Guests dig authentic Hawaiian culture at Big Island’s Fairmont Orchid Resort.

Courtesy Fairmont Orchid 1 North Kaniku Drive Kohala Coast, Hawaii, HI 96743 800-845-9905 or 808-885-2000 808-885-8886 fax www.fairmont.com/orchid What’s New: The resort has added 42-inch LCD flat-screen televisions and other high-tech amenities to guest rooms and...

With its streetcars, train-station-turned hotel and Sicilian-style pizza pies, visitors get a charge out of Electric City.

When the white snow melts and the mountains emerge, the emerald peaks of the Green Mountains can cast a powerful spell.

Courtesy Sugarbrush Resort Vermont Convention Bureau 60 Main Street, Suite 100 Burlington, VT 05401 (802) 860-0606 www.vermontmeetings.com What’s new: Jay Peak Resort, near the Canadian border, is in the middle of a $180 million expansion. Already open are a golf...

Surf, sand and ocean breezes sweeten the appeal of any meeting, and that is particularly true of the towns along the Carolinas’ coast.

The institutions of higher learning often offer meeting space served up with a dose of youthful energy.

Fueled by more than 50 interactive exhibits, the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, N.C., is a race fan’s paradise.

Midway between Houston and Galveston, Bay Area Houston is the toast of the Texas coast.