 |  | Survey Says: More Travelers Going to Live Meetings
Embassy Suites Hotels announced the results of its fourth annual Business Travel Survey, which reveals the current state of business travel and what business travelers want... Read more >>
Westin Takes Over, Renovates Snowmass Property
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced the launch of a multi-million dollar renovation to a premier Snowmass resort in preparation for its re-opening under the Westin flag... Read more >>
Marriott Researching Meetings, Workspace Innovation at Hotels
Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Steelcase—the workplace furniture and experience design firm—and IDEO, a design consultancy, have announced a collaboration to design, create and test innovative concepts ... Read more >>
White Paper Released on Tech for Better Meetings
The National Conference Center has released its spring 2012 white paper, "Technology’s Secret Potential to Empower Participants and Make Meetings Better."... Read more >>
| Chicago
This May, Chicago will become the first American city other than Washington to host a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit and the first city to host both the NATO and G8 economic summits... Read more >> | Lake Geneva
Situated halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago, Lake Geneva, Wis., brims with history while emphasizing the distinctive seasons and the great outdoors... Read more >> | Michigan
Michigan may be best known for automotive history and the Great Lakes, but this state can still serve up some surprises, from the Underground Railroad history of Detroit and Ann Arbor to the covered bridge tours of Grand Rapids... Read more >> | South Dakota
Good ole plains hospitality, wide-open scenery, affordable facilities and good accessibility are among the reasons meeting attendees find South Dakota locations appealing... Read more >> | | 
| Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau |  | Springfield, the Capital of Illinois, is the ideal convention and meeting destination providing a diverse range of options. Springfield offers a unique balance of business and pleasure as well as unique opportunities for special event functions including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and many historic sites. Not to mention our central location insures increased attendance!! The Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau staff will assist you with practically every aspect of coordinating your event. | | | For more information, click here! |
|  | U.S. Travel Reports Rising Gas Prices Threaten Summer Travel
The rising cost of crude oil could mean vacationers will change their summer plans to try to save money and business travelers could cut back on travel... Read more >>
Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv opens in the Ukraine
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has announced the opening of Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv, the luxury brand’s first hotel in Eastern Europe... Read more >>
Princess Cruises enter Japanese market by April 2013
Carnival is entering the Japanese market with the Sun Princess in the spring to summer season of cruising in April 2013... Read more >>
Reed travel exhibitions adds to EIBTM advisory board
EIBTM has added seven new members to its advisory board to provide increased advice on the show’s vision and planning... Read more>>
| Budget Bites
When planning a banquet—or a range of food and beverage events over the course of an event—on a budget, one’s first instinct might be to order the chicken versus the steak, buffet versus plated, and take other basic steps to keep costs low... Read more >>
Sunshine Lost in the Clouds
For close to two years, pharmaceutical and medical meeting planners have been gearing up for the start of the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (PPSA, or the “Sunshine Act”), which initially required companies to start tracking payments to physicians and teaching hospitals at the beginning of this year... Read more >>
Unlikely Customers
In these uncertain economic times, convention centers—much like most businesses—are repeating this mantra: “Find new revenue sources.”
“Convention centers are under immense pressure to boost and sustain occupancy and there’s never been a greater need to find new events and customers,” says Steven Hacker... Read more >>
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 |  | What’s Cooking in SoCal?
For small groups looking for some classy cooking fun, “PREP.COOK.DINE” at W Los Angeles – Westwood is beginning next month..... Read more >>
Westin Expansion
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced its Westin brand is on track to open its 200th hotel in the next 12 months, propelled by strong growth across Asia Pacific... Read more >>
Tuning Up on Singer Island
Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has announced that its $8 million re-design of the Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort is now complete. The renovation and re-design repositions.... Read more >>
Regal Revamp
With a $50 million renovation to be completed this spring, Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla., is taking the meeting and group experience to new levels ... Read more >>
| Museum Medley
Adams Museum, Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center (www.adamsmuseumandhouse.org) in Deadwood is one of the top and Old West museums in the country... Read more >>
Spectacular Off-Sites
Even though Lake Geneva seems “off-site” to begin with, there are numerous options outside the meeting room... Read more >>
Site Scene
OHIO
A 12,000-square-foot Hard Rock Cafe is planned to open this summer at the Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo with seating for 275 and a live music stage. ... Read more >>
Short Takes
KUDOS
The Cobo Center in Detroit earned Green Venues Michigan Steward certification. The 622,500-square-foot meeting facility implemented environmental initiatives including establishing a green committee... Read more >>
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