Tag: Pittsburgh

Funding in some destinations is threatened, but overall tourism cuts are slowing. [...] Read more

History, mountains, waterfalls, hip cities and state-of-the-art convention centers make Northeastern cities popular meeting destinations. [...] Read more

At-a-glance data on guest rooms, convention centers, exhibit space and meeting rooms in Albany, Atlantic City, Buffalo, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. [...] Read more

Personalized service, affordability and suitable facilities are more important to planners than unofficial tier designations. [...] Read more

Sheraton Seattle began construction of The Garden Walk, a pedestrian corridor and urban garden designed by landscape architects Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, last month. The walkway turns Seventh Avenue into a green space in the middle of Seattle, right along the route visitors take from the hotel to the convention center. Sheraton Seattle Hotel is the largest hotel in the Northwest with 1,258 rooms and 75,000 square feet of event space, including an 18,300-sq.-ft. grand ballroom.

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Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinatti — the economy has surprising destinations popping up as convention cities for associations. [...] Read more

Through city revitalization projects, creative sales and marketing efforts, and an emphasis on the kind of personalized customer service you can’t always get in top-tier destinations, several second-tier cities are demonstrating that once meeting planners experience their destinations, their minds, and their misconceptions, will be forever changed. [...] Read more