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Tropicana Casino Announces Big Renovation
Tropicana Casino and Resort will undertake a $25 million renovation this fall, upgrading its hotel rooms, casino floor and restaurants as part of a multiyear overhaul of the Boardwalk property... Read more >>
Construction Delays Plague Former Pittsburgh Hilton
It has taken longer to build than some of the biggest construction projects in recent Pittsburgh history, from the North Shore Connector to Three PNC Plaza.... Read more >>
NY Property Renovating Guestrooms, Meeting Space
The Sheraton New York Hotel just completed an extensive $160 million dollar renovation to all of its 1,781 accommodations and the 44th floor Club Lounge. In addition, the hotel will completely renovate its meeting facilities starting in December... Read more >>
New Event Space Debuts in NYC
Midtown Manhattan is about to welcome a new venue for meetings and events.
This summer, OFFSITE opens its doors at 52 West 39th Street to introduce a 4,200-square-foot, three-story spot for board meetings, brainstorming sessions, focus groups, product launches and social events... Read more >>
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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 >> |
Buffalo/Niagara Falls
Buffalo’s meetings and conventions business continues to increase. Historic buildings are being reborn, and large ballroom space has been added to the central business district where the primary convention facility has undergone a makeover... 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.
Click here to register. Sponsored by Colonial Williamsburg.
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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 >> |
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....
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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 >>
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One-Two Punch in Hawaii
Marriott Resorts Hawaii will give you a HI 5 as part of its new group meetings offer. The “All Inclusive Meetings” package was designed to tailor to the needs of meeting planners. It includes a five-night, six-day package based on a minimum of 50 rooms per night... Read more >>
Food for Thought at Berlin Hotel
Taking catering to new levels, the team of culinary professionals at one of the premier downtown Berlin hotels has based its new range of catering packages on the four elements... Read more >>
Scottsdale Summer Special
CopperWynd Resort & Club, a boutique property in the Scottsdale, Ariz. area, is offering a special deal on group rates during the summer season, now through September 16, starting at $99 per night for groups. ...
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Short Takes
The Greater Cleveland Aquarium opened in January within Cleveland’s Nautica Entertainment Complex. The 70,000-square-foot aquarium houses 1 million gallons of water and 40 tanks that are home to thousands of living creatures, from native Ohio brook trout to piranhas and sand tiger sharks. Facility rentals are available, accomodating up to 600 guests... Read more >>
Site Scene
Toronto
SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts announced the completion of the renovation of Marriott TownePlace Suites Mississauga, the former Sandalwood Suites–Toronto Airport Hotel. Reservations for August are now being accepted at the 173-suite hotel, with discounted group rates... Read more >>
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