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December 2007

HISTORIC HOTELS

A Tour Through Time: Seven Historic Hotels That Charm, Serve (and Maybe Spook) You

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Destinations

Costa Mesa

BY CAR OR BY PLANE, Warm up to meetings in Orange County

Just an hour south of Los Angeles, and four miles inland from the Pacific shoreline, is the city of Costa Mesa, a sunny pocket in Southern California’s Orange County (a.k.a. The O.C.).

Sacramento

Sacramento lured them in for the gold; they stayed for everything else

The California Gold Rush. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Capital of the eighth-largest economy in the world and most populous state in the U.S. If there is a theme here, it’s that Sacramento is not a city with a humble reputation.

San Diego

North County is San Diego's Playground

San Diego lures meetings and events with pristine beaches, a vibrant downtown, an accessible airport and a mild climate year-round.

Tucson

Tucson is the crossroads of teeming desert life, panoramic vistas and authentic southwestern culture

The moment your eyes sweep from the top of a towering saguaro cactus down to the strange, pig-like creature trotting by your feet, you know you’re not in a place that lends itself to stereotype.

Yucatan Penninsula

Mexico's Sun-Kissed Caribbean Coast Offers Instant Allure

It’s got one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, Chichen Itza, in its heartland; the world’s second-largest barrier reef, the Great Mayan Reef, offshore; and Mexico’s most popular visitor destination, Cancun, on its sparkling Caribbean coast.

Features

2007 Platinum Choice Awards

HISTORIC HOTELS

A Tour Through Time: Seven Historic Hotels That Charm, Serve (and Maybe Spook) You

The Mexican WOW Factor

The Ritz-Carlton, Cancun gives luxury meetings a new meaning

TRADE SHOWS

Let’s make a deal: The lowdown on those exhilarating, exhausting trade shows

Columns

Relationships:

Do we have time for them anymore?

Smart Moves: December 2007

Smart Spaces: Wine Cellar at The St. Regis, Monarch Beach

Stress Takes Flight

Nowadays, there’s nothing relaxing about business travel.

View From Vegas: Come on Down

Departments

Headlines: December 2007

Did you Know

There's No Place Like Home

Whether deep in the bowels of a large metropolis or embedded into a remote mountain bluff...

Food + Beverage

The Cocktail Revolution

You walk into a restaurant bar or a pre-dinner reception (no, this is not the beginning of a bad joke)...

The Wireless Cocktail and iCocktail - Only in Silicon Valley

From The Fairmont San Jose

Give Me 5

Interview with Michael A. Massari

Vice President of Meeting Sales & Operations

Quick Quips

Meeting for a Makeover

We’ve all seen it happen. Another hapless fashion victim leaves the house wearing a poorly fitting suit or coordinates that seem like they were chosen with the precision of a Pin-the-Tail-on-the-Donkey player. Yikes!

Select Sites

Rise and Shine

Everyone loves getting a makeover.

Technophiles

Way Cool Tools

James Spellos, CMP and president of Meeting U., a New York-based training and education company, knows how to grab an audience’s attention.

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A publication tailored for you, the meeting planner professional. We focus exclusively on locations in the western United States (including Alaska and Hawaii), Mexico and Canada.