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The top innovators shaping the future of the events industry in U.S.
DestinationsThese are the people—marketers, fund-raisers, designers, producers, and other professionals—that, with new ideas and smart strategies, are setting the standard for events and meetings today. On our list of innovative people this year are folks from all over North America, including an Ohio-based executive with a mission to turn passive museum-going experiences into theatrical live [...]
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Meetings and conventions bookings sluggish compared with trips for vacations
DigitalWith the economy on the rebound, Americans once again are cracking open their pocketbooks to take family vacations and other leisure trips. But corporate managers in charge of spending for business conferences and conventions remain tightfisted with their money.
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New York’s Niagara Falls to battle Canadian side with upscale hotels
DestinationsFinding an upscale hotel experience on the American side of Niagara Falls has been a challenge for many years, but it will soon be getting a little easier. With seven hotel projects either planned or already under way, downtown will see about 950 new or renovated rooms, all of those providing higher-end accommodations, in the [...]
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Nashville’s new convention center sets up big challenge for Memphis
DestinationsAfter nine years of discussion, controversy, planning and construction, Nashville’s mammoth, gleaming new $585 million convention center opened with two days of public events and concerts Sunday and Monday. The new Music City Center is three times bigger than the city’s existing convention center, which opened in 1987, and nearly 3 1/2 times bigger than [...]
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The world’s most popular international meeting destinations
DestinationsThe number and frequency of meetings held by international associations, and the business travel they generate, is on the rise. The International Congress and Convention Association estimates that the number of conventions increased by more than a thousand to 11,150 meetings in 2012. Europe is the most popular destination for international meetings with 12 out [...]
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SkyTeam targets meetings planners with flight booking tool
TransportAirline alliance SkyTeam has launched a new online booking tool to help event and meeting organisers. The alliance, which has 19 airlines as members, has introduced a dedicated portal on its website which can be used by delegates to book discounted air travel to events. Skyteam’s Global Meetings product is free to use and is [...]
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U.S. meetings and convention cities: Who gets bragging rights?
DestinationsThe Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority plans to borrow and spend $2.5 billion to develop the Las Vegas Global Business District, an overhauled convention center facility that will include a World Trade Center and multimodal transportation hub. The project will be the first major expansion for the 54-year-old, 3.2-million-square-foot Las Vegas Convention Center in [...]
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Yokohama brands itself as “Japan’s First Port of Call” to get events business
DestinationsYokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau recently announced the new branding of Yokohama as Japan’s premier international convention city. “Japan’s First Port of Call” was designated as the selling message for Yokohama. The idea behind it comes from the City’s history, when 154 years ago, Yokohama was the first port that opened up to the world, [...]
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Austin poised for more conventions with 4,000 new hotel rooms
DestinationsThe Austin, Texas, area is in line for more than a dozen hotels in the next two to three years, potentially putting an end to a shortage of rooms that tourism officials say has kept the city from landing many lucrative conventions in recent years. Combined, the hotels could make 4,000 or more additional rooms [...]
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Austin is ready to take on more conventions, but needs more rooms first
DestinationsThe Austin area is in line for more than a dozen hotels in the next two to three years, potentially putting an end to a shortage of rooms that tourism officials say has kept the city from landing many lucrative conventions in recent years. Combined, the hotels could make 4,000 or more additional rooms available [...]
