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ConventionSouth May 2008Excellence. Answers. Insight.
ConventionSouth's May Issue

Read the May issue to find out more about: 
—Blogs: Powerful Tools To Grow Your Business 
—How Boutique Hotels' Are Attracting Groups 
—How State Parks Are Joining Ranks Of Upscale Venues  
  
Check out ConventionSouth's Directory of Meeting Sites in the South in the August issue. Click here to subscribe! 






Houston, TexasInsider's Guides:

Keep up-to-date with the latest happenings from the South's meeting destinations with ConventionSouth's monthly Insider's Guides. In this month's issue, find out the latest news and meeting site details on:



PLUS, click on each destination above to get more information and a detailed list of meeting sites & capacities within each area.




Resorts

Resort Meetings: Getting More Done With Time To Do Nothing

What do your attendees want? If they're like most Americans they want more time to get away from the office and relax, according to a recent survey by Expedia.com. Resort meetings are creating even more opportunities to give attendees—and planners—a break from the norm and offer not only opportunities to conduct business, but to relax and experience activities that synchronize the brain and body. [Read more.]





Sandpearl Resort

18 New Resorts—They're HOT

Our list of 18 new resorts—why they're hot and the "cool" places to meet. From the beaches of South Florida to the Tennessee Mountains to the Texas countryside, click here to access 18 new—or virtually new—resorts and the reasons they're hot sites for events.







The Green Issue

ConventionSouth Celebrates 25 Years As Your Magazine

First published in 1983 and committed to excellence, answers and insight on the meetings industry ever since, ConventionSouth magazine is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Our June issue will focus on much of what has changed within the meetings industry in the last quarter century—and our editor's would like your input. Click here to email us what you regard as the most significant influences—people, events, trends or inventions—on the meetings industry since the 1980s.






ConventionSouth On The Road

Throughout the year, ConventionSouth writers and editors travel to destinations throughout the Southeast and report on their unique meeting offerings. This month, read about our traveling journalist's experiences in Daytona Beach, Fla. and Sunset Beach, Fla.








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2008 Top Events Award

Was an event held at your site or destination creatively and professionally executed? If so, nominate the event and planner for inclusion in the December special awards and recognition issue.

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Annual Meeting Professionals To Watch

In the December 2008 issue of ConventionSouth, editors will include profiles of meeting planners whose creativity has been recognized by you. Nominate meeting planners for this recognition.

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Annual Readers' Choice Awards

The December 2008 issue of ConventionSouth will highlight some of the South's most creative and professional convention and visitors bureaus and meeting sites as selected by you.

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New And Renovated Top Honors

The December 2008 issue of ConventionSouth will highlight some of the South's top meeting sites that are newly opened and top sites that have recently renovated or expanded.

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