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Upstate Meeting Sites New York Essential Tool Box Average Daily Business Travel Costs*: ALBANY Hotel $174.42 F&B $109.23.12 Car Rental $79.42 BUFFALO Hotel $121.9 F&B $100.01 Car Rental $91.28 ROCHESTER Hotel $133.28 F&B $90.45 Car Rental $80.97 SYRACUSE Hotel $127.46 F&B $87.18 Car Rental $81.37 For More Information: Albany County CVB: www.albany.org , Buffalo Niagara CVB: www.visitbuffalonia gara.com, Ithaca/Tompkins County CVB: www.visitithaca.com, Lake Placid/Essex County CVB: www.lakeplacid.com, Greater Rochester VA: www.visitrochester.com, Saratoga CTB: www.discoversaratoga.org, Sullivan County VA: www.catskillmeet ings.com, Syracuse Area CVB: www.visit syracuse.org, Utica/Rome/Oneida County CVB: www.oneidacountycvb.com *Business Travel News 2008 Corporate Travel Index THE EMPIRE STATE never ceases to be a treasure trove of natural beauty and man-made munificence. Its four-season weather guarantees an ever-changing tableau, while farm-fresh dainties from the Hudson Valley and elsewhere tantalize epicurean palates. Meeting planners have their choice of heritage hotels and classic resorts, while new properties open and older ones revamp. By Terri Hardin Gourmet fare at The Sagamore; above, Fort Henry Museum at Lake George SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS MAY 2008 mimegasite.com 85 http://www.albany.org http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com http://www.visitithaca.com http://www.lakeplacid.com http://www.visitrochester.com http://www.discoversaratoga.org http://www.catskillmeetings.com http://www.catskillmeetings.com http://www.visitsyracuse.org http://www.visitsyracuse.org http://www.oneidacountycvb.com http://mimegasite.com

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

Successful Meetings - May 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Industry Trends
Destination News
Destination News
Suppliers
Destination News
Calendar
On the Record
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Mouth for Sale
Meetings Law
Planner's Spotlight
Pre-Event
On Site
Tools of the Trade
Pre-Event
Counting Change
Giving Them the Business
The Magnificent Seven
All-American Gift Guide
Green Lights
Places & Spaces
Anaheim & Orange County
Upstate New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
San Diego
Phoenix
Gurus

Successful Meetings - May 2008