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PLANNING
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 The
Society of Incentive & Travel Executives (SITE) is seeking
corporate and incentive travel buyers, travel destination
decision makers and travel decision influencers to participate
in the MOTIVATION SHOW (IT&ME) 2004 SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAM. Applicants accepted into the program will
receive COMPLIMENTARY REGISTRATION AND $250 TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT.
To apply click http://www.site-intl.org/member/scholarship.cfm)
THE
MOTIVATION SHOW September, 28-30, 2004 in Chicago, IL
Also visit SITE
for membership information. |
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 NEW!
SHERATON CHICAGO HOTEL & TOWERS recently installed
the Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed in all 1,200 guest rooms –
the first in a series of guest room improvements. Each room
will also be updated with new décor, furnishings and
room amenities. Boasting more than 120,000 square feet of
flexible function space, including 34 meeting rooms and the
largest hotel ballroom in the Midwest, the hotel caters to
groups of all sizes. SPECIAL OFFER: Book a new event with
500 or more room nights before October 31, 2004 for meetings
to be held by April 30, 2005 and receive a free Sheraton Sweet
Sleeper Bed!
2005---Available Dates, Contact Hotel for Value Rates
JAN 23 - FEB 6, --- FEB 27 - MAR
5, --- APR 24 - 27 |
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SOUTHWEST |
 NEW!
SOFITEL HOUSTON
Houston, Texas
SEP
16-NOV 30; $119; 100 ROOMS
JAN 01-MAY 31, 2005; $129; 100 ROOMS
The luxury
334 room property is located in North Houston and offers complimentary
airport transfers from Bush Intercontinental which is just
7 miles away. The hotel features 30,000 square feet of meeting
space on one level and conference packages are available.
With easy access to downtown, Reliant Park and San Houston
Racepark, the hotel is in close proximity to golf, shopping
and dining. |
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MEXICO |
 NEW!
ROYAL HIDEAWAY PLAYACAR
Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo
OCTOBER
2004
$199* DBL, per
person, per night
$389*
DBL, per couple, per night
$249* SGL
*The
all-inclusive rate includes: luxury room accommodations, all
F&B (five ala carte restaurants, three bars, surcharge
for group functions), fitness center, tennis, non-motorized
watersports, taxes and gratuities. One per twenty comp.- groups
staying four nights receive a one-hour cocktail reception
with hot and cold canapés. Not available for groups
already booked and for children under 13 year old. Must mention
MADSearch to receive this special rate.
Just
45 minutes south of the Cancun Airport on thirteen acres of
tropical foliage that opens onto a beautiful stretch of beach
on the Yucatan Peninsula. The all-inclusive 168 luxury five-Star
Royal Hideaway can accommodate a meeting or incentive for
up to one hundred. As one of the Leading Hotels of the World
you and your attendees will enjoy nothing but the best. |
 PRESIDENTE
INTERCONTINENTAL
Cancun, Quintana Roo
SEP
1-DEC 20, 2004; BED & BREAKFAST FOR TWO
$99 + 12% tax + $6 Resort fee; 150 Rooms
SEP 1-DEC 20, 2004; BEACH PACKAGE*
$100 tax included; 150 Rooms; DBL, per person
$150 tax included; 150 Rooms; SGL, per person
*Includes:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner buffets, domestic open bar from
11:00 am to 11:00 pm, Meeting Space and Audiovisual Equipment,
one Coffee Break per day, Non motorized water sports, tennis,
exercise center, one complimentary room and one up-grade to
the Club Floor for every 20 rooms paid. All taxes, maid and
bell boys gratuities. (Resort fee US$6.00 per night per room,
not included).
The
AAA four-diamond resort is ideally situated on the widest,
safest, white sandy beach in Cancun right in the heart of
the island. Only 25 minutes from the airport and ten minutes
from downtown, next door to the Cancun Golf Club and within
walking distance to shopping area and the Convention Center. |
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ROCKY
MOUNTAINS |
 THE
BROADMOOR
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Short
Term Special Rate for up to 300 rooms
OCT 24-NOV 3, 2004; $179
NOV 7-11, 2004; $159
NOV 17-21, 2004; $159
Surround
your attendees with the wild, natural beauty of the Rocky
Mountains. Indulge them with luxurious accommodations, Five-Star,
Five-Diamond service, challenging championship golf, a premier
spa and a range of possibilities for an exciting outdoor
adventure. A full-service destination management company
is on-property, catering to your every need and with over
114,000 square feet of flexible space at your disposal,
your next meeting will be innovative, energizing and effortless.
