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Meeting Sites Birmingham Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum houses the country's largest collection of vintage cars and motorcycles Below: Kelly Ingram Park, near the deadly 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church PHOTOS: TOP: GREATER BIRMINGHAM CVB; BOTTOM: JEFFREY GREENBURG WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS: You can look at Birmingham as either a large small town or a small big city. Either way, the city is famous for its metropolitan flair in a small-town package. Its nickname “The Magic City” was born from Birmingham’s sudden growth back in the 1870s, when the railroad industry spurred the city’s climb from a tiny working-class town to a major commercial hub. Today, Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama and boasts a cultural diversity that creates a magic of its own. Culturally, Birmingham is home to the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Alabama Ballet, dozens of professional theatre companies, and an impressive Broadway Series calendar. Meeting planners are lured by the city’s collective 220,000 sf of exhibition space, 14,000 guest rooms, and an international airport that sits only seven minutes from downtown. —By Amy Cates 100 mimegasite.com JULY 2008 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS http://mimegasite.com

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

Successful Meetings - July 2008
Contents
Editor's Note
Industry Trends
Suppliers
Newsmakers
On the Record
Technology
Newsmakers
Calendar
Planner Spotlight
Management Matters
Meetings Law
Websites of the Month
Mouth for Sale
Pre-Event
On Site
Tools of the Trade
Pre-Event
Initial Success
Strong Medicine
Risky Business
Places & Spaces
Birmingham
Kentucky
Georgia & the Carolinas
Hong Kong
Melbourne
Gurus

Successful Meetings - July 2008