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> Calendar Analysis continued from page 8 News & al club lounges can be used for receptions. Meanwhile, across South Street, the convention center expansion will yield 30 additional meeting rooms and four new exhibit halls (“H” through “K,” totaling 240,000 square feet, with “I” to be the center’s biggest, at 88,000 square feet). The finishing touch will be a stretch of the city’s Cultural Trail that will run along Capitol Avenue from the center to the new stadium. Started in 2007, Indianapolis’ ongoing $50million Cultural Trail is an eight-mile collection of greenways with art installations and bicycle paths, designed to link downtown to several flanking neighborhoods. Altogether, the various projects represent more than $2 billion in investments for a civic reinvention that will allow Indianapolis to challenge Chicago and other majors for large events. —William Ng > Calendar October 5-7 ACTE (Association of Corporate Travel Executives) Global Education Conference, Rome, Italy (703) 683-5322 www.acte.org November 1-5 ICCA (International Congress & Convention Association) 47th ICCA Congress & Exhibition, Victoria, Canada 31 20 3981902 www.iccaworld.com November 7-11 AH&LA (American Hotel & Lodging Association) Fall Conference, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, NY (202) 289-3100 www.ahla.com December 2-4 EIBTM (European Incentive Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition) The Global Meetings and Incentives Exhibition, Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain 44 020 8910 7988 www.eibtm.com December 5-8 SITE (Society of Incentive and Travel Executives) International Conference, Montreux, Switzerland (312) 321-5148 www.site-intl.org A FOUR DIAMOND GEM MADE JUST FOR YOUR GROUP SELECT FROM THE FOLLOWING CHOICES FOR MEETINGS BOOKED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 2008 AND MARCH 31, 2009: 20 – 99 Room Nights: 1 Selection 100 – 199 Room Nights: 2 Selections 200+ Room Nights: 3 Selections ® saleschesa@hyatt.com Offer valid with meetings booked and held between September 1, 2008 and March 31, 2009 at Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Resort & Spa. Offer includes one or more of the choices above dependent on the number of room nights guaranteed. Meeting planners will receive inclusions based on the following parameters; one meeting inclusion for 20-99 room nights, two inclusions for 100-199 room nights and three inclusions for meeting with 200 or more room nights. All day beverage service is limited to coffee, tea and soda. Meeting inclusions will be provided based upon the number of guaranteed rooms on peak meeting night. Offer not valid in conjunction with previously booked or held meetings or any other promotion or offer. Offer applies to all eligible bookings, including bookings by travel agents and other qualifying third parties at a commissionable rate. (Qualifying planners who are Hyatt Gold Passport members may also be eligible for a Hyatt Meeting Dividends program bonus). Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw this program at any time without notice. HYATT, Hyatt Regency® name, design, and related marks are trademarks of Hyatt Corporation. ©2008 Hyatt Corporation. All rights reserved. http://www.acte.org http://www.iccaworld.com http://www.ahla.com http://www.eibtm.com http://www.site-intl.org

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

Successful Meetings - October 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Supplier News
On the Record
Calendar
Planner News
Planner Spotlight
Personal Success
Technology Talk
Food &�Beverage
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
On Site
Technology for Modern Meetings
A Tale of Two Cities
A Cast of Thousands
Places & Spaces
Mexican Destination Resorts
Spain
Austin
New Orleans
Lake Tahoe / Reno

Successful Meetings - October 2008