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Mile-High News from Southwest

Southwest Airlines has expanded its Denver service with six new nonstop flights and two new destinations. Beginning June 4, Southwest will offer two new daily nonstop roundtrips... More

San Francisco’s Stanford Court Transforms

The historic Stanford Court Hotel, on Nob Hill in San Francisco, is undergoing a sweeping $32-million renovation. Slated for completion in August, the upgrades will revitalize a... More

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Finding Spain in Riverside

Hunter Holcombe
Managing Editor

May 07, 2008

Spend more than a day at the historic Mission Inn Hotel & Spa and you will begin to think you are in Sevilla, not downtown Riverside in California&rsquo

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Healthy Meetings: Eco Spa Trends

By Julie Keller
If you are ready to go green, consider them when selecting the site of your next event. In fact, planners w...

Eco-Friendly Features Are Gaining Ground In Meetings Industry

By Sandi Cain
Meeting planners are increasingly going green, and it has nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day. An...

Convention Centers’ Green Building Boom

By Steve Bjerklie
First, the bad news: If your meeting this year will occupy one of the major western convention centers, cha...

Going Green

By Carolyn Koenig
For the past two decades we’ve been faithfully following the environmental 3R’s—reuse, re...