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WHEN EVELYN BENTON, EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., went looking for the “wow factor” for an important meeting, she found it in San Diego...

Stellar activities - from golf to watersports to whale watching— and a broad range of hotels make San Diego exceptionally appealing for medical meetings, where the attendees can be a diverse group with a variety of interests, says Barbara...

When it comes to planning meetings, Sue Story, CMP, doesn’t take many chances, but she admits it took confidence to take 180 employees of Orenda International to the new Omni San Diego Hotel in its second week of operation in April 2004...

WHEN THE TIME CAME FOR SUE DAVIS, DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PROJECTS, to plan the 2005 annual meeting for SPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering— the future was crystal clear. San Diego had hosted SPIE’s annual meeting for 33 of the last...

DOWNTOWN SAN DIEGO ...

A is for AEROSPACE. Visitors to the San Diego Aerospace Museum can replicate the Wright brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk by manning the controls of a thrilling flight simulator...

THE GOLF OF CALIFORNIA ...

• San Diego–based ATLAS HOTELS is investing $30 million to upgrade, expand, and transform Shelter Pointe Hotel and Marina into the Resort Kona Kai Spa and Marina by 2008. Planned new facilities include 150 guest rooms, lobby, restaurant, and a...

Offering 37,000 square feet of flexible space is only one of the many reasons to consider the queen of Southern resorts for your next meeting. Gracious hospitality, attentive service, championship golf, and an award-winning spa are a few others...