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SOUTH
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 BRIDGEWALK,
A LANDMARK RESORT
Bradenton Beach, Florida
NO
HURRICANE DAMAGE! Located on Anna Maria Island, off the Gulf
Coast, this boutique resort with 28 guest rooms offers the
Mira-Mar Room, a perfect venue for corporate retreats, brainstorming
sessions or a productive seminar. The angular room can accommodate
72 persons and features cloud-like faux painting on the walls.
Plantation shutters cover the windows and carriage style fixtures
adjust for bright or dim lighting. The Braden Room is suitable
for boardroom-style meetings for up to twelve and both meeting
rooms offer High speed internet access. Situated on a private
beach in the historic district with a full-service spa, the
hotel is within walking distance to fine dining, shopping
and golf is nearby. Contact the hotel for special meeting
packages rates. |
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EVENTS |
 The
CIMPA/ALA Fall Conference is almost here. ITMIC 2004
(International Technology, Meetings & Incentive Conference)
is a joint program of the Connected International Meeting
Professionals Association and the Asian Leaders Association.
Join us in Albuquerque on November 12-15 - just after Veterans
Day in the USA and the World Travel Market in London. Early
Bird registration ends on September 15 - and if you purchase
your ticket now, you can still get a lot of excellent bargains
- ex: $70 from Phoenix, $99 from Los Angeles, $217 from the
East Coast roundtrip. Get
the codes. Registration fee includes three nights hotel
accommodations at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, most meals, all
events, seminars and for suppliers - exhibit space. |
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INCENTIVES
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 Check
in to the MANDARIN ORIENTAL SAN FRANCISCO
and select the keys to a Maserati Spyder (two-seater convertible)
or Maserati Coupe (four-seater) to explore the California
coast in style. The seven-night luxury adventure getaway,
begins with a personal chauffeur escort from the airport,
three nights in the grand 2,000 square foot Oriental Suite,
a helicopter tour, a gourmet dinner for two, and breakfast
in bed. Next, depart on a 140-mile drive to the award-winning
Post Ranch Inn on the Big Sur coastline. After a two-night
stay, complete with pampering spa treatments, guests will
get behind the wheel of their Maserati once again, for a three-hour
drive to the renowned Auberge du Soleil, for a gourmet extravaganza
in the heart of wine country. The two-night "wining and
dining" tour will also include an unforgettable hot-air
balloon ride over Napa Valley. A fifty-mile, one-hour drive
from Napa back to Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco will complete
the exhilarating adventure. The incomparable "La Dolce
Vita" travel package is available through September 2005
and the rate is $20,000, inclusive of taxes and gratuities. |
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 FREDERIC
A. "RIC" NICHOLSON
has been named Director of Sales and Marketing for The Adolphus,
effective immediately. He will be responsible for all aspects
of room sales, including marketing and advertising strategies
for the property. Mr. Nicholson will oversee the hotel's six
sales managers and the production of key business segments.
The appointment was announced by Tom E. Garcia, Managing Director
of The Adolphus. |
 Accor
Asia Pacific has announce the appointment of Mr. KRIPA
SHANKAR as Regional General Manager for the Greater
Jakarta area and Sumatra in Indonesia. Kripa began his career
with Accor 15 years ago with the Sofitel Cecil in Egypt and
held a variety of positions. He then moved to Israel where
he served as Area Director Jerusalem & Dead Sea before
relocating to China in 2002. He was most recently General
Manager of the Sofitel Jin Jiang Oriental Pudong Shanghai. |
 ROBYN
ROJEK
has been promoted to the position of Director of Sales for
the new Hilton Garden Inn in Albany, Georgia. The hotel, which
will be the largest conference and catering facility of its
kind in Albany, is schedule to open in the spring of 2005.
Ms. Rojek was formerly Sales Manager at the Emory Conference
Center Hotel in Atlanta, GA. Both hotels are managed by Crestline
Hotels and Resorts. Ms. Rojek is a graduate of Georgia Southern
University and joined the company in 2000 as a Conference
Planning intern and was subsequently promoted to Assistant
Conference Planning Manager, Conference Planning Manager,
and in 2002 to Sales Manager. In 2002 she was awarded "Sales
Person of the Year" by Crestline. |
 CRAIG
HILLYARD
has been appointed General Manager for the Crowne Plaza Ravinia
in Atlanta, Georgia which is now managed by Crestline Hotels
and Resorts. Mr. Hillyard is a senior executive with over
twenty years of hospitality experience and holds a Bachelor
of Science degree from James Madison University in Harrisonburg,
Virginia, where he graduated at the top of his class with
a degree in Hotel Administration. He has been with Crestline
Hotels & Resorts since 2000 as the General Manager of
the Atlanta Marriott Gwinnett Place. Prior to that he was
General Manager for the Westin Atlanta North and the Sheraton
Colony Square Hotel, both located in Atlanta. Before moving
to Atlanta, he held the same position at the Valley Forge
Marriott Suites in PA. He has recently been recognized by
Marriott for his "Superior Owner Relations" and
was recognized in 2002 by the Gwinnett Convention and Visitors
Bureau as "General Manager of the Year." and presently
serves as Treasurer. |
 The
new General Manager at the Hilton Hotel Parsippany, New Jersey
is GERALD BARRACK, a native of New Zealand
who began his twenty-year hospitality career as a management
trainee at the Regent of Auckland. Barrack re-joins Crestline
from Hyatt Hotels, where he was the General Manager of the
Hyatt Regency, Wichita since 1999. Prior to that position,
he was the Resident Manager at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott
in Norfolk, Virginia. He has held various positions with leading
hotels in the United Sates as well as Hawaii and Australia.
