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January 2007

California: The Reel Story

We may not have grown up with the fantasy of becoming a movie star (well, not since puberty, at least), but we are all movie fans. Movies have profound power worldwide: to inspire, to educate and to entertain us.

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Destinations

Boise

Yes, it’s the City of Trees, but this high-desert community offers so much more for your meeting

Colorful hills, a gentle winding river, bright blue skies, white puffy clouds and a sea of green amid the high desert landscape.

Vancouver

Canada’s southwestern province, British Columbia, is a dream for meetings

British Columbia seems almost too good to be true. Its mountains of the Coast Range tumble down to the sea like staircases from heaven. Its biggest island holds forests and parks and a city seemingly lifted whole directly from England’s west coast.

Palm Springs, Lake Tahoe, Huntington Beach

Movie magic makes meetings magic

We may not have grown up with the fantasy of becoming a movie star (well, not since puberty, at least), but we are all movie fans. Movies have profound power worldwide: to inspire, to educate and to entertain us.

Las Vegas

According to astronomers (or at least those astronomers who love to gamble), Las Vegas has a gravitational force on par with the mightiest black holes.

Features

Running on the Road

Last August, I signed up to run a half-marathon that is taking place this month.

Brand News

Industry Event Planner

07 Your Best Year

Off Sites That Work

This exceptional article ran in the June 2006 issue of Harvard Business Review. The points on best practices for designing off-sites are of such merit that we want to present the feature to you in its entirety, beginning with this issue. You’ll find Part II in February. —The editors.

Did you Know

ConventionPlanit.com’s Stellar Tips

Start off your great year by trading some hard-earned wisdom with your peers. Go to ConventionPlanit.com and click onto the Stellar Tips link in the “For Planners Only” menu to tap into the flow.

Food + Beverage

Inside The Kitchen

Each religion offers a definition of Paradise. Fervent foodies might visualize something like this: Start with a traditional seaside English-style resort hotel. Furnish it with window seats, deep club chairs and crackling logs on the hearth.

Give Me 5

Interview With Victoria Sandvig,

Vice President, Schwab Institutional Events & Client Education / Corporate Events, Charles Schwab & Co.

Movers and Shakers

Movers and Shakers (Jan 07)

Quick Quips

Putting The "Team" In Teamwork

The opening and closing general sessions of a conference can make or break the experience. That’s why your choice of motivational speakers is so critical.

Select Sites

A "Private Island"?

With the opening of The Lodge at Koele last month, Four Seasons Resorts Lanai has created a dream situation for planners.

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A Sparkling Winter

SKI VEGAS?

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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.