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New and Renovated: Most Anticipated of Openings of 2025

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Adaptability and Relevance to Meet Your Needs AT&T Hotel and Conference Center The AT&T Hotel & Conference Center , in Austin, Texas, embarks on a $30 million renovation project beginning in spring 2025 to modernize its 85,000+ sq. The luxury hotel offers 436 rooms and suites and over 15 modern and versatile event spaces.

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Smart Travel: Chase and Travelport Team Up, Ottawa Airport and Light Rail Transit Connect, New Security Screening Wows in Frankfurt and More

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For meeting profs organizing conferences and corporate gatherings at the Shaw Centre and other downtown venues, this new transit option simplifies logistics for international delegates. In under 30 minutes, attendees can go from their flight to the heart of Ottawa.

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15 Best Business Travel Cities for Spring 2025 (Expert-Picked)

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Business travel will reach 483 million trips by 2026, and cities worldwide are adapting to welcome more travelers. Spring Business Events and Conferences Spring 2025 packs Wall Street’s calendar with prestigious events. The AI Dev Conference at Shack15 on March 14 brings together the brightest minds in artificial intelligence.

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Will the Paris Olympics Get the Gold from Meeting Profs?

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You think planning a sales conference at a Chicago hotel ballroom is tough, try planning the 2024 Summer Olympics. There has been a big investment in infrastructure development for the Games, so that allows meeting planners to have access in the future to the venues that have been built,” she says.

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Tips for Negotiating Your Next Big Event Contract

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Payne, CMP, CMM, strategic partner at INNOV8 Meetings + Events , to get her take on the current marketplace and its impact on meeting planners, and some helpful tips and tricks planners should be looking at when drafting up a contract with a hotel or venue. All of the programs that were rebooked or canceled and rebooked during Covid over a 2.5-year

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The Heart of Gathering: Lessons from the Fourth of July

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Valerie Ulrich Valerie Ulrich, former vice president of special events and conferences at First Republic Bank and currently a consultant for special events and conferences, says, “It’s about creating new, memorable experiences for people. credit: Shutterstock “Typically, the Fourth of July is not a big corporate event,” Bernstein says.

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New Spokane Sports Facility Doubles as Event Venue

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More than 50 events through 2026 are already scheduled at the new facility. But the multi-purpose venue won’t just be for competition; event planners will be able to utilize several areas of the facility for their events — depending on the time of year. The venue also has 1,628-square-foot multipurpose room and other meetings rooms.

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