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CVB Showcase Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau florida Beach; and extensive renovations to the PGA National Resort & Spa’s public spaces. DINING With so many diverse areas throughout the Palm Beaches, the options for diners are virtually infinite. The downtown West Palm Beach area includes Clematis Street and City Place, a mecca for upscale shopping and dining, while the resort restaurants and cafes of the island of Palm Beach have catered to celebrities and royalty for decades. Atlantic Avenue is the trendy main street of Delray Beach, filled with chic restaurants, art galleries, and local watering holes. Other culinary clusters in the region include Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens. ATTRACTIONS Palm Beach County is home to unique offsite cultural venues. Notable attractions include The Norton Museum of Art, accommodating groups of up to 300, and The Museum at Ragtops Motorcar Sales, containing an events facility with a capacity space of 1,500 and filled with collectible automobiles. Over 50 cultural venues and hundreds of festivities throughout the year provide meeting planners a wide range of quality entertainment. Palm Beach County’s golden beaches are only the beginning of the area’s outdoor activities. Offsite activities are vast and exciting in the Palm Beaches. Sporting venues and eco-adventures give groups and meetings the thrilling experiences that create unique conference programs and events. GETTING THERE Palm Beach International Airport is an award-winning, state-of-theart airport; hosting 20 domestic and international airlines with an annual average of 200 flights per day. PBIA is only 3 miles from the Palm Beach County Convention Center and area hotels and resorts. CONTACT Sandy Mukitarian Director of Sales, Southeast Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors Bureau (561) 233-3022 smukitarian@palmbeachfl.com www.PalmBeachFL.com SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION Discover America’s First Resort Destination for your next meeting PALM BEACH COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER Total Meeting and Exhibit Space: 350,000 sf Largest Ballroom: 25,000 sf Meeting Rooms: 23 The 100-year history of the Palm Beaches has nurtured a distinguished culture of personalized service, exceptional quality, and premier hospitality standards, establishing a worldclass destination that caters to the needs of corporate America, from Fortune 500 companies to private industry and numerous associations. Palm Beach County, offering an array of meeting facilities, unique off-site venues, cultural and entertainment attractions, world-class culinary options, and exciting eco-adventure activities, presents affluent yet affordable experiences for groups and meetings. The uncomplicated accessibility of the destination is an important consideration for groups, with over 7 million passengers arriving and departing annually from Palm Beach International Airport. MEETING FACILITIES The Palm Beach County Convention Center is a 350,000square-foot convention and meetings facility that includes a 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall, a 25,000-square-foot ballroom, and 23,000 square feet of flexible breakout space divisible into 23 rooms. The two-level, $85 million convention center is located three miles from the Palm Beach International Airport. Other examples of meeting hotels and facilities near the convention center include the recent opening of Hyatt Place West Palm Beach/Downtown in West Palm Beach, offering 165 guest rooms and over 1,500 square feet of meeting space. The Brazilian Court in Palm Beach, with 80 guest rooms, opened The Pavilion in 2008, which includes the Candela Board Room, accommodating executive retreats for up to eight, and the Fatio Conference Room, hosting larger groups up to 67. ACCOMMODATIONS New hotel construction and extensive renovation projects present more options for meeting planners in America’s First Resort Destination. Some new highlights include the entirely redesigned 212-room Boca Beach Club in Boca Raton; the new Eau Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach; the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach’s newly unveiled Spa & Salon; the new Omphoy Ocean Resort, offering a beachfront boutique hotel experience with unique meeting space in Palm 28 September 21, 2009 http://www.PalmBeachFL.com

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