Cruz’ing Ahead

Santa Cruz is buzzing with new group optionsThe popular California beachfront town of Santa Cruz has announced some new and upcoming of doings that

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New Convention Center Hotel for N.C.

 By Julian March, Courtesy of Star-News, Wilmington, N.C./McClatchy-Tribune Regional News  The developers working to build an upscale hotel

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Sonoma and Napa Wine Country Shines With Optimism

It’s been six months since the wildfires in Sonoma and Napa counties were extinguished, and the message from locals to planners is clear:

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3 Major Meetings Trends in Florida, According to Hospitality Industry Experts

As we look at meetings and events in 2024 in Florida, we wonder: What are planners asking for? According to these hospitality pros, it’s corporate

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4 Hotels Offering Speakeasy-Style Spaces for Groups

Over a century ago, when Prohibition took effect on January 17, 1920, thousands of formerly legal bars and saloons almost always catering only to men

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Alphonse Bar at The Westin Lima Luxury Hotel & Convention Center, Peru

Swearing Speakers: Acceptable or WTF?!

To curse or not to curse? While the use of profanity by corporate speakers at meetings and events is not totally taboo, there is debate whether

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A World of Perks

By Rachael Oakes-Ash Courtesy of the Brisbane TimesA club lounge and complimentary glass of champagne on arrival no longer cut it for

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Interior Mexico

More CoverageCVB Contacts - Interior MexicoAsk a

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Take 10 questions from Budget Tips: Making More and Spending Less, Part 2, with Bonnie Wallsh

What about local schools entertainment, do we need to make sure they are licensed by ASCAP or BMI? Whether the facility is ASCAP-

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Going Indie

There are many reasons for a planner to strike it out on his or her own and hang up their shingle as an independent.Maybe it’s the result of a

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Incentive Planning: Delivering ROI

More CoverageIncentive Planning: Covering All the Bases

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Shiny and New

More CoverageConvention Center ContactsGrowth is

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Cultural Mecca in Bloom

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Matthew Marcial, CMP

Matthew Marcial, CMPDirector of Meetings & Event ServicesAmerican Association of Clinical EndocrinologistsJacksonville, Fla. Do you find

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Change Agents

By Rayna Katz The average person might think that, of all industries, the meeting industry must do education right. After all, if event organizers

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High-Tech Meetings

Mark Phillips, Landry & Kling and Seasite.comCorporate meetings and events are on the rebound after the recession, but many organizations are

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Hollywood, Pasadena and the Valleys honor the past

History has its eyes on you,” sings the cast in the hit musical Hamilton, which recently completed an extended run at the Hollywood Pantages

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The coastal Carolinas region boasts after-hours entertainment

While the group-friendly coastal communities of North Carolina and South Carolina are popular for an abundance of sunshine-filled pursuits during the

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Site Scene

Maine The Hampton Inn Portland/Downtown-Waterfront recently debuted as a 122-room, six-story hotel. The

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Property Profile - The Resort at Paws Up, Montana

For wilderness lovers, it's hard to imagine a better way to end the day than with a crackling campfire, a silhouette of towering pines, a canopy of

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