Healthy Tips for Busy Planners

No, you can’t do everything, but please, choose a few! We get one life and one body to live it in, full stop! As awesome as events

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Checking In: Meetings Drone Home (Dec. 2017)

Drones are all the rage now, whether they inspire awe or actual rage among the populace, buzzing about as they do to capture our every move and

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Florida Hotel Icon and Philanthropist Harris Rosen Dies at 85

Pioneering Central Florida hotelier, hospitality school founder and prolific philanthropist Harris Rosen, founder of Rosen Hotels & Resorts,

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Image of Harris Rosen on the right with a black box with his name and date of birth and death on the left.

State Department Issues Global Travel Alert

The U.S. Department of State issued a worldwide travel alert on Monday, November 23, notifying U.S. citizens of possible travel risks due to

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Kurt J. Krause Named President & CEO of VisitNorfolk

NORFOLK, Va.Following an extensive national search, the board of directors for the Norfolk

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San Francisco’s Moscone Center Nearly Doubles in Size

As the new year approaches, so does a new beginning for San Francisco’s meetings business. The long-awaited opening of an upgraded

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Detroit's Cobo Center Completes Tech Upgrade

Connection in Detroit just got faster. The Cobo Center completed a $2 million technology upgrade that includes the installation of 60 intermediate

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US Removes Cuba From State Terrorism List

WASHINGTON, D.C.The U.S. Department of State formally dropped Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.Secretary of State John Kerry made

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New Hyatt Rolls into Boulder

BOULDER, Colo.Noble Investment Group recently opened Hyatt

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Minneapolis Airport Hotel Details Launch Plans

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced a milestone in the construction

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Hotels Providing Newer, Better Club Lounges

Courtesy of CNN.com Move over, room upgrades. There's a new hotel perk in town, and it might be worth more to business travelers than a bigger

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Team San Jose Names New California Rep

SAN JOSE, Calif.Team San Jose, the city’s CVB, has named Paul Sprinkmann as its new sales manager to drive efforts for California's corporate

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Thousands of Hotel Workers Strike Across the U.S.

Ten thousand Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott workers in several cities across the country began a multi-day strike over Labor Day weekend after

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Members of UNITE HERE! Local 11 Picket Outside Fairmont Miramar Hotel Bungalows in Santa Monica, California in July 2023. Photo Credit: Ringo Chiu

AH&LA Survey Releases 2010 Survey

Key findings of the American Hotel & Lodging Association’s (AH&LA) 2010 Lodging Survey indicate that hotels are becoming greener,

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Miami Best Of Meetings Today Award-Winner Features Unique Opportunity - To Buy Out Their 5-Acre Waterpark

JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort & Spa, a regular staple among the annual "Best Of" Meetings Today awards, continues to shake things up in the

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JW Marriott Miami Turnberry aerial view

Choose Chicago Announces Lynn Osmond to Step Down as President and CEO

President and CEO of Choose Chicago, Lynn Osmond, will leave the official sales and marketing organization promoting Chicago tourism effective

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Choose Chicago President and CEO Lynn Osmond

2014 Tech Trends with Pathable's Jordan Schwartz

Meetings Focus caught up with Jordan Schwartz, founder of the Pathable meeting management app

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Mississippi Casino Hotel Sells for $250 Million

BILOXI, Miss.In a move to geographically expand its gaming operations, Twin River Worldwide Holdings, parent company of Twin River Casino in Lincoln

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Des Moines Convention Hotel Breaks Ground

DES MOINES, IowaCatch Des Moines and

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Travel Industry Back to Work After Shutdown Ends

WASHINGTON, D.C.With an end to the federal shutdown, the travel industry will no longer be hit by the estimated $152 million daily loss in economic

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