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Something New is Better when Shared—Sheraton Waikiki is where colleagues gather. Celebrate success and plan opportunities in our beautifully renovated ballroom—the largest in Waikiki. We also boast a state-of-the-art audio-visual system and inspired farm-to-table Hawai‘i cuisine. Every detail has been reinvigorated, offering you a sophisticated Hawaiian experience on Waikiki Beach. |
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Book at sheraton-waikiki.com/meetings or call (808) 931-8800.
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 Oahu and Kauai
Heavenly Hawaii
By MARLENE GOLDMAN
The distinction is clear between Oahu’s bustling oceanfront tourist drag of Waikiki and Kauai’s serene beachside resort communities, yet each island has its own appeal for groups, whether it’s a medical convention in Honolulu or a board retreat in Princeville.
Like the rest of the state, both islands are still feeling the economic squeeze, but according to Michael Murray, vice president of sales and marketing for the corporate, meetings and incentives division of the Hawaii VCB, there are positive signs that meetings business is making a comeback.
Read more about Oahu and Kauai...
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| Fairmont Kea Lani |
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The Fairmont Kea Lani, the only luxury all-suite and villa oceanfront resort in Hawaii, invites you with our value-packed “E Komo Mai” (Welcome) Package. Book and consume a minimum block of 15 rooms over three nights, and enjoy a 10 percent rebate to the master bill, minimal attrition and site inspection airfare reimbursement. You’ll also receive a complimentary five-night island getaway. Add our Polo Beach location in world famous Wailea, plus signature ‘ohana service, and this is meetings paradise. |
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For more information, click here.
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On Location
Kauai, Hawaii
March 14-17, 2010
By MARLENE GOLDMAN
As my pilot navigates the contours of Kauai’s sweeping canyons and sculpted cliffs, its jagged splendor takes shape some 1,000 feet below.
From sunny Lihue, Island Helicopters lifts off in the direction of the lush Hanapepe Valley to the tour’s main stop, Manawaiopuna Falls, a remote spot only accessible by air. Steven Spielberg made the 400-foot waterfalls famous in Jurassic Park, hence its nickname Jurassic Falls. The helicopter lands near the base of plummeting cascades, and my pilot asks if we want our umbrellas before the short walk to the base of the falls. We all decline, but barely halfway there I am already feeling its intensity—first a light mist and all too soon a drenching spray.
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Sheraton Shines
Taking the concept of makeover to the extreme, the 1,636-room Sheraton Waikiki in January took the wraps off a nearly five-year $187 million facelift.
“We’re relaunching the Sheraton back into the market after a two-year renovation,” says Revell Newton, complex director of sales and marketing for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Waikiki. “Every single surface of the hotel was retouched and redone.”
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| Meetings West June 2010 Digital Edition |
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This month’s issue features an interview with Curtis W. Lofstedt Jr., president and director of operations of Island Helicopters, who gives us the lowdown on the exhilarating ways to take flight over the picturesque “Garden Isle” of Kauai. Our WOW! Las Vegas section offers a clip of The Blue Man Group, whose eclectic, energetic show exemplifies the phenomenal group entertainment options in “The Entertainment Capital of the World.”
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To view the 2010 Meetings Market Trends Survey, click here.
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| Conference Centers: The Serious Solution |
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Conference centers offer venues at which meetings are the focus and meeting participants can concentrate on the business. For meeting professionals, conference centers offer an ease of planning and budgeting.
In this webinar, top industry educator Joan Eisenstodt discovers what benefits—from ease of planning to perception—meeting in a dedicated learning environment such as a conference center provides.
Sponsored by: Banff Centre, Hyatt Regency DFW, Blair County Convention Center, IACC and Wyndham Peachtree Hotel & Conference Center. |
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