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Loews Partners with Homeland Security
Loews Hotels & Resorts Chairman Jonathan Tisch and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced a joint effort today to promote the Trusted Traveler Network...
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Big Changes for Marin County Hotel
Ultima Hospitality, in partnership with Argosy Real Estate, recently announced the purchase and planned enhancement of the former Larkspur Mill Valley Hotel...
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Starwood Opens World’s Largest Hotel of 2012
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide today marked a new milestone with the opening of phase one of Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central...
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New Tampa Hotel Touts Food Focus
Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging & Development recently announced a target opening date of November 2013 for the Epicurean, a 137-room boutique hotel devoted to extraordinary culinary experiences...
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San Diego
Enveloped in sunshine and an enviable climate year-round, San Diego County is known as a quintessential Southern California hot spot, but planners may not realize that it is also a meetings-friendly destination...
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Silicon Valley
If, like the Olympics, the U.S. gave out medals every few years to celebrate its best and brightest, Silicon Valley would win gold in the tech-savvy category every time...
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Interior Mexico
Ask a resident of Mexico about local attractions and he or she is likely to use descriptive terms like “best,” “most important” or “very memorable.”...
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Washington
Along with bald eagles, Red Delicious apples, wine grapes and Dungeness crab, Washington is a prime habitat for conference centers...
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Going Global: Experts Reveal Their International Meetings Secrets

Join us as we broadcast live from IMEX, Tuesday, October 9, 2012.
12:00 PM EDT, 11:00 AM CDT, 10:00 AM MDT, 9:00 AM PDT

The future of business is on a path toward globalization, so now is the time to learn about planning meetings on the international stage. And while corporations are expanding their horizons, so are associations, joining an incentive segment that has had a foothold abroad for decades.

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  • Charles Chan Massey, President, Synaxis Meetings
  • Joost deMeyer, Chairman & CEO, First Incentive Travel
  • Cherryl Brazier, Director, Global Sales, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group
  • Meredith Jursnick, SMMC, CMP, Director, Managed Meeting Solutions American Express Meetings & Events
  • Moderator: Tyler Davidson, Chief Content Director, Meetings Focus
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Do You Know the Difference Between a Profile and a Page?
You Are Doing it Wrong… an open letter to anyone using Facebook and LinkedIn in a manner inconsistent with their terms of service...
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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 approval times, harshly affecting the hospitality...
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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...
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Rise and Shine
With established meeting enclaves of the West such as Las Vegas, Seattle and San Francisco often grabbing the spotlight...
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Winter Wonderlands
Fun doesn’t freeze up in the winter, so groups shouldn’t retreat indoors and cower when the snow begins to fall...
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Focus Showcase Facilities and Happenings

Executive Decision
A “Texas-Size” welcoming party awaits in Irving for attendees of next week’s Texas Society of Association Executives (TSAE) annual New Ideas Conference. The conference kick-off celebration begins at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23...
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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.

Each of its 76 loft-style eco-friendly hotel rooms and eight suites...
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Site Scene
Construction topped out at the new Embassy Suites Salt Lake–West Valley City property. The seven-story hotel is scheduled to open in December and will offer 162 suites and 7,500 square feet of meeting space...
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MPI’s Acting CEO Dives in With Both Feet
Following the departure of MPI’s president and CEO, Bruce MacMillan, the association’s COO and acting CEO Cindy D’Aoust is ready to dramatically overhaul the association...
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Travel Sector Adds More Jobs Than Other Industries
While the nation’s latest jobs numbers—reported on Friday, Aug. 3—revealed essentially no change at 8.3 unemployment for July...
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Past Issues
Glitzy Upgrade for Hawaiian Venue - 9/18/12
Disability Groups’ Hotel Boycott Pushes AH&LA To Act - 9/11/12
Wi-Fi Fees Waived At 500 Accor Hotels - 9/04/12
San Diego CC Accused Of Inaccurate Reporting - 8/28/12
U.S. Travel Going To RNC, DNC Conventions - 8/21/12
New Look for Historic San Francisco Hotel - 8/14/12
Travel Industry Making Impact on Washington - 8/7/12
Keynote MPI Speaker Faced with Scandal- 7/31/12
Ontario Calif. CC GM Resigns Under Pressure- 7/24/12
Vegas Property Slashes Staff- 7/17/12
Troubling Changes To Per Diems Ahead- 7/10/12
GSA Changing Per-Diems; AH&LA Urges Protest - 7/3/12

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