The 156-room Crowne Plaza Miami Kendall recently opened in Miami. With four banquet halls, the hotel offers 5,000 square feet of event space. Meetings at the hotel include the services of a staff meetings director and the "Meetings Daily Debrief...

Located in Boston, the Ritz-Carlton Boston Common is in the midst of an $11 million upgrade. By fall, a new ballroom will add 3,000 square feet of meeting space to the hotel, management says. The new venue will feature a separate entrance on Trem...

Belle Mer, in Newport, R.I., has recently reopened after a $2.5 million renovation. The new Water Salon features 10-foot high glass walls that open directly onto the lawn. Other amenities in the space include 72-inch clear crystal light fixtures...

Hendersonville, N.C.-based Leisure Craft offers a new line of metal tables. The company recently acquired new cutting tools, allowing it to form its tables into round, square and oval shapes. Personalized tables are also available; finishes inclu...

Arlington, Va.-based Garnier-Thiebaut's Spring-Summer 2007 collection of linen includes a line called Quartiers, with embroidered Parisian symbols such as Metro entrances, street lamps and cafe tables. Other new linen lines include Les Toits, ins...

San Francisco-based OrganicBouquet.com has introduced a new rose called Vitality. The white flower is the first organic fragrant rose, according to the company. The Vitality roses measure 2 feet long. For more information, type in Reader Service...