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Oklahoma City Area Deals with Disaster Fallout

Massive Makeover, Expansion for Michigan Hotel

New Green Bay Hotel Provides Space for Smaller Meetings

Open Letter from the Oklahoma City CVB Provides Disaster Update

Revamp of St. Louis Landmark Expands Meeting Space

San Francisco Bay Area to Host Super Bowl 50

Historic Houston Building Transforming to Lux Hotel

Sunshine State Welcomes New Hampton

Orlando Feels Sting of Government Budget Cuts

New ‘Cabineering’ Concept Debuts in Yellowstone

IMEX Show Starts off Strong with Educational and Corporate Offerings
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Omaha and Council Bluffs are entertaining, business-minded hosts

Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa, are neighboring cities that together create a formidable Midwest meetings destination. Any meeting a planner can dream up is accommodated in this metropolitan area, from corporate groups solely looking to take care of business to those organizations wishing to include an active pursuit to complement the overall agenda...
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Visit Overland Park
Logo Overland Park is located in the heart of the country and minutes from Kansas City. We offer 36 hotels and a wide range of meeting spaces including a 237,000 square-foot convention center with 1,000 hotel rooms within walking distance. With our live music, art, restaurants, theatre and world-class shopping, your attendees won't want to leave!
Contact Kelly Peetoom, Vice President of Sales, at (800) 262-PARK,
or visit us at visitoverlandpark.com.
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Steps to limiting alcohol-related liability
In the US, the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) recommended lowering the blood-alcohol concentration limit to .05% from .08%. Many who know me personally or via blogs, other writing and training know that much of my professional focus has been and continues to be on risk assessment, risk anticipation...
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Q&A at the end?

When asked to conduct training, my energy level grows because of the expected interaction - the give and take - the ability to address specific needs of participants. My hopes and energy are somewhat dashed when I am told that the "content delivery" will be xx minutes or x hours or days with xx minutes "at the end" for Q&A...
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Hyatt Regency McCormick Place

A majestic stone building constructed by the Freemasons in 1917, Greystone Hall now hosts downtown banquets and meetings across from the John S. Knight Convention Center. Event spaces include a marble lobby, lounge and two-story ballroom...
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Take a Bite Out of Cleveland
Ohio’s second-largest city continues to make a name for itself in the culinary realm, with four local chefs making the list of finalists for the 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards...
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Check out our Visit Overland Park app!
Logo Overland Park wants to provide you with every tool to make your meeting a success. Our complimentary mobile app includes a password-protected page that can be customized with your attendee agenda, speaker presentations, directions to off-site events and much more!
Click here to view a demo of our FREE mobile app!
Past Issues
Worst U.S. Airports for Flight Delays Revealed - 5/9/13
K.C. Masterpiece? Chic New Lodging Coming to Missouri - 5/2/13
USTA Releases Economic Impact Analysis of Airport Furloughs - 4/25/13
Cobblestone Debuts First Convention Center Hotel - 4/18/13
Passengers Share Pet Peeves on Airline Food - 4/11/13
New Missouri Property Joins Luxury Collection - 4/4/13
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