Successful Meetings - October 2007 - (Page 65) Meeting Sites Austin Essential Tool Box Convention Facilities: Austin Convention Center, 125,000 sf of dedicated meeting space; 246,000 sf of column-free exhibit space; 54 meeting rooms and show offices; the 43,300-sf grand ballroom seats 3,000 banquetstyle or 3,900 theater-style. Lester E. Palmer Events Center, 5,000 sf of meeting space, five meeting rooms, 70,000 sf of exhibit space that can accommodate up to 3,100 theater-style. Daily Business Costs*: Hotel $ 172.55 F&B $83.14 Car Rental $129.26 For more info: Austin Texas CVB www.austintexas.org *Source: Business Travel News 2007 Corporate Travel Index JAM-PACKED with history, museums, parks, nearby resorts, spas, and golf courses, and home to the high-tech industry and one of the hottest film and music festivals in the country, Austin consistently makes the TEN BEST LISTS in everything from top job market to most educated to most vegan-friendly. A walkable, VIBRANT downtown welcomes visitors to kick back and relax in between wheeling and dealing. PHOTOS: TOP, AUSTIN CVB; BOTTOM: FOUR SEASONS’ MARTINI By Julie Catalano Essential Tool Box SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS OCTOBER 2007 mimegasite.com 65 http://www.austintexas.org http://mimegasite.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - October 2007 Successful Meetings - October 2007 Contents Editor's Note Suppliers Suppliers Calendar Research On the Record Technology Talk Mouth for Sale Pre-Event On Site Tools of the Trade Striking a Balanace IACC’s New Generation Suffering from “Green” Fatigue? There Once Was a Group in Nantucket . . . A Trick and a Treat Places & Spaces Reno / Lake Tahoe Austin New Orleans Los Cabos & Baja Ontario Province Korea Gurus Successful Meetings - October 2007 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0510 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0410 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm_passport0310 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0210 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0310 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0110 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1209 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1109 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm_bigisland http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1009 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0909 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0809 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0709 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0609 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0509 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0409 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0309 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm-passport_200903 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0209 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0109 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1208 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1108 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1008 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1108-southafrica http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0908 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0808 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0708 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0608 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/ireland http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0508 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0408 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0308 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0208 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm0108 http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/nielsen/sm1207 http://www.nxtbookMEDIA.com