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First Up
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Are You Ready for Your Close-Up?
The U.S. Travel Association, working with other
meetings and travel industry associations, has launched a search for the
Face of Travel—a “Joe the Plumber” for the meetings and
conventions industry, who can help its new Meetings Mean Business
campaign connect with media and policymakers about the effects of a
downturn in meetings business.
All you’ll need is a video camera and your story. Here
are the rules and requirements.
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Las Vegas Can Help Make Your Meeting a Success
With difficult economic conditions continuing to pressure the business
world, planning and facilitating a successful association meeting
continues to be a challenge. Let the experts at the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors
Authority make your job a little easier – plan your next
successful meeting in Las Vegas today!
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Opening Day at the Pharma Meeting Management
Forum
By Rachel Gecker
The Fifth Annual Pharmaceutical Meeting Management
Forum opened yesterday, drawing more than 700 attendees to the Baltimore
Convention Center for discussions of the hot issues at the tricky
intersection of pharma and meetings. We’ve
got a wrap-up of day one, including comments from Terri Breining,
CMP, CMM, Concepts Worldwide Inc., and keynoter Joseph D. Palo, PharmD,
JD Pharma LLC.
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Meeting planners from all over the country choose Monterey for its
spectacular coastline, renowned golf courses, outstanding cuisine and
luxurious amenities. Monterey is an ideal destination for everything
from board retreats and incentive trips to annual meetings and
conventions. Meeting attendees enjoy using their free time to take in
the sights and activities Monterey has to offer. Click here for more
information.
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On Our Radar Screen
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Messy Breakup for Hotel Workers Union
By Dave Kovaleski
The housekeepers, front desk clerks, waiters, and other
service employees taking care of your meetings may have more on their
minds these days than just the next guest walking through the door. Many
do—or did—belong to Unite Here, a union representing hotel and
casino workers, among other sectors, which is in the midst of a major
shake-up, with as many as 150,000 members having defected to form
another union. Read
the story.
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Opened August 2008, the Hilton Baltimore is the ideal hotel for groups
and meetings. Located at Baltimore's picturesque Inner Harbor, this
hotel offers 757 well-appointed guest rooms, over 60,000 sq. ft. of
flexible meeting/event space and a fully enclosed pedestrian sky bridge
to the Baltimore Convention Center. Make your group reservations today.
Click here
for more information.
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Hot Spots
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To Build or Not To Build? Dallas Voters Will
Decide
By Dave Kovaleski
A battle is brewing between Dallas city officials and a
taxpayer watchdog group over construction of a $550 million Omni hotel
adjacent to the Dallas Convention Center. A primary supporter of the
drive to stop construction is closely tied to the city’s 1,606-room
Hilton Anatole. Here’s
what voters will have to sort out on a May 9 ballot.
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THE LAURENTIANS: OPEN YOUR OFFICE TO THE OUTDOORS
A short distance from the Montréal-Trudeau International Airport, the
Laurentian region is an ideal location for your next business meeting.
Teeming with luxe lodgings, gorgeous vistas and first-class facilities,
the Laurentians make for the ideal setting to invigorate and inspire
your work day. Click
here for more information.
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Tip Sheet
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Mass. Medical Marketing Rules Explained
By Tamar Hosansky
For anyone confused about Massachusetts’ tough new
pharmaceutical marketing rules and their ramifications for healthcare
meetings, read on. The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau has
released an
online Frequently Asked Questions document, addressing concerns
about who is required to follow the code and how it affects event
planners, hotels, convention centers, and special-event venues that host
medical meetings.
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Blogged!
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Naming Pigs in Paris
By Sue Pelletier
One wouldn’t think that naming a pig in Paris would
be a big deal, but one would be wrong—if perchance one wanted to name
it Napoleon. (Well, it could happen at some meetings.) Yes,
planners have to know many things, both profound and obscure. For those
who are curious about some of the more bizarre local laws around the
world, and don’t mind getting sucked into what could be endless hours
of musing over their stupidity, this
post is for you.
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