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Meeting Sites Galveston & Texas Beaches ANY SEASON: As an alternative to urban meeting sites, planners might want to consider resorts along the Texas coast where the weather couldn't be warmer or venues more inviting with high-style convention halls, hotels, and leisure activities galore. COST SAVING: The string of unique beach towns along the Texas Gulf coast reaches hundreds of miles south to the Texas-Mexican border and markets attractions for all budgets. By ESSENTIAL TOOL BOX Convention Centers/Facilities: GALVESTON Galveston Island Convention Center at The San Luis Resort, 43,000 sf of dedicated meeting space, with 15 meeting rooms. CORPUS CHRISTI American Bank Convention Center, 76,500 sf of dedicated meeting space, with 29 meeting rooms for 24,150 theater-style; Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, 28,000 sf of dedicated meeting space, with seven meeting rooms for 1,200 theater-style; Memorial Coliseum Corpus Christi, 22,000 sf of dedicated meeting space, with three meeting rooms. SOUTH PADRE ISLAND South Padre Island Convention Centre, 22,500 sf of dedicated meeting space, with eight meeting rooms for 3,000 theater-style. For complete hotel listings visit Facility Quick Search at mimegasite.com TOP PHOTO: VADIM TROSKIN / GALVESTON & COMPANY Patricia Alisau Galveston Island Convention Center 140 mimegasite.com JANUARY 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - January 2008

Successful Meetings - January 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Associations
Research
Events
Suppliers
Associations
On the Record
Associations
Suppliers
Planner Spotlight
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Meeting the Law
Personal Success
Mouth for Sale
Food & Beverage
Professional Development
On Site
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
Veggie Power
Tennis, Anyone?
Seeing is Believing
The Wild Green Yonder
Game On
Places & Spaces
Galveston & Texas Beaches
Greater Seattle
Singapore
Gurus

Successful Meetings - January 2008