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Anaheim Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau
Associated Luxury Hotels International www.alhi.com
Boston Convention Marketing Center
Cancun Convention andVisitors Bureau
Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau
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Fiesta Americana® Grand Coral Beach Cancun Resort & Spa 97 www.fiestamericanagrand.com
FortWorth Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.fortworth.com Freeman
George R. Brown Convention Center
Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.grapevinetexasusa.com 5 62 25 33 43 41 Inside back cover 93 19 78–79
Atlanta Convention Center at AmericasMart®
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Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.miamimeetings.com IBEROSTAR Cancún
Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association www.visitindy.com
Irving Convention andVisitors Bureau
Manzanillo, Colima, Convention & Visitors Bureau
MeetingMatrix™ International 36 www.pcma.org/spaceverified Meetings & Conventions Calgary
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www.meetingscalgary.com Mexico Tourism Board
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center www.mccno.com
Oklahoma City Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.visitokc.com Omni Hotels & Resorts
Orange County Convention Center
www.occc.net Palace Resorts®
www.palaceresorts.com/groups pc/nametag®
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Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau www.meetphl.com
ProvidenceWarwick Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.goprovidence.com Reno Tahoe USA
www.meetrenotahoe.com The Ritz-Carlton®
Rosemont Convention & Tourism Bureau
San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.sandiego.org/positiveresults
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Outside back cover
www.starwoodconventioncollection.com Tourisme Montréal
www.tourisme-montreal.org/meet Tourism Ireland
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www.tulalipresort.com Visit Denver
www.onecitysevenreasons.com Visit Detroit
www.visitdetroit.com VISIT FLORIDA®
www.meetings.visitflorida.com Visit Salt Lake
TheWestin Diplomat Resort & Spa, Hollywood, Florida
59 91 89 9 57 83 23 www.visitaltlake.com/meetings.com 85 www.diplomatresort.com/meetings 69 3 7 53 49 21
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see authentic tribal dances. Dinner that night was at the North-
ernItalianrestaurant Scalo, inthe chic, hip neighborhood ofNob Hill, lit by Albuquerque’s signature colorful neon signs.We were joined by Rob Enriquez, the CVB’s vice president of convention sales, services, and sports, who filled us
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in on developments, including an immi- nent $20-million investment in the con- vention center. Onour last morning in town, we
took a balloon ride (courtesy of Rain- bowRyders) under perfect conditions, for a knockout trip up to 4,000 feet. After a thrillingly bouncy landing,
we drove an hour outside townto our final destination, the Native American mesa dwelling of Acoma Sky City, where we learned about pueblo history and customs—and where Hart’s com- ment about there being much more to Albuquerque and its environs was reinforced yet again.
—Hunter R. Slaton www.pcma.org