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1111 Lincoln Road – Miami’s New Hip Event Venue
On February 5, 2014 by AdminBy Kevin Woo Our culture is filled with mononyms. Elvis is the king of rock and roll, and Bono is the face of fusion philanthropy. With a little thought we can come up with others such as Cher, Madonna, Twiggy, Penn and Teller. You get the idea. If we take liberties with the exact definition
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Planning for Passionate Attendees
On October 24, 2013 by AdminOrganizers increased attendance and media coverage at an annual Arabian Horse Show by adding unique entertainment that would excite the audience. By Kevin Woo September 2013 VIPs can be a pretty finicky bunch. Some demand nice comfy beds. Some want their quarters away from others, so as not to be disturbed, while others want to
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Fashion Forward
On June 11, 2013 by AdminElla Pritsker followed an unconventional path to become host of a prominent fashion show in Baltimore. By Kevin Woo, One+ | June 3, 2013 Ella Pritsker was a single mother when she arrived in the U.S. She didn’t speak English, she didn’t have a job and she was poor. Her road to a
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In Baltimore You Can Be Anything
On April 22, 2013 by AdminThe National Middle School Association held its 37th annual meeting in Baltimore in 2011 By Kevin Woo June 2, 2011 AMERICANS ARE TOLD AS CHILDREN THAT WITH SOME EFFORT WE CAN GROW UP TO BE POLICE OFFICERS, FIRE FIGHTERS, LAWYERS, DOCTORS OR EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. But if you’re born to
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International Police Mountain Bike Association
On April 22, 2013 by AdminRide Free – Superior biking infrastructure, historical sites and eclectic neighborhoods led the International Police Mountain Bike Association to hold their annual convention in Richmond, Virginia By Kevin Woo One+ May 9, 2011 SEVEN SCORE AND SIX YEARS AGO, General Ulysses S. Grant and thousands of Union Army soldiers marched to Richmond, Virginia, on
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Salt Lake City – A City’s Evolution
On April 22, 2013 by AdminBy Kevin Woo One+ September 2, 2011 NOT LONG AGO, JAN SNEEGAS BEGAN PLANNING HER ORGANIZATION’S 2009 ANNUAL EVENT. As she ran through the list of requirements she concluded that nothing was overly onerous. The host city (preferably a West Coast destination) needed enough meeting space to accommodate 3,500 attendees during plenary sessions. The host
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Business, Just Not As Usual
On April 10, 2013 by AdminThe ins and outs of doing business in China are what APEX learned on a recent overseas trip By Kevin Woo, One+ | April 2013 IMAGINE YOURSELF AS AN EXECUTIVE IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY. As such, you probably spend most of your time and effort looking for ways to maximize your company’s profitability. This could
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Finding Yourself In Fort Wayne, Indiana
On March 7, 2013 by AdminHundreds of thousands of people interested in unearthing their personal histories are drawn to the library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. By Kevin Woo One+| February 2013 SHORTLY AFTER THEY RETIED IN 1997, ALFREDA AND JIM BATDORFF DECIDED THEY NEEDED A HOBBY TO FILL THEIR NEWLY DISCOVERED FREE TIME. Ideally, the couple from Coos Bay, Oregon,
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Think Inside the Rocks in Denver
On January 25, 2013 by AdminIslandic wanted to rise above the noise at the annual SnowSports Industries of America conference to created a one-of-a-kind event at which attendees could experience Denver. By Kevin Woo One+| January 25, 2013 YOU’RE ALWAYS IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT VENUE. You know, the one that has the perfect atmosphere, sends the perfect message to
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The Learning Lab at the Springhill Suites
On January 25, 2013 by AdminA new SpringHill Suites hotel in Denver is one of only 10 teaching hotels built on a U.S. college campus—80 percent of its workforce is made up of students from Metro State’s School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events. By Kevin Woo One+| January 25, 2013 MARRIOTT OPENED A NEW SPRINGHILL SUITES hotel in downtown
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Trophy Tour To Switzerland
On November 6, 2012 by AdminThe annual Switzerland Meeting Trophy, designed for prospective meeting planners, is a week-long journey through Swiss cities of Bern, Gstaad, Montreux and Grandvaux By Kevin Woo One+ | November 05, 2012 BY THE TIME A MEETING PLANNER’S PLANE IS ON FINAL APPROACH AND THE WHEELS TOUCH DOWN, chances are they’ve already begun to put
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Sojourn to the Past: An Interview with Kevin Woo
On November 5, 2012 by AdminKevin Woo is one of our longtime writers, and he’s always finding great stories to share with readers. His latest, Stepping Forward is one of the best articles he’s written for us. It tells the story of Sojourn to the Past, a 10-day field trip across several states that educates today’s youth about the U.S.
