Happy 4th of July!  While you're enjoying summer cookouts and vacation, let The Hyland Group assist you with your upcoming meeting or convention.  View our portfolio online or submit an RFP.

Attention DC Area Planners: SAVE THE DATE!  The Hyland Group’s annual Bureaufest will be held Wednesday, August 4 in Washington, DC.  Roger J. Dow, President and Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Travel Association, will serve as guest speaker for the learning component of this year’s event. Dow will address the state of the industry from a past, present, and future point of view, particularly highlighting recent issues on state boycotts.  Contact us for more details.

 
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In a cookie cutter world, it stands alone. The Galt House Hotel is one of the largest hotels in the Southeast offering 1,291 guest rooms (600 executive suites and 691 deluxe rooms) and 124,000 square feet of meeting space. This waterfront hotel and convention complex offers magnificent views while being the most splendid and accommodating hotel in the city. Whether you’re traveling for business or pleasure, the Galt House Hotels offers what no other hotel can.

Not only are there two Ballrooms and a dedicated Exhibit Hall, in addition you can choose from 53 meeting rooms, accommodating groups from 10 to 3,000 attendees.

All meeting rooms are Wi-Fi accessible and feature state-of-the-art on-site audio/visual technology. On-site UPS business center, connected skywalk to the 300,000 Kentucky International Convention Center and neighboring the Belvedere featuring 200,000 square feet of outdoor space, make Galt House Hotel the one-stop shop. The hotel is also adjacent to Louisville’s new downtown KFC YUM! Arena featuring 22,000 seats primed and ready for your entertainment.

The Galt House Hotel is committed to ensuring guests all the comfort of home with amenities and services ranging from seven restaurants and lounges including RIVUE, the acclaimed upscale rooftop restaurant and lounge to a state-of-the-art rooftop fitness center, massage services, valet parking and more.

The premier location of the Galt House Hotel affords guests walking distance to the downtown Louisville business and entertainment district including Fourth Street Live! Guests can also enjoy the close proximity to area attractions such as Belle of Louisville, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky Center for the Arts and museums such as Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory, Louisville Science Center, Louisville’s Waterfront Park and the Frazier International History Museum. 

Debuting for the first time in the United States is KaLightoscope Christmas. This multi-layered holiday celebration features KaLightoscope, the landscape of larger-than-life holiday luminaries inspired by ancient Chinese art, “Colors of the Season” original dinner show and other joyous events premiering exclusively at the Galt House Hotel. It is the heart of Louisville and, chances are, it is exactly what you’ve been looking for.

Saint Paul Meeting Center: Located in the Upper Midwest in Minnesota’s state capital, Saint Paul Meeting Center is 10 minutes from Minneapolis/St Paul International Airport and 6 miles from the Amtrak station.  Saint Paul Meeting Center features 70,000 square feet of flexible space, highlighted by 30 individual meeting rooms, including 2 executive boardrooms and 3 ballrooms

Turtle Bay Resort: Located on North Shore Oahu, a beautiful 45-minute drive from Honolulu International Airport, Turtle Bay Resort’s newly refreshed Pacific Rim Conference Center offers 28,000 square feet of function space. With a unique oceanfront location on the North shore of Oahu, all of the resort’s luxury accommodations — 375 guest rooms, 31 suites, 42 beach cottages and resort villas — feature captivating ocean views.

Southwest Airlines will begin servicing Charleston International Airport over the next year. Southwest’s arrival is heralded as a boon to the local tourism economy according to Helen Hill, Executive Director of the Charleston Area Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The number one challenge we face in attracting meetings and conventions to the Charleston area has been the lack of flights and the high cost of airfare.  Having Southwest enter our market will not only have a moderating effect on airfares across the board, it will open up more seats to more places, which benefits everyone.”  Read more.

The readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine ranked The Coeur d'Alene among the top 5 Golf Resorts in the Western United States including #1 rankings for its location, golf course design and access and golf staff & services.

We have a winner!  The Four-Diamond, Award-Winning Hard Rock Hotel San Diego selected Melony Bildhauer of National Telecommunications Cooperative Association as the winner of their Hard Rock Calling Event in London. Contact us for more information on this impressive 420 guestroom property that boasts 40,000 square feet of meeting space.

The recent winner of Bravo's "Top Chef," Michael Voltaggio, will once again serve his high voltage American cuisine nightly in The Dining Room of The Langham Huntington, Pasadena when its multi-million renovation is completed in September. The Dining Room is the only Michelin-rated hotel restaurant in Southern California.

Need another reason to host your meeting at the Renaissance Seattle? Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked Seattle #2 in its list of "10 Best Cities for the Next Decade," highlighting Seattle's "well-educated workforce; a world-class research university; über innovators Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing; and a host of risk-taking, garage-tinkering entrepreneurs" as the keys to its success.

For the second consecutive year, the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau was voted The BEST CVB in the state of Michigan for 2010 by the readers of Michigan Meetings + Events.  Amongst many other recent accolades, AOL Travel News listed Traverse City as one of the Top 10 Coolest Towns in the States, it was named one of America’s Top 10 Wine Destinations by TripAdvisor.com and earned 1st Place in Livability.com’s Top 10 List of Surprising Foodie Towns.

 The Hyland Group Celebrates Spring With Members & Clients

Many Hyland Group Members are hosting upcoming client events.  Please view the below list of site inspections or click here to view all upcoming Hyland Group Member events.

August 19 - 21, 2010 Pasadena (Pre-ASAE) Site Inspection Trip
September 10 - 12, 2010 Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Site Inspection
September 15 - 18, 2010 Anchorage Site Inspection
October 15 - 17, 2010 Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Site Inspection
November 12 - 14, 2010 Peppermill Resort Spa Casino Site Inspection

For more information on site inspections or to schedule an appointment with Hyland Group Members, please contact your Hyland Group representative or email us.

To follow is a list of upcoming travel for Hyland Group Members. 

Latitudes, A Hyland Group Publication
Publisher: Peter Hyland  / Editor: Kristen Keating

The Hyland Group Newsletter, Latitudes, is an online journal for clients, partner-companies, professional associates and industry colleagues of The Hyland Group and is published twelve times yearly. For editorial or edition sponsorship inquiries, kindly email us for more information.

Since 1985, The Hyland Group has been one of the premier sales and marketing firms for the hospitality industry. Please check out our diverse portfolio by visiting http://www.hylandgroup.com/. Let our experienced staff assist you with finding the right destination for your next meeting or conference. Contact us for more information.

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