Meeting Incentives: California, Mexico, InterContinental Hotels
La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, Calif., is offering a preferred pricing program for midweek meetings and events on select Sunday-to-Thursday dates. For details on Midweek Preferred group, email...
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The Renaissance World Golf Village Resort, Convention Center and Beach Club in St. Augustine, Fla., is offering its Hot Dates Meeting Package for new programs held in September or December 2012. The...
View ArticleNew booking site provides per-diem rates
Per Diem Hotels, a hotel reservation provider for U.S. government and military travelers, has launched a new website for booking hotels at 2013 per diem rates. Users can search for federal per diem...
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Meeting Incentives: South Carolina, Miami, New Orleans
Turnberry Isle Miami Planners booking an event with 10 or more room nights before Mar. 30, 2013, at The Beach House, a Holiday Inn Resort in Hilton Head, S.C., can choose three added amenities from a...
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Renewing the Awards Ceremony
Association planners are often tasked with planning awards ceremonies at annual events where the above-and-beyond members are recognized. Awards ceremonies range in scale of grandeur, yet they’re all...
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Bar on a Budget
It is no secret that meeting planners are continually being scrutinized on their spend, especially when it comes to F&B. It’s easy to overstock or underspend on bar inventory. The first thing you...
View ArticleDealing with Disaster
By Craig Guillot Canceling all or part of a convention is a nightmare that no event planner or destination convention organization ever wants to deal with, but as Hurricane Sandy recently taught us...
View ArticleChanging the World
In its November issue, Wired magazine responded to critics of a cover story in an earlier issue (“Apocalypse Not,” September) with a note entitled “The End Is Not Nigh.” In support of the controversial...
View ArticleMeeting Incentives: Kissimmee, Los Angeles
Planners who book a new meeting through Experience Kissimmee (Fla.) will receive up to $1,500 for their clients or organizations. Meetings must be booked by Sept. 30, and held before Dec. 15, 2014. For...
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San Francisco approves convention center expansion
The city of San Francisco unanimously voted to approve the expansion of the Moscone Center earlier this month. The vote created the Moscone Expansion District, which will oversee the convention center...
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