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Renovated Kalahari Goes High Tech
The newly expanded Kalahari Resort Convention Center here is a benchmark for how new audio/video technology can best be applied... Read more >>
IACC’s Tom Bolman Retiring
The Board of Directors of the International Association of Conference Centers has announced that Tom Bolman, CAE, Executive Vice President of IACC... Read more >>
Va. State U. May Add Conf. Center
A $50 million hotel and conference center could be coming to downtown Petersburg soon, if all goes according to plan... Read more >>
Paducah Conv. Center Officials Charged with Embezzlement
A federal grand jury meeting in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has indicted the former executive director and vendor of the Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center Corporation... Read more >>
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Greater Boston
Boston, one of the nation’s most historic and traditional cities, is also one of its most dynamic and progressive... Read more >> |
Rhode Island
Although it’s the smallest state by area, Rhode Island has much to boast about. The Ocean State has several unusual, striking spots to visit, such as the Newport Mansions or OceanCliff Resort... Read more >> |
Atlantic City
Mention Atlantic City and most people think of gaming, the Boardwalk and saltwater taffy. But the city that’s “always turned on” has become much more than that... Read more >> |
Montreal
Because it’s next to a global seat of political power, has one of the most highly educated and affluent populaces in the country... Read more >> |
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The world's strangest hotels
Following the opening of A Room for London, a one-room hotel perched atop Queen Elizabeth Hall, on London's South Bank... Read more >>
Room Key joins the hotel search party
Six major hotel companies formed a new online booking service, Room Key, as a way to reduce commission costs paid... Read more >>
Feelings Mixed On Convention Center
Community Board 10 Chairwoman Betty Braton had always known that the casino at Aqueduct Racetrack was not the end of it. Read more >>
The Autograph Collection Announces Addition of the Carlton Hotel
The Autograph Collection announced today that The Carlton Hotel in New York City, an iconic property... Read more >>
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Tech Is Tops
There’s no place like home, the old adage declares, and hotel guests now expect their sleeping rooms to have everything they enjoy—or would like to enjoy—back on their personal turf.
New and renovating hotels are responding to these expectations with much more than comfy beds... Read more >>
Back on the Green
Think back to the way business was done 15 years ago. Yep, the good ol’ days. The words “golf” and “meeting” were seemingly always paired in the same sentence. It was understood that more networking could be done on a golf course than within the four walls of a conference room.
The great sportswriter Grantland Rice said it best, “Eighteen holes of match or medal play will teach you more about your foe than will 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.” Read more >>
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A New ‘Key’ to Finding the Right Hotel
A new platform known as Room Key, owned by six of the world’s top hotel groups, will comprise essentially all of the 23,000 hotels... Read more >>
Beautiful Minds
The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) has released its ninth annual list of the "Top 25 Most Extraordinary Minds in Sales and Marketing... Read more >>
Destination Hotels Launches New Culinary Program
Destination Hotels & Resorts, the nation's third-largest hospitality management company, has launched The Destination Dish, a new culinary program... Read more >>
A Look at What's Trending in Travel for 2012
I'm not sure I'd pay $15 to pitch a tent in someone's garden... Read more >>
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Cleveland; Sept. 14-16, 2011
Cleveland is unusually awash in many large-scale projects, with the brand-new $465 million Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center emerging... Read more >>
Museums Spread Their Wings
Boston, always a great museum city, is becoming an even better one... Read more >>
Happenings - Rhode Island
NEWPORT
Newport Harbor Hotel and Marina (401.847.9000; www.nhhm.com) recently finished a retrofit that upgraded bandwidth capabilities... Read more >>
Happenings - Atlantic City
Revel (609.340.0003; www.revelresorts.com) is slated to open next spring... Read more >>
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CSR: Creating Positive Results
Wed. January 25, 2012
Including a well-planned corporate social responsibility (CSR) program can reap dividends such as inspired attendees and good p.r. for your organization. Discover some of the latest CSR trends and how you can communicate their importance to organizational stakeholders—all with an eye on the bottom line.
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