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San Diego Center Expansion in Jeopardy
A planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center has hit a major snag... Read more >>
Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf Debuts Upgraded Meeting Space, Group Perks
Inspired by its location, Hyatt at Fisherman’s Wharf soon will complete a $1 million dollar renovation of its meeting space... Read more >>
Online Booking Tool Unveils New Feature
Zentila, an online booking tool for meetings, announced its Great Reveal. An improvement to the previous veiled booking system... Read more >>
Preferred Hotels Creates New Meeting Planning System
Preferred Hotel Group, a provider of sales and marketing support to independent hotels, announced the launch of PHG Meetings... Read more >>
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Las Vegas
Not many meetings-friendly destinations can say they were as cool 50 years ago as they are today. But Las Vegas, whose list of throwbacks include everything from Frank Sinatra to fabulous neon signs... Read more >> |
Maui/Lanai/Molokai
Maui, Lanai and Molokai are known as the Magic Isles for good reason. The tempting tropical setting has enchanted countless meeting groups over the years... Read more >> |
San Diego
In the past two decades, San Diego has evolved into something much more than just the sum of downtown and a few outlying areas... Read more >> |
Alaska
In a state where culture, from local theater to artisan crafts, is profoundly influenced by natural surroundings, the wonders of the outdoors are not to be ignored... Read more >> |
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Group of 22 cruise passengers robbed in Mexican resort
A group of 22 cruise passengers have been robbed during a shore excursion in the popular Mexican seaside town of Puerto Vallarta... Read more >>
Students learn hotel management skills
Students in Queen Anne's County Public Schools participated in a pilot course this year, titled "Principles of Hotel Management,"... Read more >>
Genealogist hired to track down heirs to murdered hotel tycoon's $10m fortune
The family of Miami hotelier Ben Novack Jr has hired a genealogist in a bid to find a new heir to the $10m fortune... Read more >>
Hotel news: a scandalous socialite is celebrated in style
Take a trip to the 1870s with a stay in a Courtesan’s Boudoir. As a grand finale to its refurb, The Grosvenor Hotel in Victoria, London, has launched a specially designed suite... Read more >>
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Coast to Coast
Once upon a time, wine country was two beguiling Northern California valleys: Napa and Sonoma. And although the geography has greatly expanded since then, the idea remains just as sanguine—an escape from meeting amidst the hustle and bustle of city life to gather among physical beauty and relaxation.
But the niche has expanded. Planners today can work with wineries, vineyards, restaurants and other suppliers—from Baja California to Maine and Ontario, from Florida to Alaska and Hawaii—and almost anywhere in between... Read more >>
Options Abound
The mention of ‘all-inclusive’ properties a few years back might only have spurred the singular image of sun-soaked leisure travelers lazing along a sandy beach.
Today, however, these properties have become popular sites for meeting travelers, and have branched out from the beach to the deserts, mountains and beyond—offering a gamut of options for planners seeking a wallet- and worry-free setting for their groups... Read more >>
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Five Tips for Planning Government Meetings
The government sales team at The National Conference Center has compiled five easy tips to simplify and streamline the many complex rules and regulations... Read more >>
Groups Just Want to Have Fun
Here come the Dove Mountain Rangers into Tucson, turning The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain into an adventure-filled desert playground... Read more >>
Merger, They Wrote
Co-chairs John Pritzker and Jason Pomeranc and CEO Stephen Brandman have announced that the lifestyle hotel company provisionally known as JT Hospitality... Read more >>
Southern California Dreaming
In January, the award-winning Rancho Valencia Resort & Spa in North County San Diego’s upscale neighborhood of Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., closed its doors... Read more >>
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Did You Know - Las Vegas
Notorious gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel named The Flamingo in honor of the long and skinny legs of his showgirl girlfriend, Virginia Hill... Read more >>
Happenings - Maui/Lanai/Molokai
The Makena Beach & Golf Resort (808.874.111) recently finalized a multimillion-dollar makeover touching on all areas... Read more >>
Happenings - San Diego
downtown san diego
San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina is now the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina (619.234.1500) and has been undergoing an extensive $195 million renovation... Read more >>
Site Scene
California
A multimillion-dollar renovation at Hilton Concord, in San Francisco’s East Bay region will focus on creating sustainable systems... Read more >>
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