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In this Issue:
 Featured Destination: Florida, the Sunshine State
Venue Spotlight: Montage Deer Valley
Popular Blog Posts
 Easy Ideas for Maximizing Association Sponsorship
5 Tips to Increase Post-Event Survey Response
James Beard Foundation Awards the Top Restaurant Venues
Site Selection and the Needs of the Modern Business Traveler
A Swinging Meeting Break Idea: The Indoor Golf Gathering
Concessions, Concessions, Concessions
4 Ideas to Get Attendees Moving and Improve Learning
Cvent Starts 2010 with Unprecedented Q1 Growth |
May 2010 
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 Featured Destination: Florida, the Sunshine State
Home to world-class golf, beautiful beaches and action-packed attractions, Florida is a top destination for business and group meetings. Best of all, meetings in the Sunshine State are more affordable thanks to the Meetings Matter promotion from Florida’s Marriott & Renaissance resorts. From now until the end of 2010, planners can take advantage of the promotion, which offers Triple Marriott Rewards Points and 35% allowable attrition plus property-specific specials, at any of 14 Florida properties.  |
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Venue Spotlight: Montage Deer Valley  Opening December 2010, Montage Deer Valley® is a refined alpine retreat atop North America’s No. 1 ski resort. Offering 52,000 sq ft of flexible space, a 35,000 sq ft spa, dining, slopeside accommodations and more. Incentives are currently available. 
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Easy Ideas for Maximizing Association Sponsorships
By: Cvent for Associations With many associations seeing a decline in membership or attendance, it's more important now than ever to maximize non-dues revenue such as sponsorship considerations. Use this advice to make sponsorships a source of steady income for your organization. Read more |
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 An offer you can't refuse at Minneapolis Marriott City Center: 35% allowable attrition, up to 100,000 Rewards points and more when you book 50+ rooms in 2010. Learn More |
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5 Tips to Increase Post-Event Survey Response
By: Donna Kastner  In today's busy world, it can be a challenge to get participants to respond in a timely fashion to a post-event survey. Here are some key tips to improve your survey response rates.
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James Beard Foundation Awards the Top Restaurant Venues
By: Sarah Larkins Considered the highest honor for food and beverage professionals in America, the JBF Awards are given to the best and brightest in the industry. Treat your guests to award-winning, innovative cuisine with a private event at one of these highly-lauded restaurant venues. Read more |
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 Downtown Conference Center in NYC - 30 versatile meeting rooms for meetings up to 100 attendees. Book 20 or more attendees and receive 15% off our Downtown Meeting Package price!
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Site Selection and the Needs of the Modern Business Traveler
By: Leigh Murdock When selecting the perfect venue and setting for your meeting, you consider many factors: price, square footage, menus, location and accessibility, to name a few. But are these the qualities that really matter to your business guests? Read more |
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A Swinging Meeting Break Idea: The Indoor Golf Gathering
By: Kate Hooper  How can you make a meeting break fun for a lot of golf newbies without worrying about inclement weather spoiling the event? Just "green up" one of your hotel's meeting rooms! Read more
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 "Meetings within Reach" or "Green Meetings Package" are just two of the many meeting options at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner! Learn More |
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Concessions, Concessions, Concessions
By: Leigh Murdock The severe business climate of 2009 opened up many windows for meeting planners to request concessions, and the trend continues into 2010. Check out 13 common concessions that your sales manager will most likely fulfill. Read more |
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4 Ideas to Get Attendees Moving and Improve Learning
By: Donna Kastner  In large meetings, we tend to corral people into rooms, sitting shoulder to shoulder for 90 minutes or more, and then we expect them to be attentive. Let's challenge our speakers to incorporate some kind of participant movement and/or activity in their presentations. Read more
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 The new Meetings with More package from the Four Seasons promises you more productivity, more results and more value, all while your attendees benefit from peak Four Seasons performance. Learn More |
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Cvent Starts 2010 with Unprecedented Q1 Growth Cvent had a record sales quarter in Q1 2010, increasing sales by 30 percent over the same period in 2009. This growth was fueled by a rebounding meetings industry in which meeting planners are increasingly turning to Cvent's web-based site selection and event management tools to achieve cost and time savings.  |
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