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Paramount: Lights, Camera… Hotels!
Paramount Pictures is lending its name to a group of investors building as many as 50 Hollywood- and California-themed luxury hotels worldwide... Read more >>
Sandestin Resort Adds Boutique Hotel
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort has unveiled plans for LeCiel, a boutique hotel experience. Located on the shores of Choctawhatchee Bay, LeCiel will officially open Thursday, May 24... Read more >>
So. Fla. Waldorf Completes Upgrade
Boca Raton Resort & Club, a Waldorf Astoria Resort, has completed renovations to its 27-story tower overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway, with panoramic views of the golf course and the Atlantic Ocean... Read more >>
New Owners Takeover Reynolds Plantation
Insurance giant MetLife revealed on Friday that it bought the sprawling Reynolds Plantation golf resort, located in Greensboro, Georgia.... Read more >> |
Central West Texas
Once the enclave of tumbleweeds, oil wells and cowboys, West Texas today is a wide region of sophisticated cities, authentic Lone Star hospitality and affordable meeting facilities... Read more >> |
Biloxi/Mississippi Gulf Coast
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is a wonderful option for planners seeking affordability in an action-packed yet laid-back destination... Read more>> |
Hampton Roads
The communities comprising the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia truly have one common denominator: H2O. In fact, the name Hampton Roads itself refers not to solid roadways, but to the system of waterways wending their way toward the mighty Chesapeake Bay... Read more >> |
Palm Beach/Treasure Coast
Shopping for a meeting site in Florida? Whether you’re looking to save a little money or do a little splurging, Palm Beach and the Treasure Coast have plenty in store for meetings, from five-star resorts... Read more >> |
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| UPCOMING WEBINAR MAY 23rd: Feeds & 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.
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Maximize Your Networking Opportunities at Conferences
Attending professional development conferences is an important part of your personal branding efforts. At any stage in your career, you will find benefits from the networking and education offered at these events. You can get a lot out of your industry's association gatherings without social networking. However, I am going to talk about a few things you can incorporate to increase the ROI of the price you are paying for your registration, time and travel...
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Myths about Meeting at Large Venues: True or False?
When it comes to booking meetings at large venues, some planners have a slight apprehension he or she will become overwhelmed with its size. Whether it is an emotional apprehension for their attendees or thoughts about service, I set out on a mission to find the answers to the most common thoughts a planner can have during a site tour at a large venue... Read more >> |
Grande Dames
The antithesis of modern, cookie-cutter chain properties, many historic hotels are engaging, emotion-inducing, well-preserved inns and lodges with modern meeting options.
Groups are drawn to the following historic properties, which have consistently renovated and added high-tech amenities with meetings in mind... Read more >>
Making Waves
Company retreats are typically a welcome retreat from the office. Add a beach and things get that much better. While these four resorts offer the standard amenities for any company meeting or retreat—meeting rooms, restaurants and activities—they also feature beaches, which make for some extraordinary team-building exercises. Groups can build sailable boats from cardboard, go fishing and even dine with dolphins... Read more >> |
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Long Island Gold Rush?
The award-winning, I.A.C.C.-certified Glen Cove Mansion Hotel and Conference Center, one of the nation’s first dedicated conference center hotels, was once the Long Island North Shore estate of the legendary Pratt family... Read more >>
The Future is Now
The International Association of Conference Centers (IACC)-The Americas held its fourth Thought Leader Summit at the 31st annual conference in Houston last month to discuss “Designing Meeting Experiences for Tomorrow.”... Read more >>
‘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 >>
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Site Scene
Crestline Hotels & Resorts announced the completion of an $8 million redesign of the Singer Island Oceanfront Resort in Palm Beaches, aimed at preparing the resort to better serve the upscale leisure and meetings markets. All 222 guest rooms were remodeled with new spa-style bathrooms. With newly renovated meeting rooms and the addition of the oceanfront Mizzen Room, the resort can accommodate 100 to 250 event guests... Read more >>
Turnout Up for Puerto Vallarta Tianguis; First Outside Acapulco
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico
Tianguis Turistico, the preeminent gathering of Mexican tourism interests, politicians and international and domestic buyers, is heading to the home stretch here, the first time it has been located outside of Acapulco in the event’s 37-year history... Read more >> |
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