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Literary Hotels to Inspire Ingenious Meetings

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Calling all bookworms, poets, dreamers and creatives Writers and novelists have long found refuge in hotels: as a space to write, to find inspiration or simply to get away from the day-to-day and refresh the mind. The literary hotels you’ll find below are go-to’s for those who love literature and art in all its forms.

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Smart Moves in Portland, Hawaii and More

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Dina Belon Dina Belon, Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Belon takes on the role of president of Staypineapple Hotels, Inc. Husbands brings three decades of experience in a diverse set of positions, from international director of finance at the Golden Tulip Hotel group to many other general manager positions.

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8 Smart Moves in NYC, Los Angeles and Maui

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Before Graduate Roosevelt, Cutillo was general manager for Paramount Hotel in New York City. Throughout his career, Cutillo has been awarded several accolades, including Starwood Hotels and Resorts’ Hotel of the Year and Best-in-Class Manager while he worked on the opening team of W Hoboken Hotel in New Jersey.

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New and Renovated: Austin Exploration and Sunny Shores

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Sleek dark tones maintain the fresh, modern feeling throughout the hotel. The Diner Bar and The Grey Market riff on traditional Southern dining experiences with a full-service restaurant and lunch counter. Opened at the end of June, Origin Austin is just one of four new properties under the Origin Hotels brand. Hotel Per La.

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Destination Management Company Showcase

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We are an extension of your team,” says Amberlee Huggins, DCMP, and chief marketing officer of CSI DMC. “We Case Study “I had a corporate client that wanted a celebration event out in the swamps of South Louisiana,” says David Rome, DMCP, CMP, managing director of the south-central region for Access DMC. “As

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Normal is Over(rated) – For Now

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We fantasize about crowded exhibit halls, packed hotels, and chummy, in-person board meetings. My organization was supposed to hold a 5,000-person meeting in Louisiana in late October. Worse: we let it drip into our marketing and our board meetings, and from there into our members. I delete them all.

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7 Smart Moves at The Elizabeth Hotel and More

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Dragan Andrejic Andrejic is the general manager of The Elizabeth Hotel in Fort Collins, Colorado. and Kimpton Donovan Hotel in Washington, D.C. Most recently, he served as general manager of Kimpton Rouge Hotel in Washington, D.C. Justin Schmollinger JW Marriot Chicago has named Schollinger director of sales and marketing.

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