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Major Meeting Venues: Nevada

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modern-mountain clubhouse; ballroom and board room space in The Lodge; three restaurants, including Chef Frank Stagnaro’s Edgewood Restaurant, whose New Zealand elk chop was featured on The Food Network. of meeting space; accommodates 850 people; seven restaurants, including Sushi Kai; South Shore Room/Peek Nightclub.

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Top Convention Center Projects Underway in 2016

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Convention center projects around the globe signal a very bright future for meetings and events in the new year. From San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand, and Sydney to Aberdeen, Scotland, convention center projects include major expansions and new builds that are born from demand. Auckland, New Zealand.

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6 Places Spreading the Entomophagy Bug for F&B

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Insect-eating, or entomophagy , is big in most parts of the world, including Central and South America as well as Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Who knows, you might end up enlisting one for catering, using them as a venue or even stopping by for a bug bite. And it’s quite common globally. Still unconvinced?

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6 Smart Moves at Visit Indy, Le Pavillon Hotel, Kimpton Solamar & More

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He was previously regional director of sales and marketing, Australia and New Zealand. Photo Credit: Benchmark Resorts & Hotels Michelle Engstrom Davidson Hotels & Resorts introduced Michelle Engstrom as corporate director of venue marketing and programming for Pivot Hotels & Resorts.

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Progress Report: Global Convention Center Outlook

Smart Meetings

Reno loses an average of 31 events due to hotel size or because of the venue each year,” says Charlies Johnson, president of Johnson Consulting, the Chicago-based firm involved in investigating the issue. “[The Operated by the New York Convention Center Operation Corporation (NYCCOC), it currently offers 102 meeting rooms and 760,000 sq.

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Convene Celebrates Our 30th Anniversary

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Another big, ongoing story has been the transformation of the image that meeting professionals hold of themselves. Meeting planning, which used to be described as an ‘Old Boys’’ network, may soon be a ‘Young Women’s’ network. You say, ‘What if in the meeting-planning industry, we borrowed a technique from Hollywood?’

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