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Revel Opening Sooner Than Expected
The first new Atlantic City casino in nine years will make its much-anticipated debut sooner than expected... Read more >>
Novotel NY Taken Over, Slated for Upgrade
New owners have taken over at the Novotel New York Times Square and announced plans to renovate and reposition the 480-room hotel over the next 18 months... Read more >>
BWI Adopting Prescreening Program
Before year's end, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport will be part of a passenger prescreening program... Read more >>
Property Conversion Creates DoubleTree in Portland
DoubleTree by Hilton has announced the opening of a newly renovated, upscale full-service hotel in Portland, Maine... Read more >>
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Connecticut
Connecticut might be one of the more compact states on the map, but its geography is wonderfully varied and invites planners to arrange land-based or waterborne excursions... Read more >> |
Northern Ohio
Northern Ohio is a unique Midwestern region encompassing locales equipped for large-scale conventions, intimate retreats and everything in between... Read more >> |
Ontario
Toronto alone makes the case for Ontario’s preeminence as a cultural destination. As a global center of design, film, theater and the performing arts... Read more >> |
Philadelphia/Valley Forge
Deeply rooted in American history, two of the nation’s most steadfast anchors are Philadelphia and nearby Valley Forge, “this shrine of quiet valor, this forge of our Republic’s iron core,” as described by President Gerald Ford... Read more >> |
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Tourism Convention Delegates Visits Londonderry
Delegates who attended a major tourism convention in Belfast enjoyed a post-convention familiarisation visit to Londonderry... Read more >>
Senate bill could cut hourly wages of servers, bartenders (The Orlando Sentinel, Fla.)
A bill that would cut the hourly wages of many waiters and waitresses was unveiled Tuesday by a Florida Senate committee in Tallahassee... Read more >>
New York City Hotels Will Give Panic Buttons to Staff
New York City hotel operators have agreed to a contract with the city's hotel union that gives housekeepers and other hotel employees personal panic buttons... Read more >>
Window Seats Increase Risk of Deadly Blood Clots on Airplanes
Window or aisle? Your seat preference on an airplane could land you in a higher-risk category for a potentially deadly blood clot, a new study finds... Read more >>
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Sky-Touching Splendor
Imagine sitting on a comfortable lawn chair, sipping a warm cup of cocoa. Before you is a glass-still lake. Birds chirp, flowers bloom, and you feel calm. After your beverage, you go to the building behind you for a breakout session... 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. Instead, team building was all the rage—the more zip lines and ropes courses the better... 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. Group gatherings ensued, but on one particular day, attendees experienced something a little different... Read more >>
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