January 8, 2014

Freeman Launches Events Technology Powerhouse

Freeman Launches Events Technology Powerhouse

Orlando Resort Makes Meetings Forecasts for 2014

Dallas Festival Celebrates 30th Year in Style

Georgia Conference Center Hotel Wraps Big Upgrade

Mississippi Margaritaville Makes Big Resort Plans

San Francisco Travel Responds to Boycott Call

Omni Acquires Iconic Arizona Resort

Cambridge Plans Ahead for Meetings-Friendly Boutique Hotel

Ohio Medical Campus Adds New Radisson

Toronto Welcomes Revamped Meetings Mecca

Nashville resonates with hip venues, arts, cuisine and music

If you haven’t been to Nashville lately, you’re in for a surprise. This music mecca has come full circle over the past few...
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More South Destinations
Historical experiences at the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex • Northwest Florida is perfect for adventurous agendas • Waterfront venues on the coast of the Carolinas • Colonial Williamsburg mixes past with present

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First Kiss or First Tweet: Connected Over the Holidays?
An association colleague has already turned off her office email. She'll be out until the first of the year and plans not to check it until then. Will you disconnect? Or will you sneak peeks and respond to email while shopping for last minute items if you celebrate Christmas? On Christmas Eve, if Santa...
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Decoding International Travel Warnings
Here’s an idyllic international meeting spot, as described by the U.S. State Department: “The criminal threat level…is rated as critical by the Department of State. The U.S. Embassy has received multiple reports indicating tourists have been robbed...
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Hotel and meeting venue updates in the South
Melia Hotels International will operate a property in Nassau's $3.5 billion Baha Mar development. The 694-room Melia at Baha Mar will be part of the 1,000-acre...
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San Antonio’s Hotel Havana sizzles with fun
Hotel Havana in San Antonio’s lush Riverwalk neighborhood was originally built in 1916 by a grocer to house his buyers. It reopened as a boutique Bunkhouse hotel...
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Mississippi Casino Hotel Sells for $250 Million - 12/18/13
Kentucky Welcomes New Meetings-Friendly Boutique - 12/11/13
Iconic Puerto Rico Resort Wraps Dazzling Makeover - 12/04/13
Disney World Resort Wraps Major Makeover - 11/27/13

January 8, 2014

Thirsty for Adventure
Sawyer Squeeze

For planners traveling internationally or adventuring in the outdoors on their vacation days, the Sawyer Squeeze water filter makes...

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Featured: Meetings Budgets & Cost Savings Strategies

Wed. January 29, 2014
The combination of the great recession and the Strategic Meetings Management (SMM) initiative have increased senior management's expectations for improved planner productivity, meeting value and ROI. Although SMM delivers an umbrella of measurable benefits, cost-savings remains a high priority for meeting planning teams. Join Meetings Focus and Robyn Mietkiewicz, director of global meeting management services at Meeting Sites Resource, an award-winning speaker and past president of MPI’s Orange County chapter, as we review specific methods to generate real cost-savings, including metrics to define and measure results.

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Sonoma County

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Social Tsunami: Guide to Content Curation
2/26/2014 - 1:00pm EST

Strategic Hotel & Contract Negotiations, Part 1
3/12/2014 - 1:00pm EST

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3/26/2014 - 1:00pm EST