The Hotel Vitale in San Francisco introduces upgraded meeting facilities. Both videoconferencing and Webcasting services are available in-room. Other event spaces include a 3,000-square-foot patio at the Americano restaurant. Via a partnership with Miss Green Jeans--a new company specializing in helping hotels implement environmentally friendly packages--the hotel offers paperless meetings and ecologically aware amenities including notecards made from recycled jeans and organic chocolate.

For more information, call 415/278-3700; www.hotelvitale.com.