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Disney World Unveils ‘Next Generation’ Elements
Troubled Year in 2012 for Williamsburg Hotels
Visit Jacksonville Picks New Prez
Waikiki Resort Wraps $25 Million Upgrade
North Tahoe Launches First-Ever Free Ski Shuttle
Yuma Gets Yummy with New Food Tours
New Hotel Concept Tested in North Dakota
New Name for San Diego Tourism
NYC Hotel Showcases $159 ‘Flash Sale’ for Groups
Keystone State Welcomes New Holiday Inn
Radisson Grows Park Inn Presence in SoCal
New Lodging Option for Denver Fliers
Fort Worth CVB Names New Leader
MPINCC Returns to S.F.’s Moscone West |
Coastal Carolina
A combination of accessible seaports, historic sites and scenic beauty has attracted visitors and residents to coastal North Carolina and South Carolina for centuries, giving it a larger role in history and pop culture than sheer size would indicate...
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Inland Mississippi
Each destination that encompasses inland Mississippi, a region that’s rich in music and history, offers planners a blank canvas for memorable meetings...
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Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
As celebrated Dallas chef Kent Rathbun once explained to me, the rich variety of the North Texas culinary scene owes much to the region’s central U.S. location, and in particular, the daily import of global food and delicacies into DFW International Airport...
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Northwest Florida
Baton Rouge and Shreveport are at opposite ends of the state, but they still share a spicy Louisiana passion for music, food, history and fun...
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Northwest Florida News >>
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When you meet in Virginia Beach, you’ll enjoy the attention of a team of pros dedicated to making you shine. From planning to post-event, the support and deep experience we provide turns challenges into victories and delegates into big fans. Customized site tours, detail-conquering execution plans and quality service make your life easier and your event a major success.
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Need your meeting ‘summarized’? I’ve got your guy!
Dale Irvin has trademarked himself the Professional Summarizer, and I have to believe he’s the best in the biz. Okay, he’s possibly the only one in the biz, but if you’re hosting a convention or event that needs a spark of fun I’m confident Irvin will deliver...
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3 Predictions for 2013's
Meetings Industry
A search for predictions for the hospitality industry for 2013 yields lots of hope for occupancy and RevPar. This one from Deloitte made me smile...
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Making Good
Maybe you’ve built the bike and donated it to a needy child during a meeting program, or pounded some nails to help construct a house for a cash-strapped family before or after a convention. Sure, it felt good —as it should —to give back to the community...
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Test Drive
On the face of it, leaving the driving to attendees is a great concept.
Meeting planners avoid a variety of logistics issues inherent with flying and gleeful attendees bypass airports with long lines, security hassles, add-on costs...
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Sizzling Group Dining Tips from a 'Top Chef' Favorite
Tiffany Derry is a two-time Top Chef contestant and winner of the show’s coveted Fan Favorite award. A native Texan, Derry is Executive Chef and Partner of Private/Social in Uptown Dallas...
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Site Scene
Atlanta’s 300-room Emory Conference Center Hotel completed a renovation of its LEED-Silver and IACC-certified meeting facility. The ballroom, theaters and meeting spaces were all refurbished. Also new is the adjacent Emory Point mixed-use development with dining and shopping...
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Contracting with
Sovereign Nations
Wed. January 16, 2013
Join Meetings Focus and Lisa M. Koop, an attorney for Washington state’s Tulalip Tribe, to discover the many considerations, and advantages, when entering into a contract with a sovereign people, such as Native American tribes. This free one-hour video webinar travels to the Tulalip Resort Casino for the presentation, where we catch up with Linda Botts, the resort’s national sales manager, and take a look around the property with a group of meeting planner FAM participants.
Exclusively Sponsored by:
Tulalip Resort Casino
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Incentive Planning:
Get What Incentive Winners Deserve |
Every planner works from a different checklist when devising an incentive trip. Meetings Focus consulted incentive experts to find out their top planning priorities.
• Service, service, service. In other words, unless you plan to have a hundred staff on-site, you need to rely on the property to respond and deliver VIP service to each and every guest without constant follow-up.
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