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IMEX Finds Meeting Planners Optimistic
A new poll suggests that meeting planners are optimistic that companies, associations and other groups will hold more business-related gatherings in 2012... Read more >>
Congress is Told Travel Industry Key to Recovery
Travel jobs are adding to the economy faster than any other sector, and pro-travel policies should be put into place because of the economic engine the U.S. travel industry is to the nation, stressed Geoff Freeman, chief operating officer and executive vice president of the U.S. Travel Association... Read more >>
Chi-Town Welcomes GMIC 2013
The Green Meeting Industry Council (GMIC) received a warm welcome from one of North America's most sustainable destinations when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel formally announced that his community would host the 2013 Sustainable Meetings Conference next April. .. Read more >>
Upcoming Indy Hotel, Retail Complex Tops Out
CityWay, a new 14-acre neighborhood in the heart of Downtown Indianapolis has celebrated a major construction milestone: the project has topped out after workers placed the highest beam atop... 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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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!! We invite you to discover why conventions and meetings of every size are choosing Springfield as a top destination
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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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Omni Dallas Hotel Gets the Gold
The Omni Dallas Hotel, which opened its doors on 11/11/11, has received LEED Gold New Construction (NC) certification, making it the first and only LEED Gold hotel in Texas and the largest LEED Gold hotel in the U.S. outside of Las Vegas. This designation was made possible by the development and execution of a highly disciplined plan... Read more >>
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 >>
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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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Jan Springsteen
Grand Geneva Resort & Spa
Lake Geneva, WI |
What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?
Grand Geneva provides Teambuilding Activities for corporate meetings, family reunions or even corporate dinners. This unique teamwork program allows participants to work on group communication through creative completion of certain tasks. We have a well-trained staff to lead groups in a variety of corporate challenges from scavenger hunts and game shows, to rock climbing and customizable group fitness classes....Read more >>
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