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Host your next event at La Quinta Resort & Club with 41 pools, seven restaurants, Spa La Quinta, five golf courses, and unlimited venue options for up to 1,400 attendees. Save up to 5% on your next event.
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How Does ‘Obamacare’ Affect Meeting Employees & Contractors?
Obamacare–aka The Affordable Care Act–recently went into effect. Lost in the controversy over the federal budget and its implementation is an issue critically important to the meetings industry: using independent contractors instead of employees to get jobs done...
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New Happenings in Downtown Scottsdale
I've been to Scottsdale, Ariz., a handful of times to visit family, mostly during the summer months. For someone who’s spent his whole life in the San Francisco Bay Area, that kind of heat is so intense it’s almost a novelty (it’s a dry heat, right?)...
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Join Meetings Focus and a panel of meetings industry thought leaders on October 17, 2013 at 1:00 PM ET, for this informative one-hour Meetings Focus On-Location roundtable discussion taking place at IMEX America in Las Vegas, sponsored by Tourism Australia.
- What are the common pitfalls that can torpedo your international meeting?
- How do you address negotiation and contract issues?
- What are the cultural do's and don'ts when meeting overseas?
These questions and more will be discussed with a panel of industry experts!
*This broadcast is worth 1 hour of Strategic Planning credit toward CMP certification through the CIC. |
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• Do they implement any energy efficiency strategies? For example: Do they minimize the use of heating/air conditioning during move-in and move-out?
• Do they offer large containers of drinking water versus individual bottled water?
• Do they work with the local community to facilitate donations of left-over conference materials?
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Cathy Gomez
Manchester Grand Hyatt
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Can you recommend a good place to take a stroll?
There are so many places within walking distance from the hotel. Definitely along the San Diego bay which is just steps from the hotel.
Coronado Island, along Orange Ave. has quaint shops and restaurants and can be reached by ferry which departs right near the hotel. While there I always recommend a stroll along Coronado beach in front of the Hotel Del Coronado.
The beautiful Balboa Park, with all of its amazing gardens and museums is not to be missed and it’s definitely a historic landmark...
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