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CIC Launches Planning Processes Study
The Convention Industry Council announced the launch of a research study to quantify the time and cost inefficiencies of existing methods used in exchanging meeting specifications between planners and hotels.
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DiamondRock Inks Deal for NYC Hotel
DiamondRock Hospitality entered into an agreement to acquire a hotel currently under development in New York's Times Square upon its expected completion in 2013.
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U.S. Travel Partners with IMEX America
The U.S. Travel Association entered into a cooperative partnership to help promote attendance at IMEX America in Las Vegas this October and will host a seminar during the show on policy issues affecting incentive travel, meetings and events.
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Cops Cancel Atlantic City Convention
The New Jersey state Policeman's Benevolent Association pulled its spring convention out of Atlantic City in protest over the layoff of 60 Atlantic City police officers last year, according to a report in The Press of Atlantic City.
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In the December/January digital edition of Meetings East magazine, Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson travels to Las Vegas to interview Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, at USTA's Marketing Outlook Forum, about the organization's upcoming travel industry advocacy initiatives. Additional content includes Jeff Heilman's story on Ottawa, Canada's stately capital and one of its cultural epicenters, with everything from age-old architecture to gripping museums that double as unique off-site venues. |
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Canada's Meeting Place
Ottawa's year-long festival schedule kicks off each year with enchanting Winterlude in February, followed by signature events such as the Ottawa International Writers Festival in April and the Canadian Tulip Festival in May. Next year sees the inauguration of what is destined to be one of Ottawa's biggest celebrations in years—the confirmed April opening of the new Ottawa Convention Centre (OCC).
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The Recycling Council of Ontario awarded Toronto's Exhibition Place the Platinum Facility Management Award, which recognizes buildings that showcase an internal waste minimization program. Exhibition Place received the award in October for outstanding achievement through its GREENSmart program, which has helped the facility achieve an 80 percent waste diversion rate. Exhibition Place's GREENSmart Program was established in 2004. For more information, call 416.263.3600.
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| Chief Content Director Tyler Davidson caught up with PCMA President & CEO Deborah Sexton, who presided over a Convening Leaders annual convention that boasted the highest attendance in the history of the association, and also featured the first co-partnered Virtual Edge Summit. |
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