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The award-winning DoubleTree by Hilton Wichita Airport is less than one-eighth mile from Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport. Visitors can enjoy a convenient location for corporate travel, conventions or a weekend getaway.
Features include complimentary wireless internet, shuttle service within a 3-mile radius and complimentary parking. Flexible meeting space can accommodate groups of 5 to 500. Executive Level rooms include complimentary breakfast, evening hors d'oeuvres (Sun-Thurs) and nightly turn-down service. Legends Restaurant & Lounge on site. |
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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
Why is this important? Because Obamacare requires that many businesses offer healthcare coverage to their employees...
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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?). But every time I've left Arizona, it's with a sense of having been in one of the truly great U.S. destinations...
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| Increase your International Meeting Planning Know-How |
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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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| October 10, 2013 |
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Randy Gardner
Hotel Felix
Chicago, Illinois
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Are there any quirky places we should check out?
Chicago is filled with "must see" locations so it's hard to pick just a few. But I highly recommend checking out Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, which is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture. I also tell guests to visit "The Ledge" at Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), which is a glass balcony on the 103rd floor. We also display artwork in our lobby from 360SEE...
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| Incentive Planning: Strategic Approach |
Every planner works from a different checklist when devising an incentive trip. Meetings Focus consulted incentive experts to find out their top planning priorities.
• Strategy – you must have a clear strategy on how you are going to measure the incentive trip, quotas, expenses associated with it.
• The Award – understand what your target audience wants and would work hard to earn.
• Execution – this is the hard part. Making sure that the participation is there and that the award/trip lives up to its expectations. |
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Lightweight Illumination
Mobile Projector MP220
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Making PowerPoint and video presentations in foreign countries and in unfamiliar conference rooms can be a hassle, but the process was made easier (and lighter) with the introduction of 3M’s Mobile Projector MP220...
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