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Meeting Sites ESSENTIAL TOOL BOX Convention Facilities: SEATTLE Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 305,700 sf of dedicated exhibit space; 61 meeting rooms, largest holds 4,000 theater-style. TACOMA Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 227,000 sf of total space, 14 meeting rooms, largest holds 450 theater-style. Average Daily Business Travel Costs*, Seattle: Hotel $160.69 F&B $82.10 Car Rental $84.48 For More Information: Seattle’s CVB www.visitseattle.org Greater Seattle W H AT I T ’ S A B O U T : Obviously, any city that adopts “metronatural” as its campaign is not afraid of sophistication, trendsetting, and a little bit of adventure. This month’s PCMA attendees will discover a sleek, compact urban center, bristling with arts and culture; a coffee stand on every corner; and strong opinions about everything. W H AT ’ S N E W : Outside Seattle, the Suncadia Resort Community is set to debut its Lodge and Spa. Imagine: 254 guest rooms and 14 treatment rooms, surrounded by 6,400 acres. Tacoma Regional CVB www.traveltacoma.com For complete facilities listings visit Facility Quick Search at www.mimegasite.com *Business Travel News 2007 Corporate Travel Index By Terri Hardin PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM Seattle loves culture, and nobody knows that like the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The two newest sites (there are four) are the SAM downtown expansion, which recently opened 118,000 sf of additional space, featuring new galleries, public spaces, a new restaurant, an expanded museum store, and a spacious entryway and lobby; and the nine-acre Olympic Seattle’s skyline Sculpture Park, which opened last year, featuring the works of Richard Serra, Alexander Calder, and Mark di Suvero, as well as the PACCAR Pavilion, a glass-and-steel structure that houses event space. At SAM’s other sites, one showcases Asian art, and the other is an unusual gallery, where members can rent (and nonmembers buy) works by con- temporary, regional artists. YOU MAY NOTICE IN TOWN: The 91-room Heathman Hotel, Kirkland (sis- ter property to the Heathman 6 GREAT PLACES FOR GOOD TIMES The restaurants below have group facilities and were selected from the Zagat Survey of Seattle. The list was determined by Zagat’s food and service ratings of 24 and above and a price of up to $65 per person (without alcohol): LOCATION TYPE OF FOOD NAME PHOTO: SEATTLE’S CVB The Georgian El Gaucho Cascadia Daniel’s Broiler Six Seven Waterfront Seafood Grill Downtown Belltown Belltown various Waterfront Waterfront French/Regional Steakhouse American Steakhouse Regional Seafood Cascadia’s private dining room For more information on these and other restaurants in the Seattle, please click on www.zagat.com. SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS JANUARY 2008 mimegasite.com 145

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - January 2008

Successful Meetings - January 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Associations
Research
Events
Suppliers
Associations
On the Record
Associations
Suppliers
Planner Spotlight
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Meeting the Law
Personal Success
Mouth for Sale
Food & Beverage
Professional Development
On Site
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
Veggie Power
Tennis, Anyone?
Seeing is Believing
The Wild Green Yonder
Game On
Places & Spaces
Galveston & Texas Beaches
Greater Seattle
Singapore
Gurus

Successful Meetings - January 2008