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White House Launches Tourism Strategy
In a first for the U.S.—and as promised back in January— President Barack Obama announced on May 10 a national strategy on travel and tourism to boost travel in the United States... Read more >>
Westin Debuts Small Meeting Areas Brandwide
Westin Hotels & Resorts has announced a new workspace concept that re-invents the old business center model to meet the changing needs of today’s business traveler. After conducting guest research and monitoring business traveler trends, Westin is transforming business centers and dedicated spaces at its hotels around the world into highly-functional, fully-equipped workspaces... Read more >>
Wyndham Chicago Being Reflagged
The 417-room Wyndham Chicago Hotel will soon undergo a major renovation and will reopen as a Hyatt. It will be called the Hyatt Chicago Magnificent Mile... Read more >>
Indy Sheraton Upgrades Meeting Space
Hoping to grab more lucrative corporate bookings, the Sheraton Indianapolis at Keystone Crossing will spend $7 million this year to upgrade its meeting space... 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. These events point not just to Chicago’s undeniable status as world-class meetings destination, but also highlight its identity as a truly global city... 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 and Lansing’s hand-painted state capitol building... 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 >> |
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Greater Lansing is Michigan's Capital City and our Midwestern hospitality will make your attendees feel right at home. The region offers over 4,300 hotel rooms, affordably priced, and conveniently located near unique area attractions and restaurants. Area meeting facilities include everything from large arenas and convention halls, to unique and intimate settings. The region is home to Michigan State University, putting some of the most influential minds in America at your fingertips as speakers and panelists. After your event, visit our many family-friendly attractions, parks, museums and over 30 golf courses.
Make your next event truly memorable - choose Greater Lansing!
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Baby Boomers and Social Media
The statistics are constantly changing about which demographics are growing on which social networks, so I won’t even bother looking it up now to publish for this article – because it will change tomorrow! What doesn’t change, and what is harder to measure, is the possibility of personality having more to do with social network adoption than age... Read more >>
3 Concepts Planners Should Grasp Between Wi-Fi and Broadband Services
“I’m going to need 150 Mbps for each attendee.” If you catch yourself spouting off IT terms but aren’t really sure what it is you’ve just requested, there’s hope. IT does IT for a reason, they get “it”. For someone who wants to make an educated choice about IT services and not regret it later, Kevin Hall the Systems Analyst for The National Conference Center sat down with me... 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 >>
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.”... Read more >> |
| UPCOMING WEBINAR MAY 23rd: Feeds and Needs |
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What’s the most important tech topic of 2012? It’s mastering a tool that allows you to get out from under the avalanche of information and create content-rich sites for attendees. Social curation makes you a content publisher, as well as provides tools to manage information flow. This free webinar, presented May 23 by meetings industry tech educator James Spellos, will teach you about social curation, social bookmarking and RSS and allow you to identify 10 curation tools that can help you publish and manage information as well as tablet-specific tools to help deliver customized content.
Click here to register. Sponsored by Colonial Williamsburg.
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‘Brand’ New Day for Palm Springs
The Greater Palm Springs CVB is repositioning the entire area as the 'Greater Palm Springs Oasis' with the maxim: 'A Brand New Day,' and the announcement that 'Greater Palm Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau' will be the new name for the former 'Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention and Visitors Authority.’’... Read more >>
Top-Notch Texas Teambuilding
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has truly taken off all over the country, but it’s hard to picture a prominent hotel property doing it any better than the Omni Fort Worth, which has even created a website around its ongoing efforts in the community... Read more >>
Five Secrets to Great Events
The National Conference Center has unveiled five secrets to knock the socks off your meeting attendees. According to Eric Whitson, director of sales and marketing at The National Conference Center, “We all have that potential to deliver ‘knock- your-socks-off’ events; it’s a matter of knowing how and having the right tools and elements to make it happen!”... Read more >> |
Going Places
Branson’s Chateau on the Lake appointed David Hume as its new director of sales. In the role, he will be responsible for deploying and coordinating the resort’s sales efforts. He has previously worked at resorts and hotels throughout the Midwest, including Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island, Mich. and The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis... Read more >>
Site Scene
Chicago’s Hyatt Regency McCormick Place began a $110 million expansion and renovation. To be completed in three phases, the project will add 460 rooms in a new tower and will update the Hyatt’s coffee shop, lobby, current guest rooms and the Shor restaurant... Read more >>
Short Takes
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, stepping up its property-wide recycling efforts, installing induction lighting in exhibit halls and purchasing at least 30 percent post-consumer recycled paper products... Read more >> |
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Cutting Edge Meetings Teach: Feeds & Needs
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
What’s the most important tech topic of 2012? It’s mastering the tool which allows you to get out from under the avalanche of information. It’s the same one that enables you to create content rich sites for your audience. Social Curation makes you a content publisher, as well as providing the tools to manage the information flow that comes into your computer, tablet or smart phone. These tools are the critical time savers and information managers every business person needs.
Sponsored by:
Colonial Williamsburg
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Joni Stevens
Hotel Teatro
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What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?
The concierge staff can meet with groups at the hotel to provide a short orientation (seated) of the Historic Area of Colonial Williamsburg and can easily add information regarding the period 1769-1781 as requested by our guests. We lead Inn tours for our guests and arrange for tours of our Floral Design Studio, Interior Design Studio and culinary demonstrations. As concierge, we can easily arrange for ground transportation, hire historic interpreters, sell tickets for the Historic Area, arrange carriage rides, request and arrange private group curatorial tours of the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum. We are pleased to assist with any amenity request – fresh flowers, spa appointments, room service meals, intimate ceremonies (renewal of wedding vows and small weddings), birthday celebrations and information on other attractions throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia and Washington, D. C...Read more >>
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