VENUE NEWS: HOTEL OPENS IN BERLIN

Located in Berlin, the new 146-room Hotel de Rome is housed in a building built in 1889. All guest rooms incorporate the Berlin style of glass and steel...

VENUE NEWS: EVENT SPACE ON THE SPIRIT OF PHILADELPHIA

The Spirit of Philadelphia offers cruises on the Delaware River with views of Philadelphia and Camden, N.J. A lunch or dinner buffet...

VENUE NEWS: FLORIDA HOTEL REVEALS NEW GRAND BALLROOM

Located in Orlando, Fla., the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center boasts 2,000 rooms and the recently renovated Grand Ballroom. The ballroom features 38,000 square feet of venue space...

VENUE NEWS: STONE ROSE LOUNGE

The latest venue from Rande Gerber's After Midnight Co., the Stone Rose Lounge, recently opened in Los Angeles. Located in the newly renovated Sofitel Los Angeles hotel, the 5,000-square-foot lounge ...

CONFETTI: ROCK RESORTS EXPERTS LET GUESTS ROCK ON

The Rock Star program, offered at the upscale Rock Resorts chain, provides experts from specific fields to share their knowledge with a group. For example,...

Marriott hotels to go smoke-free

Washington-based hotel giant Marriott International announced today that all of its lodging brands in the U.S. and Canada will become 100 percent smoke-free beginning in September. The new policy covers more than 2,300 hotels and corporate apartments and nearly 400,000 guest rooms....

ARE YOU MISSING NEW ORLEANS

BY KELLIE HOPE MATHAS, CSEP, CMP

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter...

GUEST ROOM: HYATT CATERING'S CHERYL MARTIN'S WINNING WORDS

BY LISA HURLEY

IT'S a tough award to win. Being named catering manager of the year at Hyatt Hotels means hitting sales targets, winning the support of management and...

FLEXIBLE EVENT SPACE: THE SECRET'S OUT

BY DEBBIE MEYERS, CSEP

LOOKING for flexible event space can be a challenge. Hotel ballrooms land convention center spaces offer many amenities, yet often come with restrictions...

WEDDING VENUES UNVEILED

BY NATASHA GARBER

WEDDINGS are one occasion when the right location is a requisite. In the current event market, that often means taking the festivities out of traditional...