Courtesy Sacramento International Airport SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three years after breaking ground, a $1.03 billion terminal will open in early October at Sacramento International Airport. Central Terminal B is three times larger than Terminal B, which it will replace. The new terminal is designed to last 50 years without needing an upgrade. It will be […]

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The 173-room Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center will break ground in October for a 13,000-square-foot convention center expansion in October. Three new meeting rooms for up to 250 people will be added, and a new air-wall system will allow the new space to open to the current convention center, giving the […]

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — A long-term expansion and upgrade will begin this fall at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Va. By May, a two-story restaurant will be open at the marina, a family swimming pool complex will be built where a par 3 golf course is now located, and the fitness center and pool will be redesigned. […]

Courtesy Lost Pines Resort LOST PINES, Texas — A 125-pound puppy and a pair of horses helped pull off a series of pranks during a corporate meeting at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines this spring. One of the corporation’s vice presidents met Hoss, the resort’s Newfoundland puppy, while the dog was on its walk with […]

Courtesy Little Rock CVB Find yourself with a little free time in Little Rock before, after or during the SMM Conference? Here are some smart ways to spend it: Tour by trolley. The River Rail Electric Streetcar line is cheap — 50 cents per round trip, $2 for a day pass — and it covers […]

Courtesy Little Rock CVB When you consider how much there is to see and do, three days in Little Rock doesn’t seem like enough. Organizers of the Small Market Meetings Conference are doing their best to show off the city. • The Sept. 26-28 conference gets off to a flying — or make that waddling […]

Courtesy Little Rock CVB As preparations are finalized for this month’s Small Market Meetings Conference in Little Rock, Ark., a site for the 2012 conference has been chosen. Jacksonville, Fla., will be the site of next year’s conference on Oct. 28-30, Joe Cappuzzello, SMM Conference CEO, announced in late August. “Jacksonville is a wonderful next […]

Courtesy International Quilt Study Center/Museum Three years ago, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln finally unfolded hundreds of quilts in its collection, the largest publicly held quilt collection in the world, and displayed them in a new 35,000-square-foot museum and study center. Since then, the International Quilt Study Center and Museum has been a popular event venue, […]

Courtesy Travel Iowa Council Bluffs CVB 149 W. Broadway Council Bluffs, IA 51503 800-228-6878 www.councilbluffscvb.com What’s new: The Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge, the longest pedestrian bridge to link two states, connects Council Bluffs and Omaha, Neb. Named in honor of former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, the bridge is curved to echo the path […]

Courtesy Council Bluffs CVB It’s been a nerve-wracking summer for western Iowa. The Missouri River has flooded many areas as water is released upstream to relieve pressure on the Gavins Point Dam in Yankton, S.D., caused by above-average snowmelt and rainfall. By mid-July, the levies built to protect Council Bluffs after its last devastating flood, […]