Destination: New Mexico Meeting & Event Planning City Guide
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Albuquerque CVB
20 First Plaza NW, Suite 601, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87102
17000
600,000 sq ft
Book a meeting in Albuquerque In your lifetime you might plan a hundred conventions. Shouldn't one of them make you think, "This is different"? Albuquerque offers meeting planners something no other city can: one-of-a-kindness. In addition to $20 million being invested in the Albuquerque Convention Cente, the city offers more than $300 million in recent hospitality investments and planned developments including hotels, off-site venues and area attractions. Big or small, every meeting here also receives the same award-winning service that we are known for.
Destination Articles
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Cultural Diversity
By Alex Schechter
January 29, 2013
Despite being one of the last states to join the Union, rugged, gorgeous New Mexico has a rich history, with human occupation stretching back 11,000 years and the emergence of the Ancestral Pueblo people dating back to the 11th century. The ..rst written history began more than 400 years ago when Santa Fe was established as the Spanish colonial capital by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Long before any white guys were staking claims to the land, Hispanic and Native American peoples shared the region peacefully, resulting in a unique intermingling of diverse cultures.
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Healthy, Well-Thy And Wondrous
By Steve Winston
June 27, 2012
It’s different here. The air is different, filled with the fragrance of the ubiquitous pinon tree, unseen chakras and spirits. The colors are different, in the red-tile rooftops and white Spanish stucco and earth-toned adobe, in the skyscraping Sangre de Cristo Mountains and in the bosque (cottonwoods on the banks) along the Rio Grande.
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Reliving the Old West in New Mexico
By Jennie Nunn
January 30, 2012
Hitching posts from ranching days past, wide-open spaces covered with wildflowers that stretch for miles, museums spanning centuries with big-name artists including Georgia O’Keeffe, and sunsets so breathtaking they couldn’t possibly be real set the backdrop in New Mexico, aptly nicknamed Land of Enchantment.
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Enchanting Wild West
By Maxine Cass
June 22, 2011
Way out West, more precisely in the Southwest at the southern end of the American Rocky Mountains, are three vibrant cities that revel in their history and arts traditions while welcoming meetings with a distinctive flavor found only in New Mexico. There’s even a touch of the Wild West in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, of open space, sharp blue sky etched by noble mountains and the winding Rio Grande River. Native American culture thrives nearby in the millennia-old Pueblo culture and in ancient petroglyphs carved into rock outcroppings. Indians, Spaniards, Mexicans and Americans have all met here over the centuries; today, the trio of cities shares authentic history, culture and cuisine with those who meet here underneath famously balloon-filled skies.
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Head Southwest
By Talia Salem
January 28, 2011
At 121,593 square miles, New Mexico is the fifth largest state, but 36th in population with just over 2-million residents.
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Under Southwestern Skies
By Karen Misuraca
June 30, 2010
The three historic cities of New Mexico—Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos—enjoy 310 days of sunshine a year in a dry, high-desert climate. Often scattered with multicolored hot-air balloons, skies are a startling, clear blue at these elevations of 5,500 to more than 7,000 feet.
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Way out West, more precisely in the Southwest at the southern end of the American Rocky Mountains, are three vibrant cities that revel in their history and arts traditions, while welcoming meetings with a distinctive flavor found only in New Mexico. There’s even a touch of the Wild West in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos, of open space, sharp blue sky etched by noble mountains and the winding Rio Grande River. Native American culture thrives nearby in the millennia-old Pueblo culture and in ancient petroglyphs carved into rock outcroppings. Indians, Spaniards, Mexicans and Anglos have all met here over the centuries; today, the trio of cities shares authentic history, culture and cuisine with those who meet here underneath famously balloon-filled skies.
One thing common to the entire state is the concept that it’s always Christmas in New Mexico. Anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting this Southwestern haven will immediately understand: “Christmas” in the New Mexico sense has less to do with the holiday season of Santa Claus and everything to do with the cuisine that is a vital characteristic of life in the state.
Ask locals “red or green?” and they’ll know exactly what you mean. Red refers to the chili peppers hung to dry on strings, or ristras, which take on a deep red color and mellow flavor when used in cooking. “Green” are the ripe chili peppers picked and roasted fresh at the end of summer, which tend to be spicier than the red variety.
Which brings us to Christmas: When you want both red and green chilis on your enchiladas or other regional Mexican (or New Mexican) dish, just ask for “Christmas.” For local New Mexicans, the choice of red or green is similar to an Irish pub patron who chooses black or tan beer—it all comes down to personal preference. And like wine vintage, the heat of the chili depends on the variety, growth and harvest conditions of individual crops in particular years.
