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eeting for its annual Marketing Outlook Forum in Las Vegas in late October, one couldn’t help but notice a bit of spring returning to the step

The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced that data collected for the annual CEIR Index report for the third quarter of 2010

 A new National Business Travel Association (NBTA) survey of 934 travel professionals revealed a majority of respondents (81 percent) currently

Want a compact city with affordable prices, a wealth of meeting and event options within a walk or water taxi ride, and a business community

Welcome to the last Meetings East issue of 2010.Here’s to hoping that the hospitality industry recovery keeps steaming along next year, as

Adaptive reuse, the hottest trend in redevelopment, is proving to be a boon for meetings. No longer needed for their original purposes, historic

The Crowne Plaza Five Seasons in downtown Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will close down at the end of February to allow for a major construction project that

Effective Jan. 1, the Memphis [Tenn.]CVB will take over management of the Memphis Cook Convention Center (MCCC) and the Cannon Center for the

 Hotel 71, a 294-room property in downtown Chicago, has embarked on a renovation that will include an additional 2,500 square feet of meeting

Starwood Hotels and Resorts announced at the recent International Spa Association annual conference that it plans to expand its portfolio of hotel

The Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif., broke ground on a $40 million expansion that will more than double the size of the resort.Scheduled for

The boycott over Arizona’s immigration enforcement law has cost the state over $250 million in lost convention business, according to an

Baltimore tourism officials are proposing the creation of a “hybrid” convention center, one that would combine an expanded Baltimore

Jamaica’s Montego Bay Convention Centre is on target for an opening in January 2011. The center, located near major resorts and Sangster

The board of directors of the San Francisco CVB voted to change the organization’s name to the San Francisco Travel Association, effective Jan

The Sioux Falls [S.D.] City Council approved a $2 per night room fee to be attached to hotel stays, starting in January.The money raised will go

The International Association of Conference Centers of The Americas (IACC) will hold its 30th annual conference March 23-25, 2011 at the National