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New IACC Approach Focuses on the Meeting Experience

Revamped Philly Hotel Ready for Biz

FairBridge Hotels Expands Eastern Presence

Funding Fallout: Federal Border Workers Facing Furlough

Multi-State Effort Creates Western Wine Trail

Revamped Miami Hotel Ready for Takeoff

San Francisco Meetings Mecca Wrapping $90 Million Overhaul

Motivation Show Cancels Windy City Plans

World's Largest Hyatt Unveils $168 Million Revamp

Developer Aims for Firehouse Hotel in Detroit
Canada on the Cutting Edge
Canada on the Cutting Edge
Greater Toronto
After superseding Montreal as Canada's economic center in the 1970s, Toronto attracted two somewhat paradoxical labels: the "New York of the North" and a reputation for being bland, if not boring. In 1987, the late actor Peter Ustinov remarked, "Toronto is a kind of New York operated by the Swiss...
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F&B Can Make or Break A Meeting
What we know: if the food at meetings and events is good, meeting participants are happy; if it's not to their liking, even if all other aspects of a meeting or event are great...
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5 Steps to Smarter Meetings
Some of the following five steps to smarter meetings will be 'old hat' to some; others will be known to but not practiced by many; and some will be new to your meeting planning process...
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Fun exercise to begin to create better meetings.
It seemed the comments made on my last blog and in other outlets where it was posted didn't calm me down much. Too many folks are still asking me to be patient and wait for changes...
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Set on 300 rolling acres in Lafayette Hill, ACE Conference Center completed a meeting space renovation, following guest room updates. ACE can accommodate groups of up to 500...
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Manhattan's Javits Center is installing a green roof as part of its renovation and environmental enhancement following the 2010 opening of the new Javits Center North. Germany-based Xero Flor Solutions was selected to install the 292,800-square-foot green roof, which will be one of the largest in the U.S...
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Concierge Insights

Mario Gambron
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Milan, Italy

Can you recommend a good place to take a stroll?
The property overlooks Piazza della Repubblica in the city-centre of Milan. It is an easy walk from fashionable boutiques and many symbols of the city, including the Duomo di Milano, the Pinacoteca di Brera art gallery and the world-famouse La Scala opera house...
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