| Sonoma County: More Than Just A Meeting Place | 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                        
                                                                            
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                                                                                Sonoma County, Calif., is just 45 minutes north of San Francisco. This first-class meeting destination features unique venues that overlook vineyard-covered hills, a dramatic Pacific coastline, or a grove of towering redwood trees.
                                                                                 
                                                                                 
                                                                                Sonoma County boasts world-renowned restaurants, more than 370 award-winning wineries, spas, golf courses, a zip line, hiking and cycling trails, rivers to paddle and more. And, with the cash incentive program, there are $4,000 reasons to book a Sonoma County meeting today.
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                                                                     Convention Center Dilemmas                     
                                                                    Convention center management and labor organizations in some major cities cannot seem to stop fighting and driving business away. Just recently labor unions set up pickets to block the delivery entrance to a major convention center, and delayed a large event from moving out...  
                                                                    
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                                                                    Planning a Meeting in San Francisco’s #1 Tourism Destination 
                                                                                        While San Francisco is on the top ten list of many planners’ destination bucket lists, there are specific neighborhoods in the “city-by-the-bay” that generally cater to leisure travelers. Fisherman’s Wharf is one such locale and happens to be San Francisco’s #1 destination year after year...  
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                                                                    | August 13, 2013 | 
                                                                 
                                                                
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                                                                                  Cathy Gomez 
                                                                                Manchester Grand Hyatt  
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                                                                                What are your bar or nightclub recommendations?    
                                                                                I like to recommend Fluxx, the newest hip spot in the Gaslamp Quarter for music, drinks and dancing. Some other hot spots I recommend are 207 bar at the Hard Rock which has some of the top DJs and Stingaree–a popular night club with multi-level bars. For a more casual atmosphere, the Blind Burro has a fun bar with great  food in the Gaslamp and it’s right near the baseball stadium... 
                                                                                
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                                                                                  Luggage Locator 
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                                                                                If airline travel has got you down because of another wayward suitcase, place a TrakDot GPS device in your bag the next time you hit the road. he device, which runs on AA batteries and can be linked to multiple cellular phones... 
                                                                                 
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