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The Radisson Grand Bahama Island Our Lucaya Resort
Meetings and Conventions Calgary 31 www.meetingscalgary.com
Cancun Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.cancun.travel Champion Exposition Services
Brian Manoogian (703) 319-6335 BrianM@championexpo.xom www.champion-nationwide.com
Visit Charlotte
(704) 334-2282 info@visitcharlotte.com www.charlottesgotalot.com
Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau 16–17
www.readysetchicago.com Visit Denmark
Christine Anderson canderson@visitdenmark.com www.visitdenmark.com
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.visitdetroit.com Fairmont Hotels & Resorts
(866) 662-6060 www.fairmontmeetings.com
George R. Brown Convention Center 53 www.houstonconventionctr.com
Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau
(800) 457-6338 www.grapevinetexasusa.com
The Greenbrier
Todd Gillespie (304) 536-5328 todd_gillespie@greenbrier.com www.greenbrier.com
89 9 71 35 7 87 98 93 78 85
Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Large Meeting Network
www.hyattmeetings.com/moreoffer
Indianapolis Convention & Visitors Association
(317) 639-4282 www.visitindy.com
Holiday Inn (InterContinental Hotels Group; IHG)
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www.priorityclub.com/meetingrewards Tourism Ireland
Marie McKown (847) 516-0038 mmckown@tourismireland.com www.meetinireland.com/us
Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau
Lori Fojtasek lfojtasek@irvingtexas.com www.irvingtexas.com
Japan National Tourism Organization 37 www.japantravelinfo.com
Kansas City Convention & Visitors Association
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority
www.lvcva.com Loews Hotels
Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.visitlongbeach.com Mexico Tourism Board
Eduardo Chaillo, CMM, CMP (202) 265-9021 echaillo@visitmexico.com www.visitmexico.com
Tourisme Montreal
(800) 230-0001 www.meetingsalamontreal.com
Myrtle Beach Convention Center Inside back cover
www.myrtlebeachconventioncenter.com 58 56–57 95 27 28, 29 13 33 91 38–39 Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel 11
www.omniunderstands.com/dallas Omni Meeting Planners
www.omniunderstands.com Ottawa Tourism
pc/nametag® www.pcnametag.com
Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau
44–45 www.philadelphiausa.travel/convene1
ProvidenceWarwick Convention & Visitors Bureau
www.goprovidence.com/vip Puerto Rico Convention Center
San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau
(210) 207-6700 www.visitsanantonio.com
Suntec Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center
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www.suntecsingapore.com Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Rob Livingston (416) 585-8241 rlivingston@mtcc.com www.mtccc.com
Vancouver Convention Centre www.theinspirationcentre.ca
Virginia Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau
Walter E.Washington Convention Center
www.dcconvention.com 100 18 99 3 15 49 40 22 23 Back cover, 5
(800) 363-4465 www.greatcanadianconventionchallenge.com
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Plenary: Whistler, B.C. continued from page 20
Saturday morning broke gray, rainy,
and cool—not quite perfect weather for the whitewater-rafting trip we were scheduled to take withWedge Rafting on the Green River. Undeterred, we donned wetsuits for our hour-long adventure on the water with our cheer- ful Kiwi river guide. After a delicious lunch of bright
summer salad with citrus salsa, halibut burgers, and craft beer at the Brew- House at Whistler, in the town’s lively Lower Village, we drove 10 minutes north toWildPlay Whistler, where we
were harnessed in for a challenging “elevated obstacle course” called Monkido. Incorporating zip lines, suspended bridges, “scramble nets,” and swinging logs, Monkido makes for a great and unifying (if at times nerve- racking) team-building activity. Saturday came to a close with a
farewell dinner at Sidecut, which can accommodate group dinners for up to 90 people. The restaurant’s signature steaks—the top 2 percent of Canadian beef, aged 40 days—are enlivened by one of six spice rubs, including “Edison’s Medicine,” a 14-herb-and- spice rub created by Chef Edison.
The cuts are then seared to perfection under an 1,800-degree infrared grill. When it came time to leave the Four
Seasons and Whistler, my companion and I were understandably reluctant to go—but at least we had the knockout drive back to the airport along the Sea to Sky Highway to look forward to. For more information about the
Four Seasons Resort Whistler, visit www.fourseasons.com/whistler. Vancouver All-Terrain Adventures can be found atwww.all-terrain.com. For more on Whistler and British Columbia, visitwww.hellobc.com. —Hunter R. Slaton
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