Jackson Street Holdings has streamlined its reservations and event and meetings bookings process across its Milwaukee Hotel Collection, which includes The Westin Milwaukee, Milwaukee Marriott Downtown and SpringHill Suites by Marriott Milwaukee Downtown.
A grand opening ceremony was held Jan. 11 to officially mark the opening of the $32 million Fox Cities Exhibition Center. The 38,000-square-foot facility is located in downtown Appleton and is connected to the Radisson Paper Valley hotel.
While any town has rumors of haunted areas, La Crosse is home to some truly spooky terrors. Treat your group to an outing they won’t soon forget with this list of five can’t-miss stops on a hunt for the haunt.
Meeting Professionals International (MPI) has published its Meetings Outlook, 2018 Winter Edition. The latest installment of the quarterly report indicates planners are reporting an increased focus on personalizing the user experience through technology and data collection in a landscape of continued growth—and an increase in the perceived value of face-to-face meetings. Key findings include the following: […]
HotelRED is adding three floors with rooms and meeting space to its current four-story, 48-room building, located across the street from Camp Randall Stadium on the UW-Madison campus. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer.
Renovations are underway at Hotel Retlaw in Fond du Lac. The property was purchased by developers in January and is undergoing a $25 million upgrade scheduled to be completed this summer.
Glacier Canyon Conference Center at the Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells recently unveiled a new team building activity, the Amazing Race, for groups of 36 or more hosting events at the resort.
Marriott International has announced it will reduce commissions on group bookings from 10 to 7 percent, on March 31 for its U.S. and Canada hotels. Contracts signed before March 31 will still receive 10 percent commission, according to a letter sent to travel partners, and the cut will affect travel sellers across all regions. Some […]
USA Today has ranked Lodge Kohler in Green Bay second in the Best New Hotel category for the 2018 10Best.com Readers’ Choice Awards. Readers selected their picks from a list of 20 nominees cultivated by USA Today staff.
Marcus Hotels & Resorts has announced that it is reinventing the 221-room InterContinental Milwaukee into an independent arts hotel. The property will blend hospitality with curated exhibits, contemporary installations and live performances.
A-mazing Events, a full service event and meeting planning company based in Appleton, Wis., recently hired Jody Giordana as office coordinator and bookkeeper. In addition, Kara Lendved, a nine-year employee of A-mazing Events, has been promoted from office manager to event coordinator.
Marty Brooks has been named CEO for the Wisconsin Center District in Milwaukee. Most recently he served as senior vice president and general manager of the America’s Center complex for Explore St. Louis.
In the annual “Best of Wisconsin Meetings,” we recognize Wisconsin industry suppliers who exceeded meeting and convention expectations in 2017.
In today’s meeting and events landscape, room blocks are under siege. It isn’t necessarily a new threat, but one that continues to grow and change over time—Airbnb.
The Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau (WDVCB) might have to rethink its moniker. Several decades back, the group dubbed itself a “VCB” instead of a “CVB” to emphasize its laser-like focus on visitors rather than conventioneers. After all, the organization represents one of the most popular tourist destinations in the entire Midwest. But today, […]
