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Special Report: Value Meetings lennium Knickerbocker’s complete meeting package starts at $142 per person and includes comp meeting room with comp Wi-Fi held on a 24-hour basis during meeting dates, a dedicated conference planning manager, up to 500 comp photocopies per meeting, and standard AV. Galena: Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa is offering seasonal packages starting $119 single and $149 double, featuring winter brain warm-up/campfire with marshmallows and summer bean bag tournament/sandlot activity. TEXAS: Houston: For 30 to 99 room nights, the Hotel Icon offers comp meeting room, one comp room per 25, 25% attrition, and 25% off group rates for Sunday arrival. For 100-plus room nights, get comp board meeting, 25% attrition, 25% off group rates for Sunday arrival, and comp welcome reception. conclusion of your event, comp meeting space with Wi-Fi, waived resort fee, 25% attrition allowance, and up to $500 signing bonus if contract is signed within 45 days of proposal date. N Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort & Spa’s Value Meeting Package offer will be available for its brand-new ballroom, which opens in June. It includes 3% off guest room charges on master bill, 10% discount on F&B, based on published rates, 20% discount on AV, 10% off spa treatments, and Starwood Preferred Planner signing bonus of 25,000 Starpoints at the time of booking (arrivals no later than Dec. 31). N Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa offers 10% off the master bill, including meeting facilities, guestrooms, catering, and technology. Good for new meetings booked and conducted between now and March 31, 2010. Qualifying events must consist of at least 10 paid guest rooms on the peak night. CALIFORNIA: Carmel: Through the end of the year, Quail Lodge Resort and Golf Club offers 20% off on the Meeting Package and 50% off on rooms booked in conjunction with the Meeting Package, which includes use of the resort’s main meeting room, 20% discount on meeting room Internet, and 20% discount on AV. Room rates start at $169 per night. Santa Cruz: Chaminade Resort & Spa’s Value Meeting Package gives planners who book a meeting prior to May 31 a 25% discount on published Benchmark Conference Plan (BCP) Package rates of $355+ single/ $240+ double plus comp one-hour wine and cheese reception, comp Wi-Fi in all meeting space and guest rooms, and one comp team-building course from “Chaminade Classics” team-building catalog. Tahoe: The Resort at Squaw Creek offers a series of incentives for meeting planners and association members for events taking place between March 1, 2009 and Dec. 17, 2010, including 50% off transportation service to and from Reno Airport, 50% off greens fees, 15% off AV or free Wi-Fi in meeting rooms, $25 resort credit per stay, and $25 off any spa treatment. Program must be booked by June 30. Greater Los Angeles: At the Renaissance Hollywood, the Produce A Blockbuster Hit package offers Red Carpet Welcome Reception, 75% room attrition, Triple Marriott reward points, and up to $10,000 credit to master bill. San Diego: As a new group incentive available now through December, when meeting planners book and consume a meeting or event at the Omni San Diego Hotel, it offers the Wish No More promotion for any meeting or event with 75 or more peak rooms. Planners can then select any of the following four wishes (or book 25 to 74 peak rooms and get three wishes): comp presidential suite (75 or more rooms), comp terrace suite (25-74 rooms), a two-night gift certificate, luxury box catered for 20 guests at a San Diego Padres game (75 or more rooms), four Premiere Club Level tickets to a San Diego Padres game (25-74 rooms), or flowers for awards banquet. N For groups booking 25+ rooms, Rancho Valencia is offering weekday stays up to 25 rooms starting at $375 per night comp one-hour bocce or croquet reception for up to 50, waived facility fees, and more. N The Solamar is offering “bailout dates” through December with “special funding” that includes 3% off the master bill, additional 3% off master bill if paid by check , half-off meeting room rental, one comp room for every 45 paid, VIP room upgrades, and welcome amenities. Rates are between $155 and $195 per night. Desert interior: For all groups booked within 2009, the Riviera Resort & Spa in Palm Springs, CA, is offering the Just Say No Campaign, which includes no attrition, no resort fee, no rental charge on meeting room, and no parking charge. San Francisco: The Sofitel San Francisco Bay offers groups of 100 rooms peak night or more 5% rebate on actualized rooms to the master bill, no attrition fees, and 10% F&B discount, valid for bookings that actualize before Dec. Additionally, groups that book and actualize before June 30 get double air miles. COLORADO: Telluride: The new Capella Telluride is offering the Capella Preview package for groups of 15 room nights or more on peak nights. It includes comp one-hour welcome reception, including open bar and hors d’oeuvres; 20% discount on all spa treatments; and more. The package is available through Dec. 17. Denver: The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center offers its 20/20 Anniversary Package through June 30, which includes a 20% discount off regular complete meeting package rates, and one comp room per 20 booked. West ARIZONA: Phoenix/Scottsdale: The Radisson Fort McDowell Resort & Casino’s Double Diamond Meeting Package offers triple Goldpoints, a one-hour reception, choice of happy-hour teambuilding, fireside storytelling, golf clinic or fry bread competition, comp executive suite with roundtrip airport transfers, 10% discount on AV, one per 25 suite upgrades with comp welcome amenity. Additional 5% credit to the master bill on rooms and/or F&B at the between now and March 31, 2010 10% Mexico new meetings booking and staying planners Brand-wide Values by Hilton and Hyatt or meeting planners booking and actualizing between now and March 31, 2010 at participating Hilton, Conrad, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, and Waldorf=Astoria Collection hotels, the Hilton family is offering special incentives, at www.hiltonfamily. com/groupbookings. Meanwhile, on new meetings booked and conducted between now and March 31, 2010, Hyatt hotels and resorts in the U.S., Caribbean, and Mexico are offering 10% off the master bill. See www.hyattreply.com/resorts/?icamp=hy_rmi_sanrs_pmo and reference “RESORTINC.” F incentives 14 MeetingNews March 9, 2009 www.meetingnews.com http://www.hiltonfamily.com/groupbookings http://www.hiltonfamily.com/groupbookings http://www.hyattreply.com/resorts/?icamp=hy_rmi_sanrs_pmo http://www.meetingnews.com

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