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Water park resort expands convention center

Courtesy Kalahari Resorts SANDUSKY, Ohio – Kalahari Resort, with the largest indoor water park in the United States, has expanded its convention center. In early January, the resort unveiled a $22 million addition that doubled the size of its current convention...

Convention center grows food on rooftop

Photo courtesy Anaheim Convention Center ANAHEIM, Calif. – It doesn’t get more local than the rooftop. The Anaheim Convention Center is growing its own food on the building’s rooftop so that executive chef Otis Huemmer can always have fresh, local herbs on hand. The...

Industry Personnel News: January 2012

BRANSON, Mo. – The Chateau on the Lake has hired David Hume as director of sales. Hume has 19 years of hospitality experience including positions with the Mission Point Resort in Mackinac Island, Mich., and The Abbey Resort in Fontana, Wis. MONTEREY, Calif....

Meetings up on the roof

Three smaller cities are proving that rooftop gardens and terraces are not strictly the stuff of big cities.

What else is new in 2012?

Photo courtesy Anaheim CVB ANAHEIM, Calif. — By this time next year, patrons of the Anaheim Convention Center will be soaking up the California sunshine in the center’s new garden spot. Work will begin in April on the Grand Plaza, 100,000 square feet of outdoors that...

Business travel predicted to grow in 2012

According to a Deloitte survey, more professionals plan to travel for business in 2012 than they did this year. About 85 percent of business travelers surveyed expect to take as many or more trips within the next year. Of these respondents, Millennials and Generation...

Black Meetings Planners recognize CVB member

Dave Bradley  KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – The National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners (NCBMP) honored David Bradley as “Outstanding 2011 Pioneer” in December. Bradley is director of convention sales at the Valley Forge Convention and Visitors Bureau. The annual...

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