®MEETINGSANDCONVENTIONS
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THE POWER OF INFORMED PLANNING
SPECIAL ISSUE:
WORKING WITH
HO T ELS
Are Room Blocks
Still Necessary?P. 37
How Hotels Size Up
Group Business P. 47
Security Forces Rise
To New Challenges P. 29
Online RFPs:
A Mixed Blessing P. 53
Boutique Properties
Court Meetings P. 59
MAY 2012
mcmag.com
When bidding
on a meeting, “there
are times when you have
to understand what the
walk-away point is.”
— GUS VONDERHEIDE,
VICE PRESIDENT, GROUP SALES,
HYATT HOTELS CORP.
■ ATLANTIC CIT Y P. 85
■ LONG BEACH, CALIF. P. 75
■ OHIO P. 79
