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Meeting Sites Greater Cincinnati National Underground Railroad Museum; below, Newport, KY’s Hofbrauhaus Ten Fortune 500 companies claim headquarters here, and their overall emphasis on diversity has brought a surge of multicultural conventions to town. But geography might be the city’s greatest asset: not merely its place on the Ohio River—the border between North and South—or its central location (within 500 miles of 60 percent of the U.S. population), but its steep, forested hills. They surround the downtown basin and cradle a clean, easily walkable grid of shops, hotels, and restaurants. ESSENTIAL TOOL BOX Convention Facilities: CINCINNATI Duke Energy Center, 200,000 sf of dedicated exhibit space, 38 meeting rooms, largest holds 4,100 theater-style. Sharonville Convention Center, 16,554 sf of dedicated exhibit space, 14 meeting rooms, largest holds 2,000 theater-style. COVINGTON, KY Northern Kentucky Convention Center, 46,080 sf of dedicated exhibit space, 22 meeting rooms, largest holds 2,400 theater-style. For complete facilities listings visit Facility Quick Search located at www.mimegasite.com By Brad Crawford PHOTOS: GREATER CINCINNATI CVB Average Daily Business Travel Costs*: Hotel $124.79 F&B $105.38 Car Rental $81.78 For More Info: Greater Cincinnati CVB www.cincyusa.com Northern Kentucky CVB www.NKYCVB.com *Business Travel News 2008 Corporate Index 88 mimegasite.com MAY 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://www.mimegasite.com http://www.cincyusa.com http://www.NKYCVB.com http://mimegasite.com

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Successful Meetings - May 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Industry Trends
Destination News
Destination News
Suppliers
Destination News
Calendar
On the Record
Websites of the Month
Management Matters
Mouth for Sale
Meetings Law
Planner's Spotlight
Pre-Event
On Site
Tools of the Trade
Pre-Event
Counting Change
Giving Them the Business
The Magnificent Seven
All-American Gift Guide
Green Lights
Places & Spaces
Anaheim & Orange County
Upstate New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
San Diego
Phoenix
Gurus

Successful Meetings - May 2008