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Top Dining and Wining Trends Revealed
Benchmark Hospitality International, a leading US-based hospitality management company, has just released its Top Dining and Top Wine Trends for 2012 and beyond. The trends were observed by Benchmark’s executive chefs and culinary experts at the company’s 35 luxury hotels and resorts coast to coast and off shore...
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New Hotel for Downtown Newark
Scheduled to open on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, the 150-room Courtyard Newark Downtown will offer four meeting rooms and two boardrooms with a combined total of 4,122 square feet of meeting space...
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Upscale Property for
Northwestern Ontario
Delta Hotels and Resorts has announced its expansion into Northwestern Ontario with a new hotel that will be constructed on Prince Arthur's Landing as part of Thunder Bay's world class waterfront redevelopment...
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Grand Cayman Resort Revitalizes
Recently awarded the "Best Beach Resort" by Starwood Preferred guest members, Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa on Grand Cayman Island has announced a multi-million dollar resort renewal project...
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Corporate Social Responsibility:
Meetings as Conservers,
Creators and Catalysts |
Wednesday, Oct. 03, 2012
1:00 PM EDT, 12:00 PM CDT, 11:00 AM MDT, 10:00 AM PDT
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As meeting planners, we have more power than we may think to create an impact when it comes to sustainability. Join Mariela McIlwraith, president of Meeting Change, for an enlightening CSR webinar that explores key ways to harness our ability to make a difference. Shot on location in the Beaches of Fort Myers and Sanibel, Fla., this webinar covers best environmental practices, creating positive change when planning and inspiring action that leads to a more sustainable industry and environment.
Earn CEUs: This webinar is worth 1 clock hour of continuing education toward the initial CMP application and recertification through the Convention Industry Council. |
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A Recipe for Planning a Government Program under Tighter Regulations
GSA’s scandal and tighter budgets, they’re both obstacles agencies must overcome to plan government training programs and meetings. Regulations on government spending have created extensive...
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Are You On The List?
It must be the competitive nature in most of us that makes us click on a link whenever we see a site that lists the Top (fill in the blank) if we think we should be on the list. So, here are the TOP MEETINGS AND EVENTS INDUSTRY LISTS OF 2012...
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Cost Consciousness
Often in life, procuring goods and services of quality means paying top dollar. Not so in meetings.
There’s enormous flexibility in terms of what must be spent to have a productive meeting that comes in under budget...
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For Good Measure
After years in the making—good things take time, after all—the APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards were released earlier this year, sharing 2012 with two other major sustainable event standards releases...
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Savory Safari
The Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va. has just launched a new onsite culinary excursion for groups that takes them behind the scenes at the famous property...
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Texas Temptation
The NYLO Dallas South Side has opened its doors, welcoming guests into a sleek boutique lodging set inside a historic brick structure from 1910...
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Springing Back to Life
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced the opening of Sheraton Silver Spring Hotel, just north of downtown Washington, D.C. The hotel is ideally located at the heart of the bustling business and entertainment district in Silver Spring, Maryland. Owned by Integrated Capital, the former Crowne Plaza has undergone...
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Propery Profile -
Hotel Monaco Philadelphia
The Newest attraction on the Philly meetings scene may be grounded in history, but it also has “lofty” ambitions...
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Site Scene
Boston’s historic Fairmont Copley Plaza completed a $20 million renovation that included all 383 guest rooms, the grand lobby, meeting space and ballroom. The update also introduced a new 3,000-square-foot rooftop health club...
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ASAE Meeting & Expo Registers HIghest Attendance in Six Years
ASAE’s Annual Meeting & Expo, held at the Dallas Convention Center, drew 5,402 delegates—its highest attendance in six years—with a buyer-to-seller ratio of approximately 60 percent to 40 percent...
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Anna Vorobyeva
Ritz-Carlton, Moscow
Moscow, Russia |
What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?
We anticipate all guest needs and are pleased to satisfy any special requests - from placement of a company logo on the guest room keys to private check-in on our rooftop terrace with breathtaking view over the Red Square and Kremlin...
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