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Air Travel Rights Fly Into Place
Airline passengers have gained new rights, including the ability to hold a reservation without payment — or cancel one with a full refund... Read more >>
Dallas’ Stoneleigh Hotel Goes Luxe
As part of the continued brand expansion of the Luxe Hotels' portfolio, CEO Efrem Harkham has announced the addition of the historic... Read more >>
A Duo of Conv. Centers Launches Free Wi-Fi
Two convention centers have debuted free Wi-Fi service. Now available at the Fort Worth Convention Center and the San Diego Convention Center... Read more >>
Anaheim Conv. Center Plans Expansion
The biggest event at the Anaheim Convention Center squeezes into every inch of the massive building and even wiggles into nearby hotel ballrooms... Read more >>
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Inland Mississippi
The inland portion of the Magnolia State consistently provides music to planners’ ears, quite literally, as it’s wonderfully steeped in the blues and country music... Read more >> |
Coastal Carolina
The waterfront settings and waterborne activities available along the coasts of South Carolina and North Carolina make the region particularly attractive... Read more >> |
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
In 1930, John Ankeney, then director of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts (today, the Dallas Museum of Art), stated, “Nature made Dallas rich, time will make her powerful, but only art can make her great.” Read more >> |
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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Costa Cruises says passengers' 30% discount offer misconstrued
Is Costa Cruises, owner of the ill-fated Costa Concordia, tone-deaf or in touch by wooing passengers... Read more >>
New Orleans Hotels Renovate in Time for Mardi Gras
If this is the year you were thinking of spending this Mardi Gras in New Orleans, New Orleans hotels are ready for the influx... Read more >>
Travel Hiring Is on the Rise
As the economy has begun to improve from its darkest days in late 2008 and 2009, hiring in the travel and tourism industry... Read more >>
SD Convention Center chief on U.S. tourism board
Carol Wallace, who heads the San Diego Convention Center Corp., has been appointed to the U.S.Travel and Tourism Advisory Board - San Diego Convention Center Corp.... Read more >>
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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 >>
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 >>
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Chill Out!
The historic Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania is now extending a special offer for groups seeking to plan their meetings and events in colder weather... Read more >>
Change Agents
The average person might think that, of all industries, the meeting industry must do education right. After all, if event organizers in this field don’t know what comprises... Read more >>
A Social Media Meetings Primer
Get your meetings and events social media strategy working well and you’ll have engaged attendees, inspired speakers, satiated suppliers and organizational stakeholders primed... Read more >>
Starwood Heads to Stamford
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has relocated its global headquarters from White Plains, N.Y. to Stamford, Conn., bringing more than 800 jobs to the Constitution State... Read more >>
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Happenings - Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
Frisco
Being relocated from Dallas to Frisco, the Museum of the American Railroad (972.292.5658; www.museumoftheamericanrailroad.org) is anticipating a soft opening this spring with an exhibition of vintage rolling stock in Fair Park. The museum’s permanent facility, which includes moving two historic structures from Dallas, is expected to be ready in two years... Read more >>
Site Scene
North Carolina
Expansion continues at Harrah’s Cherokee Resort in the Great Smoky Mountains. The new 21-story Creek Tower adds 532 guest rooms in addition to shopping and dining venues, including Paula Deen’s Kitchen restaurant. In fall 2011 a Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse was added as part of the ongoing five-year, $633 million expansion plan. The next addition will be a Mandara spa that integrates Native American elements into treatments. With over 21,000 square feet of meeting space and 1,018 rooms, Harrah’s welcomes groups from 10 to 3,000... Read more >>
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