Property Profile: La Quinta Resort & Club

An oasis of respite that courted the A-list of Golden Age Hollywood, the iconic La Quinta Resort & Club offers meeting configurations that can

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Checking In - The Horizon Beckons

There’s been lots of activity here at Meetings Focus the last month or so—wait, haven’t I written that before? Anyway...this time

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Going Places

Arizona Tuscon’s Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa announced the appointment of David Yamada

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Short Takes

Programs & Packages Confident in the amazing Southern California weather, the city of Huntington Beach is offering

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Site Scene

California Located in Oxnard along California’s central coast, Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel &

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Broadmoor Creates Unique Meetings Marketing

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. The Broadmoor Hotel—a legendary property—has created two new social media outreach efforts directed at meeting

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Iconic New York Palace Undergoing a Facelift

NEW YORK This summer, the new owners of the opulent but aging New York Palace hotel plan to launch a $100 million renovation to restore it to its

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Tuning Up on Singer Island

Crestline Hotels & Resorts, Inc. has announced that its $8 million re-design of the Hilton Singer Island Oceanfront Resort is now complete. The

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Immigration Law Prompts Cancellation in Alabama

MOBILE, Ala. Alabama's controversial new immigration law has prompted a large medical association to cancel its 2013 convention in Mobile, Ala.

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Westin Expansion

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. has announced its Westin brand is on track to open its 200th hotel in the next 12 months, propelled by

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What’s Cooking in SoCal?

For small groups looking for some classy cooking fun, “PREP.COOK.DINE” at W Los Angeles – Westwood is beginning next month. 

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Joni Stevens, Williamsburg Inn - Williamsburg, VA

What service can you provide to groups that they normally might not receive?The concierge staff can meet with groups at the hotel to

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IACC Makes Global Push; Criteria to 'Evolve'

MONTGOMERY, TexasFor the International Association of Conference Centers (IACC), business as usual once longtime Executive Vice President Tom Bolman

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Sarah Vining

Washington, DC As the Marketing Manager for The National Conference Center, I’m the editor and writer of Conference Center Blog (

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Leads to Nowhere

More CoverageThe ABCs of eRFPs It’s been said

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The ABCs of eRFPs

More CoverageLeads to Nowhere Just as there is no

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Is meeting planning the top job in the U.S...?

Is meeting planning the top job in the U.S...?

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Red Lion Waives Attrition

SPOKANE, Wash. Red Lion Hotels Corporation has announced it is suspending its attrition clause for new meeting, convention and group business

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Former Paducah CC Director Guilty of Charges

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