Exclusive Meetings, Inclusive Catering: Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel is offering an Exclusive Meetings, Inclusive Catering package for group bookings actualized by Dec. 30, 2010. The $139 room rate includes a catering package that features a continental breakfast, morning break as well as lunch and afternoon breaks for each group attendee. The Renaissance features 548 rooms and 20,000 square feet of meeting space.
Make a Green Choice program: Hotels are offering room discounts and rewards for guests willing to forgo housekeeping. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has a “Make a Green Choice” program that offers hotel credit or points in its reward program. Guests can earn a $5 credit at any Westin hotel restaurant or 500 Starpoints, for every night they opt out of housekeeping for up to three consecutive nights.
Artistic meetings: Kimpton’s Hotel Palomar Atlanta Midtown has developed new Art of Meetings promotion that features four signature meetings: Fun Worship, Degrees of Discovery, EarthCare and Elements of Wellness. Planners can also take advantage of 2010 Summer Group Promotion offering $99 room rates along an afternoon break July 25 through Sept. 10.
Peabody expansion special offer: The Peabody Orlando is celebrating expanded meeting space with the Peabody Expansion Special Offer for bookings confirmed by July 31, 2010. Complimentary opening reception and meeting space along with 15 percent off 2010 or 2011 published banquet menu pricing and 15 percent off published AV equipment pricing are some of the discounts. The Peabody Orlando features 340,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space, the 34,370-sq.-ft. Windermere Ballroom, the 26,923-sq.-ft. Plaza International Ballroom and two junior ballrooms.
Choice privileges: Need last minute meeting rooms? The Orlando Vista Hotel at Lake Buena Vista is now a member of Choice Hotels International’s Ascend Collection. Through March 31, 2010, the Orlando Vista Hotel rates start at $69 and guests can earn points towards free nights, flights and other rewards through the Choice Privileges rewards program. The 246-room hotel is minutes from world-class theme parks, the Orlando/Orange County Convention Center and Orlando International Airport.
Win an iPhone: The Columbia Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau is inviting meeting planners to submit a request for proposal (RFP) and be entered to win an iPhone. Meeting planners who sign a contract are eligible for up to $5,000 for conference expenses. RFPs must be submitted through the Web site before March 15, 2010.
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