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Don’t Believe Everything You See on Twitter About a San Francisco Meeting Apocalypse

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The program’s ambassadors are friendly faces tasked with helping visitors with everything from directions and public transportation to translation requests. They also assist with meetings and events in our downtown area—helping direct business and events visitors.

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6 Things Planners Can Learn from Awards Season

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Five days later, The Golden Globe Awards followed in Beverly Hills, California, and the ceremonies will keep on coming, leaving event planners and hotels mighty busy straight out of the gate. Staging an awards gala requires substantial planning, and in many ways it is similar to planning a meeting or an event.

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9 Nibble-Worthy Food Tours

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Carlsbad, California Customize a private group experience with Carlsbad Food Tours as a team-building event or corporate party. During colder months, bus transportation is provided instead. Participants walk to eight eateries in historic Carlsbad Village, noshing and sipping wine along the way.

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6 Striking Bowling Alleys for Events

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The eight-lane establishment has beautiful wooden finishes and will transport your guests back to the Prohibition-era; it’s available to rent for private events of up to 400 guests for a full buy-out. there’s a good chance there’s a Lucky Strike close to your meeting. Lucky Strike, 20 Locations in U.S.

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10 Best U.S. Cities for Business Travel

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Meeting space: 384,000 sq. Centrally located in Northern California , Sacramento is an idyllic city for meetings because of its affordable hotel prices, low traffic congestion, 4G LTE coverage and variety of things to do. Accessibility within the city makes for stress-free transportation. Meeting space: 584,000 sq.

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LA vs. Paris: Which Olympic City Wins for Meetings?

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The Southern California city is ready to take on its third Olympiad by utilizing pre-existing venues. The Athlete Village will be on the UCLA campus, which has several venues for meetings. The city boasts of the world’s best public transportation system to get people from destination to destination.

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Guest Opinion: How Meetings Industry Can Boost Natural Disaster Relief

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ALHI moved its Industry Advisory Council (IAC) meeting to New Orleans after Katrina, in recognition and support of the staffs of our hotel community, and it remains as one of our most heartfelt and respected programs in our 30-plus years of conducting the IAC conference. Your team can make your own history by deciding to give a meeting.