NYC & Company, New York City’s destination marketing organization, reports that the Bronx, the city's northernmost borough, is an accessible destination for one-of-a-kind meetings and events. “The Bronx provides endless opportunities for planners looking to create standout meetings and events,” said Jerry Cito, senior vice-president of Convention Development. “From private suites at Yankee … Read More about Meeting in the Bronx
Barrington Graham, first cook at St. Andrew's Club and Conference Centre in Toronto, bested chefs from around the world and took home the top prize in the Senior Category (+ 26 years old) at this year's Global Copper Skillet Competition, the International Association of Conference Centre's annual culinary event. The competition finals were held Tuesday, April 19 at Convene Midtown East in New … Read More about Canadian Chef Wins IACC Copper Skillet Competition
Paris is the highest rated city in the world, according to the latest Anholt-GfK City Brands IndexSM (CBISM), a biannual study that was conducted in September 2015. "Our survey was conducted before the November attacks in Paris—but, if past experience is anything to go by, such attacks do not change people's perceptions of the city in any significant or long-lasting way. There may be a … Read More about Paris Highest Rated City in 2015
The Jacob K. Javits Center, New York City's preeminent convention center, will undergo a $1 billion (USD) redevelopment. Construction is expected to begin in late 2016. The project was announced on January 7, 2016 and is the seventh signature proposal of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's 2016 agenda. "The Javits Center has long been an economic generator for this state, but we want to build … Read More about Javits Center Expansion Proposed by NY Governor
Marmara Park Avenue, the U.S. flagship of the luxury Marmara Collection hotel group, is scheduled to open on August 25, 2015 in New York City's lower Park Avenue area. The 21-storey property has 1,375 square feet of event space. The hotel is housed in a meticulously-adapted 1927 building. Its interior spaces were created by New York artist/designer Joe Ginsberg, who was tasked with producing an … Read More about Marmara U.S. Flagship Property Set to Open in NYC
New York City's Hotel Chandler, a Triumph Hotel, has opened a second floor meeting space offering food service catered by its restaurant, Juni, which received one Michelin star this year. The new space can accommodate up to 30 people and can be setup in conference, banquet, classroom and U-shape styles. It is located on the building's 31st Street side and has large windows that allow in natural … Read More about New Meeting Space with Michelin-Star Dining Opens in NYC
MGM Resorts International is launching its Meeting Planner Recipe Showdown in Toronto on Tuesday, August 19th, following the first day of IncentiveWorks, Canada's leading trade show and conference for the MICE industry. The competition invites meeting planners to prepare their best appetizer, entree or dessert for breakfast, lunch, dinner or late-night. Fellow meeting planners will serve as … Read More about MGM Resorts’ Launching Meeting Planner Recipe Showdown in Toronto
New York City took the number one spot on the 2014 list of the top 10 destinations for meetings outside of Canada in the M+IT Market Report. To help planners organize events, NYC & Company, the city's official marketing, tourism and partnership organization, has released an update on new venues and hotels in the Big Apple's five boroughs. If you're planning an event in NYC, check out the … Read More about What’s New in NYC
American travelers picked Toronto over Rome last year, according to the just-released Hotels.com™ Hotel Price Index™ (HPI™). Ontario's capital city was ranked as the third Most Popular International City by US travelers, coming in ahead of Rome for the first time since 2010. The HPI also showed that the average price of a hotel room in Canada rose three per cent during 2013, … Read More about Toronto Trumps Rome
Center4, an initiative to connect tech ventures and non-profit organizations (NPOs), has opened a state-of-the-art event and meeting space at 205 West 39th Street in Manhattan. The 2,500-sq.-ft. space is comprised of an event space with a capacity of 40 (seated) to 100 (standing) and smaller meeting rooms that can accommodate 10 to 12 people. The main event space features two large flat screens … Read More about New Event & Meeting Space Opens in Midtown NYC
BY ANNE DIMON The W New York - Union Square recently unveiled the completion of a multi-layered renovation which included a full re-design of the hotel’s 270 guestrooms and top suites, restaurant, bar and the lobby area—in W speak, the Living Room. The Extreme WOW® Suite (known at other hotels as the Presidential Suite) has been designed to do double duty: stylish hotel suite meets fashionable … Read More about W New York – Union Square Completes $15 Million Renovation
