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                                                                                 JUST ANNOUNCED: The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will open six new event spaces in October 2013. New spaces will include the 800-seat CMA Theater, as well as a 10,000-square-foot Event Hall and connecting outdoor Carlton Terrace that overlooks the Nashville skyline.  
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                                                                    What fuels you - before, during, after meetings?  
                                                                    The Sunday, April 7 New York Times Magazine - the food and drink issue - was chock full of great articles and photos about food and drink.
                                                                    One of the featured stories was What fuels New Yorkers? I smiled in recognition and laughed out loud reading the choices. It made me wonder what fuels planners - onsite? in the days leading up to an event? for room service at night after a long day? after a meeting? on travel...  
                                                                    
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                                                                    Meeting risks: beneath the obvious 
                                                                    Recently, in the webinar on meeting risk assessment and contingency planning for MeetingsFocus and another for a client, and in a class at  the University of North Carolina Charlotte, I talked about risks faced when selecting destinations and sites. What was also discussed was a destination's infrastructure - what keeps a city moving...  
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                                                                                  The Current: Upgrades & Openings  
                                                                                The Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio debuted a new restaurant last year, named NAO: New World Flavors, staffed by students and serving a fusion of Latin ingredients, as the campus offers a unique Latin Cuisine certificate program...  
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                                                                                    Corporate Events in Penguin Paradise   
                                                                                Construction is progressing on schedule at SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin experience, scheduled to open May 24. This is the largest expansion SeaWorld Orlando has undertaken since the park opened, and Empire of the Penguin...  
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                                                                    | April 17, 2013 | 
                                                                 
                                                                
                                                                     
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                                                                                  Culinary Treats  
                                                                                of Charlotte  
                                                                                   Gift Box - Charlotte    
                                                                                
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                                                                                Attendees will enjoy a taste of Charlotte at home with a jar of all-natural Cloister Honey. Cloister Honey tends to have hives across Charlotte, including 100,000 bees found on top of the LEED Gold-certified Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte in Center City.   
                                                                                 
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