January 22, 2014

Kessler Breaks Ground on Birmingham Boutique

Kessler Breaks Ground on Birmingham Boutique

Florida Golf and Wildlife Resort Debuts Elegant Lodge

Meetings-Friendly Hyatt Launches in Houston

Savannah Boutique Celebrates City’s Past

Meetings Mean Business Amps Up Effort

Greenville Crowne Plaza Adds Meeting Space

ALHI Boosts Golf Portfolio in Texas and California

Two Las Vegas Casino Hotels Now Accept Bitcoin

Merger Fallout: American Airlines Curtails Flights

Chicago Airport Hotel Wraps Revamp

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex holds legendary Texas experiences

In 1839, Tennessee lawyer and adventurer John Neely Bryan rode into North Texas and surveyed the vast landscape before him. He saw opportunity—and returned two years later to map out the city that would become Dallas...
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More South Destinations
Nashville has hip venues, arts, cuisine and music • Northwest Florida heaven for adventurous attendees • Waterfront venues on the coast of the Carolinas • Colonial Williamsburg mixes past with present

SunStream Hotels & Resorts

Hold your next meeting in an environment that is inspiring and unique, with beautiful conference spaces, first-class amenities, and an incomparable standard of service at SunStream Hotels & Resorts. Whether you opt for a beachfront resort setting at DiamondHead in Fort Myers Beach, the warm, casual atmosphere of Oceanside Inn in Daytona Beach, or the Italian charm of Bellasera Hotel in downtown Naples, SunStream has a meeting space with just the right square footage and amenities to fit your needs.

For more information, visit our website.

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Myrtle Beach Convention Center	North Carolina	The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa

A picture is worth a thousand words
Illustrations can attract or repel us. When marketing products - and in our industry, facilities, destinations and attractions, images are used to draw us in, so we can imagine ourselves in the portrayed setting. Photos and illustrations are used to generate emotion. We smile at...
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Meetings Focus has gone mobile!
If you have explored the Meetings Focus homepage via your mobile device of choice as of December you may have noticed things looked a little bit different… and hopefully better! Our web team worked hard to get the site optimized for the device you are currently viewing this post from, whether it’s your laptop, smartphone...
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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 in 2010 and is listed...
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Universal Studios Orlando launches expansion
Universal Studios Orlando launched a large expansion project this year and will open eight new venues within the CityWalk complex. The headliner is the new Cabana Bay Beach Resort...
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Simplify the way you plan: Meetings Focus Live! TPC Sawgrass

Special Golf Event
November 2-5, 2014. If you plan golf meetings, this event is your hole-in-one! At Meetings Focus Live! TPC Sawgrass you will:

Play top notch golf courses with golf Hoteliers/Venues/Suppliers
Meet the best in Golf Venues/Suppliers at our Business Exchange
Learn from a PGA TPC professional the secrets to better golf events
Enjoy creative networking and CSR programs
Have a great time!

Apply for Meetings Focus Live! TPC Sawgrass today.

PCMA Convening Leaders Set for Record Attendance - 1/15/14
Freeman Launches Events Technology Powerhouse - 1/8/14
Mississippi Casino Hotel Sells for $250 Million - 12/18/13
Kentucky Welcomes New Meetings-Friendly Boutique - 12/11/13

January 22, 2014

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.

Sponsored By:
Sonoma County
Inn on 5th

Upcoming Webinars:

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

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

Strategic Hotel & Contract Negotiations, Part 2
3/26/2014 - 1:00pm EST

Multi-Tool Phone Protection
in1 Case

The in1 case is a multi-tool phone case that might prove useful in your meeting planning travels and site visits. It includes tools which are designed for everyday basic use and is TSA compliant, making it safe for flying. The line-up of tools...

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Jonathan Vendrick
Loews Atlanta Hotel – Atlanta

What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?
In my business in the hotel world there are only a few questions that we cannot answer. The first is NEVER say NO to a guest’s request. The second part is unless it is unethical or illegal. Anything else we are willing to do for them to make their conferences and time with us comfortable, enjoyable, and entertaining...
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