Conrad New York and canine concierge and luxury apparel company POOCHi announced a unique partnership to ensure all guests, even the four-legged and furry ones, experience a luxurious stay at the Lower Manhattan property.
As part of a garden-based educational expansion, The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has announced the opening of a new “Edible Academy.”
New partnership brings organized approach to small and midsize trade shows.
Food trucks may be mobile, but they aren’t going anywhere, since their popularity only seems to grow with each season. A New Jersey hotel is getting in on the fun! Along with over 18,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space, Embassy Suites by Hilton in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, offers the Grain & Cane “Gastro Truck” as a fun option for a mid-meeting break or post-event dining option.
The family-focused, Wisconsin-based Great Wolf Lodge opened its first resort in Wisconsin Dells in 1997. Over the next two decades, it slowly expanded with more properties around the Midwest, moving into the Northeast, South, West and Canada. And this summer, the greater Chicago area will get its first resort from the brand.
Dream Hotel Group, home to its Dream Hotels, Time Hotels and Unscripted Hotels brands is now offering a 12 percent commission for qualified groups and meetings that are booked and actualized in 2018. The offer is available to conference and event organizers, third-party meeting planners and group travel agents now through December 31, 2018.
Participating Dream Hotel Group locations include:
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TRYP by Wyndham, Wyndham Hotel Group’s urban lifestyle brand, recently opened its newest hotel in the heart of downtown Newark, N.J. The nation's third oldest city has been revitalized by recent business development and is home to a vibrant arts and cultural scene.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC & Company—New York City’s destination marketing organization— announced that 2017 was the eighth consecutive year for record-breaking tourism, with the City welcoming an estimated 62.8 million visitors last year, an increase of 2.3 million visitors over 2016.
IACC – Americas Connect 2018 was recently held in Philadelphia but honored a New York University student with the Doris Sklar scholarship. Established 15 years ago in memory of longtime meeting professional Doris Sklar, this scholarship is awarded to a NYU hospitality student.
This year’s recipient is Camille Aké. She is a senior and will graduate this May with a degree in Hotel and Tourism Management with a concentration in Event Management and a minor in Food Studies.
The Warwick New York Hotel has completed renovations of 10,000 square feet of space to further blend its history with today’s modernity.
