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Winter Means Business in the Midwest

Connect Your Meetings

They’ll let you in on a little secret that experienced meeting planners know: Midwest destinations continue to mean business all year long, and events held there during winter are typically a raging success—even in sub-zero temperatures seen this week. Yet even Bloemendaal admits they’ve got nothing on a certain Minnesota city in this area.

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Inside the Bid Process for a Citywide Conference

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“Everyone seemed excited to see us there, because the conference hadn’t been to the United States since 1967,” said Nathan Hermiston, director of destination sales for Meet Minneapolis, whose colorful booth at Apimondia 2015 was the culmination of an 18-month-long bid for Apimondia 2019.