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South Regional By Matt Alderton Orlando CVB Previews 2010 Group Marketing Plans In pursuit of more meetings and conventions business, the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau plans to continue emphasizing Orlando’s “innovation heritage” with the tagline, “Orlando: Where Creative Minds Meet,” it announced earlier this month, adding that it also will continue highlighting the destination’s meetings infrastructure with its “Orlando Meetings Mean Business” campaign. touch with new meetings prospects with the goal of reaching 1,000 meeting planners. • Plans to send CVB sales reps to 62 events in 30 cities in 2010. H The Orlando Convention & Visitors Bureau has a plan to welcome meetings to the area. As part of its continued focus on meetings and conventions business, the CVB: • Recently launched a new meetings Web site, OrlandoMeeting.com, featuring an online toolkit for meeting planners, a venue search engine and a customizable request-for-proposals function. • Plans to focus this fall on positioning Orlando as a smart choice for corporate and government meetings, targeting CEOs, CFOs and COOs, hoping to convince them that the city is a place to do serious business. • Has formed a medical advisory board, which will hold its first meeting in October, to help sell Orlando as a destination for medical meetings and events. • This year launched Operation Connect, a joint program with the Orange County Convention Center that puts community leaders in www.meetingnews.com EVERYMEETINGISAGRANDEEVENT. Because every detail is attended with to with warm, personal elegance and service. Surrounded by relaxing views, our 15,000 square feet of unique event space provides a peaceful setting for your meeting or special event. Groups from 10 to 400 will discover our style of gracious ambience and charm is designed to ensure that all events are grande events. For elegance at a competitive rate, inquire about our fall meeting offer by calling our professional event-planning staff today at 866.756.4233 or go to www.marinainnatgrandedunes.com/fallmeeting 8121 Amalfi Place Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 • MarinaInnAtGrandeDunes.com/Plan_Your_Event September 21, 2009 MeetingNews 55 http://www.OrlandoMeeting.com http://www.marinainnatgrandedunes.com/fallmeeting http://www.marinainnatgrandedunes.com/fallmeeting http://www.MarinaInnAtGrandeDunes.com/Plan_Your_Event http://www.meetingnews.com

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Pricing Forecast
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Meetings Spotlight
Event Profile

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Meeting News - September 21, 2009 - Contents (Page 1)
Meeting News - September 21, 2009 - Pricing Forecast (Page 2)
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Meeting News - September 21, 2009 - Meetings Spotlight (Page 10)
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