 |  | Carry-On Bags Come With $35 Fee
Allegiant Air next week will charge passengers up to $35 for carry-on bags.
“Under this new structure, passengers will be permitted to bring one personal item that can be... Read more >>
New Casino Opens in Valley Forge
A stone's throw from where George Washington and his troops camped for the winter, Valley Forge Casino Resort has opened, becoming the Philadelphia region's fourth gambling..... Read more >>
Vegas Wins Another Conv. Center
With business travel rebounding and Las Vegas still one of the nation’s hottest trade-show destinations, a company has begun efforts to develop a large convention center venue near Henderson Executive Airport... Read more >>
Arlington Va. Hotel Gets The Gold
The Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel has been awarded a Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.... Read more >>
| Ohio
Few destinations do history, culture and fun like Ohio. Any state that celebrates the Rolling Stones and the Wright Brothers knows how to throw an amazing party.... Read more >> | Pennsylvania
Flanked by treasures such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Franklin Institute and Rodin Museum, Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway, known as “Museum Mile,” ranks among the world’s leading cultural thoroughfares.... Read more >> | Providence
Rhode Island’s capital city is an excellent choice for planners seeking to save money without shortchanging their meeting groups. Combine Providence’s second-tier prices with its big-city offerings of culture... Read more >> | Maine/New Hampshire/ Vermont
A decidedly foodie region with specialties all its own, New England’s upper half is a treat for groups... Read more >> | | 
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 |  | Your meeting RFP, and simple tips to get hotels to stand up and take notice
This is the first of a three-part series focused on delivering concrete, actionable steps you can take to ensure you get timely and complete responses from your hotel partners. By offering just a couple of extra bits of information in your meeting requests, you’ll help your hotel salespeople do what they love to do: Fight for your business... Read more >>
More laws - more considerations for meetings
Our (hospitality/meetings/association) community is not outwardly talking about the ultrasound laws being passed throghout the United States and the impact they may have on the health (physical and mental) and welfare of all families. Perhaps because these laws seemingly only impact women and, to date, we've not heard of meetings being canceled in the states in which these laws have been enacted, there is not (yet) an outcry... Read more >>
| Final Bow
After 26 years of service, the man synonymous with IACC—Tom Bolman, executive vice president of the association—is getting ready to retire.
Slated to end his tenure at the end of the year, Bolman was instrumental in the growth of both IACC and the “conference center concept” in North America. He also led the association’s development of both a global.... Read more >>
What's That Meeting Worth?
Three years have passed since the global economic downturn pushed the meetings industry on its back.
Industry veterans and analysts say the 2009 fall happened largely because the industry didn’t have information about the value of meetings, with which it could counter criticism from politicians, pundits and business leaders. Meetings became easy targets for budget cuts and cancellations. Planners lost their jobs and hotels went bankrupt.... Read more >>
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• Updates on programs and packages that will directly help your client’s or company’s bottom line. | | | Now available in digital, subscribe now. |  |  | New Name, New Deal in Atlanta
The newly renamed Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel & Convention Center provides groups with 60,000 square feet of flexible meeting space and a direct connection to.... Read more >>
Tall Order
Four Winds New Buffalo has announced that its new nine-story, 250 room hotel tower, will open on Friday, June 29. The new hotel tower contains a mix of standard rooms... Read more >>
Survey Shows ‘Inside’ Story
The results are in for the first Burba Hotel Network (BHN) hotel opinion survey, covering the likes, dislikes and preferences of hotel insiders. More than 1,000 hotel insiders from around the world.... Read more >>
Galvanized Galveston
Meeting venues in Galveston have recently announced some major upgrades, and the forward progress is continuing full force. From major IT improvements at the beachfront Galveston.... Read more >>
| Site Scene
TORONTO
The Madison hotel, located near the White House, completed a $20 million renovation. Originally opened in 1963, the hotel offers groups 12,000 square feet of function space, including a ballroom and 12 meeting rooms, plus the adjacent Federalist restaurant and other dining options... Read more >>
IACC Makes Global Push; Universal Criteria to 'Evolve'
For the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC), business as usual once longtime Executive Vice President Tom Bolman retires should be anything but usual.
Bolman, who began his tenure with IACC as executive director in 1986 and was promoted to executive vice president in 1996, is scheduled to leave by the end of year... Read more >>
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| | April 9, 2012 |  | | |  | Susanne Carter
Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park | What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?
As for any individual guest reservations, pre-arrival planning is of the essence in order to make the group's stay a memorable and successful one. At the Ritz Carlton New York, Central Park the Concierge is very involved in any pre-con the Sales department...Read more >>
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