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Meeting Sites & Mississippi Gulf Coast THE LOWDOWN: Two years after Hurricane Katrina, there are 11,000 hotel rooms operating in the Biloxi/Gulfport area, and all of the functioning hotels, resorts, and casinos are either extensively renovated or completely rebuilt. SOMETHING UPLIFTING: The Gulfport-Biloxi Int’l Airport is Biloxi ESSENTIAL TOOL BOX Convention Facilities: Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center, 180,000 sf of dedicated meeting space; 23 meeting rooms. (Renovated center to open in Jan; expanded center to relaunch by 2009.) For more listings, visit Facility Quick Search at www.mimegasite.com From Airport to Center: Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, 14 miles Daily Business Costs*: Biloxi/Gulfport: Hotel $133.69 F&B $70.05 Car Rental $71.78 For More Info: Mississippi Gulf Coast CVB www.gulfcoast.org *Business Travel News 2007 Corporate Travel Index gaining 900 seats per week (despite losing Allegiant’s Vegas flight to high fuel costs), including new flights to Columbus/Greensboro, St. Petersburg, and Chicago. By Robert Carey PHOTOS: MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST CVB 68 mimegasite.com DECEMBER 2007 SUCCESSFUL MEETINGS

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Successful Meetings - December 2007

Successful Meetings - December 2007
Contents
Editor's Note
Special Report
Research
Industry Trends
2008 Meeting Events
Planner Spotlight
Websites of the Month
Mouth for Sale
Technology Talk
Food & Beverage
Pre-Event
On Site
Pre-Event
Tools of the Trade
Goodbye, Booth Babes
Five Tips to Improve Your Golf Events
When Crime Pays
Office for Hire
More Miles for Your Money
Places & Spaces
South Florida
Biloxi / Mississippi Gulf Coast
Fort Worth
Monterey
Beijing
Gurus
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Successful Meetings - December 2007