While these are challenging times for most destinations, some are nevertheless gaining more visibility in the group market. While the destinations

Madame Tussauds This 44,000-square-foot, $55 million, three-story building is home to more than 100

Veteran DMC ACCESS Destination Services (www.accessdmc.com) taps into L.A.’s hot spots to host a kaleidoscope of group events."L.A. is huge.

When it comes to L.A., sometimes the celluloid image is more reality than fantasy. Take Candy Spelling, whose late husband Aaron spent generations as

Washington, from the Pacific Coast and Puget Sound to the snowcapped peaks in the Cascades, is an inspiring place. It’s no wonder the state

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Innovation is a way of life in Silicon Valley. Home to high-tech giants including Apple, Oracle, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, as well as the

The 155-room aloft Baltimore-Washington International Airport is open here.The hotel offers a lounge, a swimming pool and meeting space for small

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is awarding its members unlimited opportunity to earn up to 1,000 Starpoints per stay for travel through its

While well known known for its beaches and bases, San Diego is far more than a stomping ground for sailors, Top Gun test pilots and sun-

PKF Hospitality Research announced that nine consecutive quarters of declining lodging demand will come to an end in the second quarter of 2010, but

Some Wisconsin hotels want an exemption to the statewide smoking ban before it takes effect next summer.The ban covers all workplaces, including bars

Marriott has been selected to build a Marquis hotel next to the upcoming Music City Center here.The proposed 1,000-room hotel will be only the fourth

An 11-story luxury hotel is planned here across from the FedEx Forum.“We're in negotiations with a major hotel brand,” Marlon Phoenix,

The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai here unveiled its $40 million renovation.The upgrades include 20 new suites, a revamped spa with new treatment

The Hyatt Regency Bellevue completed an ambitious expansion of its Olympic Tower.The additions include a 17,745-square-foot Grand Ballroom, the 13,

The Charles Hotel here unveiled its renovated lobby, pavilion spaces and enhancements to its conference center.The lobby and public spaces now

Tourism Richmond launched an incentive for meeting professionals.Planners who book their next meeting or event with 25 or more total rooms booked (