Management at the 109-year-old Hotel del Coronado (Coronado, CA) has been turned over to Destination Hotels & Resorts. Under the new management, more than $50 million will be invested in the 692-room landmark hotel over the next five years...
CLC appointed the Resource Center for Associations in Wheat Ridge, CO, as its new management firm at the meeting in November, the first under the new CLC's governance structure...
Your board of directors tells you that even though your association is attracting new members, the veteran members are no longer attending meetings. Their participation is critical--after all, they are the most expert and influential people in...
While Boston and Springfield, MA, opted to wait for state funds before beginning construction of new convention centers, the city council of Worcester, MA, made a gutsy move. It went ahead with a $39.5 million convention center project 42 miles...
Future bookings at the Providence (RI) Convention Center increased 105% in 1997, reports the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. To achieve such growth, Providence has invested one billion dollars in reshaping the city. In...
In late August, the Broward County Commission approved construction of a 500-room, $63 million Crown Plaza Hotel to be built adjacent to the Greater Fort Lauderdale (FL)/Broward County Convention Center. Construction begins in this month and is...
President Clinton was the guest speaker at the annual State Leaders Conference of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA. Clinton asked for support of voluntary school...
The Hickory Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau in North Carolina has named Wendy Michelle Morefield sales manager. Previously, she served as tourism sales manager for the Charlotte (NC) Convention & Visitors Bureau...
With hotel owners' emphasis on ROI, "hoteliers are now more like accountants," says Robert C. Harvey, who has just retired after serving 26 years as convention director for the National Council of Teachers of English in Urbana, IL...
