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NCHE Holiday Luncheon
On Dec. 2 more than 40 meeting
planners joined Destination DC and partners for the National Center for Higher
Education Meeting Planners 2008 Holiday Luncheon at The Park at Fourteenth.
Planners networked with partners and then sat down for an amazing lunch provided by The Park at Fourteenth.
Sponsors: Capitol Hotels & Suites, The Churchill Hotel, Donovan
House, Embassy Suites DC Convention Center, Henley Park Hotel, Holiday
Inn Capitol Hill, Hotel Lombardy, Hyatt Regency Washington, JW Marriott, Kimpton
Hotels, L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, The Liaison Capitol Hill, Washington Plaza Hotel,
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
EIBTM
EIBTM
(European Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition) is the leading exhibition
for the conference, incentives, events, business travel and meetings industry.
Destination DC and co-sponsors attended seminars, programs and networking
events, and exhibited during the trade show that drew record numbers of trade
visitors and hosted buyers to Barcelona Dec. 2-4.
Sponsors: CSI, Salamander Resort & Spa
NCBMP
Fall Conference
The National Coalition of Black Meeting Planners brought its
25th Anniversary Conference to Washington, DC from Dec.3-7. Planners took
a city tour, experienced some DC nightlife at Lucky Strike Lanes and POSH
Restaurant & Supper Club and gave back to the community by volunteering at DC
Central Kitchen. Destination DC's Samantha Riboul performed during Coalition's
Night at the Apollo as she sang Jennifer Hudson's Spotlight. Educational
sessions throughout the conference included those by DC’s own Shelia Johnson,
Founder & CEO of Salamander Hospitality, LLC. The conference concluded with a
spectacular Gala & Awards Banquet at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where
members were treated to a delicious meal and various performances.
Sponsors:
Centerplate/NBSE, District of Columbia, Grand Hyatt Washington, Marriott Resorts
& Hotels, Projection, Renaissance Resorts & Hotels, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
IAEE Expo! Expo!
DC is bringing a taste
of inauguration fever to Miami during IAEE Expo! Expo! Dec. 9-11. Customers
visited our inauguration booth and got a chance to take a photo with President-Elect
Barack Obama (or at least a life-size cut out). On Tuesday night about 300 customers
and industry leaders visited one of Miami's hottest night spots, Plunge Lounge
on the rooftop of the Gansevoort South, to dance the night away and get a taste
of the nightlife that awaits them in Washington, DC.
Sponsors:
Ambassadors, CSI, Freeman, Hargrove, TMS, Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Correction: DC's Wine County Tour
Destination DC failed
to recognize several important sponsors from the October Wine County Tour.
Those sponsors are: Market Salamander, National Conference Center, Reston Limousine
and Travel Services, Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City, Salamander Resort & Spa. We
regret this error and appreciate their support. |