A graduate of the Barton School of Business in Wichita, Kansas,
and of the New Plymouth Boys High School in New Zealand, Barrack
was active in the civic and business community in Wichita.
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PROMOTIONS
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 MARY
KENNY,
has been promoted to Corporate Director of Marketing and Public
Relations for The Kessler Collection. She joined the company
in May 1999 as Corporate Director of Public Relations. In
this position, Mary oversees all aspects of the company's
public and community relations activities on local, national
and international levels as well as all marketing initiatives.
Kenny has been responsible for the pre- and post-opening and
operating public relations of eight of the nine hotels in
The Kessler Collection. She will now assume all of the marketing
responsibilities for The Kessler Collection and its hotel
properties and condominium developments. She is also a member
of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and serves on
the Florida Hospital Cancer Board and the Downtown Arts District
Board. |
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NEW
NAMES |
 As
of September first the former Crowne Plaza Tampa West Shore,
will be renamed theQUORUM HOTEL. Mark Shire,
the Marketing Director, said the 272-room hotel will immediately
begin a $5 million renovation. Redecorating the lobby and
all rooms in an Old Florida theme will appeal to those seeking
a unique independent boutique property.
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 The
360-room HYATT REGENCY WIND WATCH LONG ISLAND,
formerly the Wyndham Wind Watch is located approximately 50
miles from Manhattan in Hauppauge, New York. Recently purchased
by Highland Hospitality the hotel will undergo a $10 million
renovation of guestrooms, meeting facilities, restaurant and
other common areas according to the Hyatt Regency brand standards.
The property caters to both business and leisure demand with
approximately 18,000 square feet of flexible meeting space
and a resort-like setting, including access to the adjacent
Hamlet Wind Watch Golf & Country Club. Other amenities
include indoor and outdoor pool facilities, a health club
and state-of-the-art meeting facilities providing wireless
internet connections. |
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NEW
SPACES |
 The
RIO ALL-SUITE HOTEL & CASINO, Las Vegas,
Nevada is adding 60,000 square feet of meeting space. The
$39 million expansion, slated for completion in May 2005,
will bring the total square feet of meeting space to 160,000,
allowing for 300 different room configurations. With one of
the world's most versatile convention centers, the 2,548 all-suite
hotel has 33 breakout rooms and is the ultimate location for
groups up to 3000 people that need flexible meeting space
and areas for meal functions. |
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RAVES
& REVIEWS |
 LITTLE
PALM ISLAND RESORT & SPA
has added Travel + Leisure magazine's ‘2004 World’s
Best Awards’ to its list of accolades which include:
2004 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List, 2003 Condé
Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Award, MOBIL 4-Star Hotel
& Resort Spa Rating, Zagat “Top 50 Small Hotels
in the US” and “Top Hotel in Florida”, Virtuoso,
American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts. This secluded
hideaway, nestled amid hundreds of Jamaican coconut palm trees,
is located three miles offshore in the Lower Florida Keys
and only accessible by boat or seaplane. |
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 The
Hospitality Management Corporation’s Property of the
Year was won for the second consecutive year by the RADISSON
PENN HARRIS HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER, Harrisburg,
Pennyslvania. The hotel was also a recipient of the Radisson
President’s Award in 2003 for the second consecutive
year. |
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RENOVATIONS
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 If
you’re looking for a sophisticated hotel in the metropolitan
New Jersey area, look no further than the WESTIN GOVERNOR
MORRIS. Slated to complete a multi-million dollar
transformation in October, this property will become the new
benchmark for modern luxury hotels. Internationally renowned
designer Dayna Lee has created a stylish contemporary look
for the hotel’s 224 newly appointed guest rooms, 25,000
square feet of meeting space, lobby and its elegant new signature
restaurant. |
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