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Conference Centers Venue Roundup Austin Gets Tech-Rich AT&T Venue The AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin opened in August, with 40,000 sf of dedicated meeting space, including a 300-seat, tiered amphitheater with a 12-panel video wall, a divisible ballroom for 800, tiered classrooms, conference rooms, and breakout rooms. AT&T technology throughout, as well as in the 297 sleeping rooms, connects conferees to the Internet wirelessly, and to offices and families via VoIP telephones. Built to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Silver standards, the At the Univ. of Texas at Austin, an AT&T Center classroom facility boasts numerous green features, such as room thermostats that detect guest presence and local organic foods in the dining rooms. The center has IACC certification. Atlanta’s Emory Will Be Greener Is it possible to actually look forward to three all-day, round-the-clock meetings? Yes. In new construction as well as in refurbishments, conference center owners and developers are budgeting for green initiatives as part of the upgrades. For example, at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, a Green Sealcertified property in Atlanta, a major expansion that is to be completed next May has sparked a number of innovations, including the installation of a system in the kitchen to decompose all food waste so it can be safely discharged into the public sewer system. Being constructed are 127 new guest rooms and 6,000 sf of meeting space, a bowling alley, a pool, a health club, a bar, and a restaurant. Whet her you’re brainstorming the next level in your corporate evolution or planning your next steps on the road to success, Doral Arrowwood offers the amenities, facilities and people to make hard work almost something to look forward to. Our award-winning property is less than an hour from Manhattan, making it the perfect destination for your next meeting. To find out more, go to DoralArrowwood.com or call us toll-free at 1-866-428-9739. Woodlands Work With its eye toward AAA FourDiamond status, the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center in Texas has a $50 million renovation under way, which will add 158 guest rooms (for a total of 380), a new lobby, and a fine-dining steakhouse with a wine vault. And, it will make a 1,000-footlong lazy river that winds through the surrounding forest. It will have waves and water rapids and complement the existing family-favorite Forest Oasis Waterscape. Completion date is summer 2009. r —JB www.meetingnews.com 975 Anderson Hill Road • Rye Brook, NY • 10573 62 MeetingNews October 20, 2008 http://www.DoralArrowwood.com http://www.DoralArrowwood.com http://www.meetingnews.com

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Meeting News - October 20, 2008