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Sojourn to the past
On September 6, 2012 by AdminSojourn to the Past is more than an extended field trip or 10-day conference. It’s a journey of shared history. By Kevin Woo September 04, 2012 To read part two of Sojourn to the Past go here. HE HAD A DREAM THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD LEAD A GROUP OF high school students, from different
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Wipe Off The Rust In Pittsburgh
On May 18, 2012 by AdminLast June, more than 80 members of the Society of American Travel Writers visited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to see the city’s unbelievable transformation first-hand. By Kevin Woo | One+ May 2012 WHAT’S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? AN AFRICAN SAFARI? SKYDIVING? Climbing Mount Everest? Taking part in a religious retreat in Nepal? How about a visit to Pittsburgh
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Preservation is Everything in Buffalo
On April 9, 2012 by AdminLast October, the National Trust for Historic Preservation held its annual convention in Buffalo, where attendees had a chance to make up their own minds about the city. By Kevin Woo One+ | April 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y., HAS SUFFERED FROM AN IDENTITY CRISIS FOR MANY YEARS. AND WHO COULD BLAME IT? In the past four years, Forbes has named it
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Budapest is Central and Ideal
On March 20, 2012 by AdminSince 1989, Budapest has been attracting meeting professionals outside of Central Europe by investing resources to improve its infrastructure. By Kevin Woo One+ | December 8, 2011 IF RODNEY DANGERFIELD WERE ASKED TO DESCRIBE BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, HE MIGHT PARAPHRASE HIS SIGNATURE LINE AND JOKE THAT THE CITY DOESN’T GET ANY RESPECT. It might be more
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Houston Hosts Munch Madness
On March 18, 2012 by AdminHouston’s Local Organizing Committee and 32 area restaurants competed for the opportunity to cater at the Big Dance Concert Series during the 2011 college basketball Final Four By Kevin Woo | February 2012 THIS PAST SPRING, HOUSTON HOSTED THE NCAA FINAL FOUR where the best U.S. college basketball teams played for the national championship.
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Houston’s Southern Culture on the Rise
On March 8, 2012 by AdminThe American Association of Museums conference in Houston last year was the most welcoming event the organization has ever experienced. By Kevin Woo One+ | March 5, 2012 WHEN YOU THINK OF THE WORLD’S GREAT CULTURAL CENTERS, CITIES SUCH AS CAIRO, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C., ARE LIKELY TO IMMEDIATELY COME TO MIND.
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Seoul Searching
On March 7, 2012 by AdminDelegates of the International Korean Adoptee Associations conference experienced Seoul and its diverse heritage and left with a greater understanding of themselves. By Kevin Woo One+ | December 10, 2010 A TRIP TO SEOUL CHANGED LIBBY AND DAVID GLUCK FOREVER. The couple had planned the visit for years. They studied pictures, day dreamed and
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Youth For Change
On March 7, 2012 by AdminThe 2008 National Service-Learning Conference in Minneapolis shows how service-learning can build academic skills and citizenship among young adults, as well as communicating the need for involvement within local and global communities. By Kevin Woo One + | October 2009 “THE WORLD IS PASSING THROUGH TROUBLOUS TIMES,” an Amiens priest once said. “The young people
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Insider Knowledge in Beijing
On March 7, 2012 by AdminTo tackle a challenge of finding things do in Beijing, a planner reverse engineered the process of identifying the cool and hip places for a GLBT group to visit. By Kevin Woo | May/June 2010 CHINA’S HISTORY CAN BE TRACED AS FAR BACK AS 2100 B.C., but documenting the major events that defined the
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Abu Dhabi – Middle East Central
On March 7, 2012 by AdminBy Kevin Woo One+ | January 3, 2011 OIL AND WATER DON’T MIX, SAYS THE CLICHE. BUT THAT WASN’T THE CASE for the organizers of the recent Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC). Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s largest emirate, is a T-shaped island city that sits a quarter-mile off the mainland. Oil and
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Breaking Bread in Portland
On March 6, 2012 by AdminThe International Association of Culinary Professionals’ 2010 conference shows that food can be the first step in bridging a divide between different countries, religions and generations. By Kevin Woo September 2010 KAMAL MOUZAWAK WANTS TO BRING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE EAST, and his weapons of choice include flatbread, baked goods and chickpeas. Strange ammunition you
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Giving Voice to the Homeless
On March 6, 2012 by AdminStudent journalists take part in a convention’s intense community service project in Hollywood, Fla. By Kevin Woo One+ | November 2, 2009 WHEN CRYSTAL VOGELSANG MET SHAWN ANDERSON, SHE KNEW HE WAS THE ONE. “I waited my whole life for him, and he’s the one who God chose,” she said. “I want to be with
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Anything is Possible in Snowmass
On March 6, 2012 by AdminBy Kevin Woo July 5, 2011 ALAN BABIN WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH AND HIT BY SHRAPNEL from a rocket-propelled grenade during a fierce firefight less than two months into his tour of duty in Iraq. He spent the next seven months in intensive care at Walter Reed Hospital and underwent more than 70 surgeries,
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An Educational Journey
On March 5, 2012 by AdminFeria Para Aprender (The Learning Fair) is the largest Hispanic education and college-readiness event in the country, and it hopes to help stem the tide of high school dropout rates in Dallas. By Kevin Woo August 10, 2011 THE DROPOUT RATE AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AGE STUDENTS IN THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (DISD) HOVERS AROUND
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