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Toronto Meetings Hotel Readies for Launch

New Manhattan Lodging Offers Views and Venues

Hoteliers Call for Shutdown Solution

Manhattan Loews Nears $100M Renovation Wrap

Utah Governor Works Deal for Parks Relaunch

MGM’s Dominguez Honored with Special Recognition

ACTIVE Network Unveils its Smart Events Cloud

San Jose Convention Center Wraps Marvelous Makeover

Shutdown Shakes Up Meetings, Travel Industries

Kimpton Makes Global Debut with First Resort Property

Benchmark Unveils New Leadership
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Delaware packs a punch for small-sized groups with its intimate venues and varied scenic attractions

If you’ve ever been fooled when unwrapping a tiny gift box, expecting, perhaps, a pair of earrings tucked inside but finding instead the keys to a new car or tickets for an exotic vacation, you’re already aware of the punch that Delaware packs...
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Historic venues in Springfield and the Berkshires, Mass.Hershey, Harrisburg and Lancaster offer memorable group activities


Hyatt Regency Cambridge
Logo Sophisticated and contemporary, Hyatt Regency Cambridge is a stylish hotel overlooking the Boston skyline. A proud recipient of the AAA Four Diamond Award, our hotel is adjacent to the scenic Charles River giving optimal access to the city center. The spectacular 16-story atrium lobby gives way to elegant ballrooms, meeting rooms and boardrooms offering over 25,000 square feet of naturally lit venue space with both prime indoor and outdoor locations.
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Gun totin’ at meetings: Should it be allowed?
A colleague asked me if any clients allowed guns at their meetings and if they did or did not, did they have a written policy, stated in the registration information, about carrying arms at a meeting? It had never occurred to me that someone...
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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...
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Affinia Hotels offers grocery delivery
While speculation flies about the “end of room service” and travelers seek out healthy dining options, Affinia Hotels partnered with Fresh Direct...
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Vermont’s Shelburne Museum expands hours and offerings
The Shelburne Museum, outside Burlington, Vt., celebrated the opening of the new Pizzagalli Center for Art & Education...
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Concierge Insights
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Dukes London Hotel
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What are your bar or nightclub recommendations?
Rose Club - A glamorous speakeasy bar in a part of London previously famed as the stomping ground of L’Equipe Anglais. The concept of The Rose Club is based around a lifestyle of choice, much more than just a club. The Rose building houses a flower shop on ground level and a chic 300 capacity nightclub with state of the art Funktion One sound system in the basement...
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