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Cobblestone Debuts First Convention Center Hotel

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Wisconsin's Fox Cities are 'making the papers' for meetings
Close-Up: Fox Cities

Congregated along the Fox River and with its southern towns little more than a stone’s throw from Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin’s Fox Cities combine “Old Wisconsin” with easy access and a walkable main convention core. “Groups like that we have a convention hotel that’s located in our downtown,” says Kelly Ann Hekler, convention sales manager for the Fox Cities CVB. “Everything downtown is very walkable, and we have an amazing number of dining and nightlife options basically steps away...
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Special Edition: Risk Deja Vu
Each time a tragedy strikes, we say we will do more to protect people. This story, where it is said we are in a 'new normal', has been written before. Our industry puts in place some plans for evacuation, for sheltering in place, for protecting people and property. Meeting planners and their employing or contracted organizations plan for "paper cuts" and believe they don't have the money or time to prepare for catastrophes...
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The Current: Upgrades & Openings
The Kansas City Zoo is scheduled to unveil Helzberg Penguin Plaza late this year. The $15 million project will add a 100,000-gallon cool pool and is part of the zoo’s Master Plan 2020The zoo welcomes groups for evening events, meetings and picnics...
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The $300 million expansion at the downtown Cobo Center is wrapping its final phase, and will be completed by the end of 2014. The convention center remains open throughout construction...
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