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Inside this Issue > Features OCTOBER 2008 Northrop Grumman brought the Big Apple to the Big Easy for a March event. PAGE 40 32 Technology for Modern Meetings Conference centers wow meetings planners when it comes to technological innovations. BY MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN CONFERENCE CENTERS MEETING SITES 56 Places & Spaces Taverns from sea to shining sea . . . new properties from New York City to Chicago to Napa Valley. International Updates: Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. FORTUNE 1000 40 A Tale of Two Cities Northrop Grumman celebrates the christening of the USS New York in New Orleans. BY CHRISTOPHER HOSFORD 100 Mexican Destination Resorts 116 Spain 118 Austin 122 New Orleans SPECIAL EVENTS 50 A Cast of Thousands COVER STORY 124 Lake Tahoe / Reno Warner Bros. event mogul Hillary Harris creates affairs to remember. BY ANDREA DOYLE Cover photography Ellen: Getty Images / Jordan Strauss / WireImage Background: Nadine Froger Ellen DeGeneres “crashes” into her 50s at her Warner Bros. birthday bash. PAGE 50 2 successfulmeetings.com OCTOBER 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://www.successfulmeetings.com Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - October 2008Successful Meetings - October 2008ContentsEditor's NoteSupplier NewsOn the RecordCalendarPlanner NewsPlanner SpotlightPersonal SuccessTechnology TalkFood &�BeveragePre-EventTools of the TradeOn SiteTechnology for Modern MeetingsA Tale of Two CitiesA Cast of ThousandsPlaces & SpacesMexican Destination ResortsSpainAustinNew OrleansLake Tahoe / RenoSuccessful Meetings - October 2008Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Successful Meetings - October 2008 (Page Cover1)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Successful Meetings - October 2008 (Page Cover2)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Successful Meetings - October 2008 (Page 1)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Contents (Page 2)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Contents (Page 3)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - Contents (Page 4)Successful Meetings - October 2008 - 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