Meetings & Conventions: Newsline
June 2003
Edited by Carla Benini
NEWSLINE
Breaking News
Wynn Resorts plots global expansion, renames Le Reve... Starwood
continues property sales to pay down debt... Arizona earmarks more
funds for Phoenix convention center expansion... Grande Lakes
Orlando celebrates grand opening... San Jose bureau and convention
center combine sales and marketing staffs... National Constitution
Center to open July 4 in Philadelphia... and much more
Military Groups
Face Attendance Shortfalls
With members serving overseas, meetings take a hit
Fire Safety in
the Spotlight
Rhode Island disaster prompts scrutiny of venues nationwide
More Rooms for
Texas?
New mayors weigh headquarters hotels
Macworld
Appeases Prized Exhibitor
Apple Computer gets on board for 2003, but 2004 participation
still in question
HHI: Creating
Hotels From History
Interview with Lynn Fournier of Historic Hospitality
Invesments
Research:
Budgets Hold Steady
Meeting planners keep spending down, hopes up
On
Location:St. Martin
City
Beat
Wisconsin Dells
Kalahari Branches Out
Minneapolis
Arty New Hotel
INTERNATIONAL
FOCUS:Santiago
HOTEL
BEAT
Status reports on hotel developments...An old furnace is now the
86-room Ritz-Carlton Georgetown
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