huemmer, executive chef at the Anaheim Convention Center, prefers locally grown foods... Read more >>

Kalahari Expansion Nearly Triples Capacity
Kalahari Waterpark Resort has announced it will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its newly expanded convention center... Read more >>

StarCite Gets Acquired
Active Network, an international provider of organization-based cloud computing applications, based here, has acquired StarCite... Read more >>

The Future Is Now
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
In 1930, John Ankeney, then director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (today, the Dallas Museum of Art)... Read more >>
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West Virginia
Distinguished by spectacular river valleys and rugged mountainous terrain, West Virginia has heritage that runs as deeply as the seams of its mighty... Read more >>
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Inland Mississippi
The inland portion of the Magnolia State consistently provides music to planners’ ears, quite literally... Read more >>
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Coastal Carolina
The waterfront settings and waterborne activities available along the coasts of South Carolina and North Carolina make... Read more >>
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Industry News Features
Hotel Nikko San Francisco Awarded for Community Service by PCMA
The Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), one of the world’s leading organizations... Read more >>

Top ten online hotel marketing resolutions for 2012
Which digital channels and formats most effectively reach today’s hyper-interactive travel consumers and generate the highest ROIs? Read more >>

Hotel News » New European hotel signings for InterContinental Hotels
InterContinental Hotels (IHG) has confirmed it added 15 hotels to its European pipeliner... Read more >>

InterContinental Singapore Unveils Signature Peranakan Living Experience
The Peranakan community (also known as the Straits Chinese) is a thriving force that has left an indelible marke... Read more >>

Taking Responsibility
Take yourself back about 10 years and imagine sitting in an event-planning meeting where someone brings up the term ‘corporate social responsibility. ’ Chances are, that person would have been met with a boardroom full of blank stares... Read more >>

Case Study: Helping Youth In Maui
Back in October, about 90 attendees from around the world descended on Maui, Hawaii, for a five-day incentive program. Spirits were high, each person worked hard to earn the trip, and many brought along spouses and partners... Read more >>

Driving Awareness
Given the current climate of rising air fares and hotel rates—as well as companies’ continued efforts to reduce costs—drive-to meetings have never looked better... Read more >>


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Focus Showcase Facilities and Happenings
A Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012
I'm not sure I'd pay $15 to pitch a tent in someone's garden. And I don't plan to use Facebook or LinkedIn to pick my seatmate on a flight to Amsterdam... Read more >>

New White Paper Profiles Learning Environments of Conference Centers
Eric Whitson, Director of Sales & Marketing at TheNational Conference Center (NCC) announced the release of the fourth white paper... Read more >>

Tech and Tourists Spur Surge in Bay Area Hotel Business
The hotel market has roared back in the Bay Area, an upswing that suggests the region's battered lodging sector is finally... Read more >>

Chicago's Neighborhood Tours Illustrate Diversity
Visitors heading to the Windy City this year should give serious consideration to a series of Neighborhood Tours dotting the 2012 calendar.... Read more >>

Happenings - Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
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The 1,001-room Omni Dallas Hotel (214.744.6664; www.omnihotels.com) celebrated its grand opening in November, two months ahead of schedule. With convenient skybridge access into the Dallas Convention Center, the long-awaited headquarters hotel boasts 110,000 square feet of function space, including 39 meeting rooms... Read more >>

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Wyndham Grand Orlando Resort Bonnet Creek opened in October within the Walt Disney World Resort, becoming the fourth Wyndham property in the Orlando area. The Grand Orlando Resort has 400 guest rooms and suites and more than 25,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. The 8,000-square-foot Ponce de Leon ballroom has 19-foot ceilings and can be divided into seven separate spaces. An outdoor pool deck can accommodate up to 400 guests for informal gatherings and receptions... Read more >>



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Hilton Focused On Luxe Growth - 12/8/11
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Ground Breaks on New Georgia Conference Center - 9/29/11
Four Seasons Resort Slated for Disney World - 9/15/11
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